Steve Gates
Honor Code SignatorySigned 2 Mar 2017 | 11,873 contributions | 754 thank-yous | 1,152 connections
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I was born in Michigan, but for the past 24 years having been living in Arkansas. Genealogy has been a hobby for me for over 20 years. I developed my family tree originally on Ancestry, and joined Wikitree in 2017 in order to link my tree to the global tree, and be able to collaborate with other genealogists.
Gates - Traces back to 1634 - Stephen Gates. It is a well documented line, but still a lot to do. My ancestors migrated from Masachusetts, through Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, then northeast Ohio in Geauga and Trumbull Counties. From there into north central Ohio, and ultimately settling in southwest Michigan.
Dodge - I've traced this back to the 1600s. My ancestors settled first in northern Ohio, migrating to Michigan in the mid 1800s. I'm a distant cousin of the founders of the Dodge Car Corporation.
Laurin - My maternal grandmother was a Laurin, born in Quebec. I'm working on tracing this line back further.
Other Surnames I'm working on - Bundy, French, Corey (Cory), Pepin, Trout, Chandler, Flick, Bresson, Casey.
The section to be completed as I finish updating profiles.
I've taken the ancestry DNA test recently. I need to upload the results to wikitree.
One thing thing I've enjoyed on wikitree is collaborating with other genealogists, and helping others new to wikitree develop profiles. I have three projects Im working on now to help others developing their family tree on wikitree. Two of these I met through wikitree while I was developing profiles on other projects.
If you're new to wikitree or have a brick wall to solve, Im not sure if I can help, but if I can't I will see if I can find someone who can.
Please message me privately if you want to communicate further on any shared family tree connections or other areas of interest
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Thank you for your contributions to the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
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Thanks for sourcing, Steve.
Nan, WikiTree Appreciation Team
Thanks for sourcing.
Congratulations on adding sources to 105 profiles during the January Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving the health of our One Tree.
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Also, I would like to take this time to apologize for the actions of my distant relative (no definitive relationship established yet) against your relative.
edited by Lynette Jester
No need to apologize for your distant relative. It would be interesting to determine the relationship sometime
I had ran across Asel a few weeks ago when Imwas researching the descendants of Jacob Gates. My 3g great grandfather William Gates was a brother to Warham Gates.
Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday.
Steve Gates.
Well, as to my relationship to William Alexander, 1st he's a Jester, so that makes him automatically a cousin. Legend says his grandfather Jacob, and my 4th ggf and 1 other were brothers from Scotland. And facts are murky. DNA where 3 males of my 3rd ggf match the Jesters who have near proven lines to Richard b. 1632.
Warham is an unusual name. Its not unusual to name a son after a family name. I think have a Warham, Horsemanden, St. Leger connection way back there, in the Johnston line.
I just put in a merge request for Prudence Dodge(d/o Josiah Dodge). Please let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you for joining our ONS project. The FAQ section on the project page should answer most of your questions.
Regards,
Doug
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