Husband/father: Karl Gates
Wife/mother: Christine
Children:
Child: Lawrence Leo Gates
Child: John Charles Marcus Gates
Child: Christopher Lawrence Gates
Child: HorseHorst Gates
Child: William J. C. Gates
Marriage:
1845BirthNuremberg, Bavaria, Germany1864ImmigrationWith brothers Leo and Christopherage 19, could be 18 turning 19 [oral says age 16]abt 1868-70 Meets ElizabethIn New Orleans, LA1870MarriageLouisville, KY, to Elizabeth LaSalle Meyers, b: 1850, LAAt marriage, she is 20 y old, he is 25 y old.RelocatesMoved to OH18711 child, Daughter bornGertrude, in OH18732 child, Son bornCharles E.R., in OH18753 child, Son 2 bornVictor A., in OH1876Naturalization[Where? Springfield, Hamilton, OH?]18784 child, Son 3 bornJohn Charles Marcus Jr. "Spot", in OH1880ResidenceSpringfield, Hamilton, OH; 2 servants[4 kids age 1-8: Gertrude 8 , Charles 7 , Victor 5, John 1][Occupation=clerk in liquor store, age 25]18835 child, Dtr 2 bornMabel, in OH18846 child, son 4 bornAlbert E.R., in OH18877 child, son 5 bornAugustus J F, in OH18908 child, son 6 bornRueben H.,in OH1895 [Gertrude 23, marries Albert Vogel 28, shoe manufacturer, in 1895. Moves to Louisville, KY]1896?First grandchild, Victor Eugene Vogel, born1900ResidenceSpringfield, Hamilton, OH[5 kids age 10-26. Charles 26, Victor 24, John 21, Albert 15, Augustus 13, Rueben 10. Where is Mabel age 16?.]1900Occuptiontraveling salesman1900In-laws 75 y old Andrew and 71 y old Barbara Meyers living with them 1903 [bet 1900-1910]Victor Eugene Vogel, first grandchild, dies, prob in 1903, age 8.1906[Mabel 23, marries John Romer, in 1906][Mabel has Charles, b 1907]1907[John CM jr, Spot, 28, married Mary Reuter, moves near Louisville, Ky and has grandchild, b 1908, KY]1909[Mabel has John b 1909.]1910Residence745 Wayne AvenueSpringfield, Hamilton, OH OccupationSalesman, distilleryMabel 27, her husband John Romer 27, and 2 kids, Charles 3, and John 1 move in with John 63 and Elizabeth 55. Rueben 20, is still home.[Albert E. marries Alvina, prob in 1909, moves to Cincinnati, OH]bet 1910-1920[Mabel and John Romer move to New Rochelle, NY John Romer is a manager in an oil refinery.[where? in NY?]bet 1910-1920 RelocatesMoved to Louisville, KY1920ResidenceLouisville KY. John CM 74 and Elizabeth 69 are living with Gertrude 48 and Albert Vogel 50. One servant. occup?1932Died, buried 87 yrsLouisville, Jefferson, KYEVALUATIONFrom original faded notes: came to USA at age 16. His name was "Goetz" when he came over, which is pronounced in German "Gates."Oral history from Nana says John CM was from Nuremberg, Germany.Unsure if John Charles Marcus Goetz was born in Nuremburg- His father, "John," actually his name was Karl, was from Nuremberg.Census says birthplace: "Bavaria". [Bavaria included Nuremberg and Munich. Hesse included Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Kassale]. Capitol of Alsace (German) is Strasbourg. 16th c, known for beer. Capital of Lorraine (French) is Nancy.18th c. known for quiche lorraine.He lived in Hartwell, OH , ("Old Cardone" was in Hartwell, OH, according to oral interview), resided in Cincinnati, OH and then after children married, moved back to Louisville, KYOld notes say he was an accountant for the NY Central RR but I think that Nana or I got that mixed up with Grandpa Myers who was an accountant for the RR. JCMGates was a distributor of liquor. Traveled a lot.JCMGates was alive in 1929 [he wrote a letter to Connie for her HS graduation].If he died in 1932, he was 87.He is buried in Louisville, KY.Gerta and Horst Schlatter in Germany: Gerta was the daughter of cousin of John Charles Marcus Gates. At first I wrote down (from oral interview 1974) that Gerta's mother was cousin of Elizabeth Lasalle but because Eliz LaSalle was supposed to be "French", Nana corrected the story. Gerta was the daughter of a cousin of JCMGates. She did say that she and gramp and Aunt Pat visited Gerta and her two children. Need to find and contact Gerta.