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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

John D. Gates

3 Aug 1828 – 30 Jan 1887 · about 59 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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John D. Gates lived from 3 Aug 1828 to 30 Jan 1887, a span of about 59 years.

Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Gates in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
John D. Gatesm.Joanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921 (m. 1857)also here
Elizabeth Richmond Gates1859–1956✓also hereLulie Gates1862–1862also hereCushing Gates1863–1871also hereJohn Alden Gates1868–1868✓also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • LivedLincoln St.
  • ChildrenElizabeth Richmond (b. Oct. 6, 1859), Lulie (b. Sept. 3, 1862), John Alden (b. May 14, 1868)

Matched matching birth and death dates in the Gates family entry of the 1893 History of Hingham, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
phen 2 Stephen 1 an early settler of Hing.), b. at Leominster, Mass., Aug. 3, 1828, m. in Hing. Dec. 31, 1857, Joanna A. dishing, dau. of Andrew and Lucy (Hersey) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 20, 1837. John d. 30 Jan. 1887, aet. 58 yrs. "Dry goods dealer." Resided on Lincoln St. Ch., all but one b. in Hing., — i. Elizabeth Richmond, Oct. 6, 1859. ii. Lulie, Sept. 3, 1862, d. 25th of same month. iii. Cushing, b. at Newport, Oct. 1, 1863, d. 2 Aug. 1871. iv. John Alden, May 14, 1868, d. 23d of same month. v

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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