The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameGertrude Jane Gates
Birth1884, New Zealand
Death2 Jan 1958, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
BurialGreytown Cemetery, Plots 79-80
FatherSamuel Gates (1838-1914)
MotherLouisa Mitchell (1844-1912)
Misc. Notes
Name, year and country of birth, date and place of death, year and country of marriage, place of burial, from research file10 in June 2017.

Brian of nzolivers.com generated the following search results of official BDM Historical Records showing that Gertrude Jane Gates is a daughter of Samuel and Louisa Gates and born in New Zealand:
1875/9161 Gates, Ernest Louis
1876/11311 Gates, Frank
1878/14616 Gates, William James
1880/5341 Gates, George
1881/11799 Gates, Ada
1884/6932 Gates, Gertrude Jane

Gertrude Jane Gates here, married ‘Adolphus Dodson Burch’ b.1876.
Brian of nzolivers.com notes that Gertrude’s older brother, ‘Ernest Louis Gates’ b.1875, also married into the Burch family by marrying ‘Sarah Selina Burch’ b.1884, Sarah being the younger sister of Adolphus Dodson Burch!

Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2021:
1907/2651. Bride: Gertrude Jane Gates. Groom: Adolphus Dodson Burch

Full date of marriage of 29 May 1907 from further searching in May 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Place of marriage found in May 2021 at:
https://www.familytreecircles.com/cart-56410.html
Spouses
Marriage29 May 1907, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
ChildrenHerbert William (Died as Child) (1911-1914)
 Ronald (1912-1991)
 Joyce (Died as Child) (1920-1920)
 Basil (1924-1987)
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