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• _UID: BB9CEB45C29642CE82F7055C0ABBA5E71AD0
• Cremated: 8 Jun 1996

John married Helen Julie GRIFFITH [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5CB3FE73F7074B26A90F929C2B2B1DBE066B

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Buried:
Springvale Crematorium,(Crematorium location Western garden, Wall 5NO no. 296).

Edward married Sylvia Selbourne DICKSON on 4 Jun 1921. Sylvia was born on 24 Jul 1897 in Coburg, , Victoria, Australia; died on 29 Sep 1971 in Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D4046BF05B1B4ED59A53BBA41C9AFB22EB7D

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• _UID: A1FC4487157042D0905CED61F8892E1B0380
• Immigration: Aug 1890; to Australia

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In 1881 a Pupil in Independent College, Staplegrove, Somerset

Birth:
9 Peamore Terrace, St. David, Exeter

Buried:
Brighton Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria, Australia

James married Elizabeth Florence Rose SEYMOUR. Elizabeth died on 19 Jul 1924 in Brighton, , Victoria, Australia; was buried on 23 Jul 1924 in Brighton, , Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CBE55F3B717E49FE8239B585596362ED807E

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Buried:

Brighton Cemetery

Rose is buried a grave with her father, Joseph David Seymour. Cemetery location is Section F Plot 106.

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

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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.