Gates Family History
Gates Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of
a medieval walled town. The Middle English singular gate is
from the Old English plural, gatu, of geat ‘gate’ (see
Yates). Since medieval gates were normally arranged in pairs,
fastened in the center, the Old English plural came to function as a
singular, and a new Middle English plural ending in -s was
formed. In some cases the name may refer specifically to the Sussex
place Eastergate (i.e. ‘eastern gate’), known also as Gates in
the 13th and 14th centuries, when surnames were being acquired.Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).Translated form of French Barrière (see
Barriere).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gates
Name Distribution of Gates Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gates families
 589 - 1,176  197 - 588 |
 1 - 196  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gates families
|
18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gates census records
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Gates Family Origin
Gates Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gates Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Gates Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gates census records
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Military Service by Gates
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