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• _UID: 06BB06E2453043CD80E71E4237CC39C5F608

Family/Spouse: Courtney Claude DOYLE. Courtney and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1BE89AD9219F4E87AA9F5BB729E63BA353B2

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Also a Charlotte daughter born 1862 in Ireland, if the date is correct it must be from a mother other than Mary!

Matthew married Mary Jane GATES in 1889 in Islington, , Middlesex, England. Mary (daughter of Edward Wilson GATES and Mary Horn Flora CLASON) was born in 1863 in Exeter, , Devonshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 249CE6FCE2F74D1A9EFB91E2845C05BD906D

Notes:

Can't find in 1891 census, probally a spelling problem

Marriages Sep 1889 Gates Mary Jane Islington 1b 692 Le Pla Matthew Henry Islington 1b 692

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• _UID: C13235DFC61F46BAAFC96CB7931D07407E1D
• Occupation: Silk Mercer & Master
• Residence: 1891, Hackney, , Kent, England

Notes:

In the 1861 census the best match is a man in the Royal Navy, it is possible it is him as he may not have been married yet anyway. But it could also be Edward William Gates 1836

In 1862 they lived at Lamberwell Middlesex. In 1870 he was a deacon at Castle Street Congregationalist Church, Exeter. Edward Wilson Gates, draper, was one of the original trustees of Southernhay. In 1871 he was a silk mercer living at 9 Peamore Terrace, St. David Parish, Exeter, Devon. Two servants were living with them.

He was more widely known for other activities. In 1883 he retired from the family business. He left to undertake philanthropic work with the London Congregational Union and later also with a group called the Self-Help Emigration Society (which helped poor families migrate to Canada). I have a number of obituaries published at the time of his death which outline these activities.

Obituary:
Daily News 14 June 07
Daily Telegraph 14 June 07
British Weekly 20 June 07
Christian World 20 June 07
British Congregationalist 20 June 07
Christian Age 21 June 07
Draper's Record 22 June 07

Occupation:
a partner in the family drapery business (Colson and Gates) in Exeter.

Died:
EWG was sick for a couple of years before he died at home (160 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey (then) London, Middlesex) 12 June 07. His son ECG took up his activities with the Congregational Union.

Buried:
Highgate Cemetery (east) Highgate, London, UK

Edward married Mary Horn Flora CLASON on 16 Aug 1859 in Folkestone, , Kent, England. Mary (daughter of John CLASON) was born on 20 May 1833 in Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland; died on 23 Aug 1912; was buried on 28 Aug 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 275D84E33E374FBAB12E309219340A87E8E6

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Buried:
Highgate Cemetery (east) Highgate. UK

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Married:
His address at time of marriage is shown as 49 Newington Causeway, London. Her address as 5 Bouverie Square Folkestone.

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• _UID: 62C71F7B942F4176BDA17DFECE4FE33E54BB
• Occupation: Weigher in H.M. Customs(1861), Officer of Customs Dover(1871)

Notes:

Not with family in 1841 census, may have been out at sea

In 1851 Charles was a Custom's Officer living on York St., St. Mary Dover. In 1861 he was a weigher in Hull Customs living at 35 Oxenden St. St. Mary, Dover. In 1871 Charles was Officer of Customs living at Claremont village, Buckland with 1 servant.

Deaths Mar 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GATES Charles 69 Dover 2a 579

Charles married Hephzibah WALKER on 23 Jun 1831 in St Mary The Virgin, Dover, , Kent, England. Hephzibah (daughter of Edward WALKER and Frances NORRIS) was born in 1808 in Dover, , Kent, England; was christened on 26 Jul 1808 in Zion Chapel Last Lane-Countess Of Huntingdon, Dover, , Kent, England; died on 9 Mar 1871 in Dover, , Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 50FAC6F8295F4623B56767C5A6852CC75F0C

Notes:

Can't find in 1881 census

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• _UID: F49D852F52F54CED8DF4EC3568D9E18C15E6
• Occupation: Solicitor