Wilson GATES^{[1, 2]}

1758 - 1844  (86 years)

• Name	Wilson GATES  [3]
  Birth	21 Aug 1758	Canterbury, , Kent, England   [1]
  Christening	27 Aug 1758	St Paul, Canterbury, , Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A358CDFEEB7545DCB41780C25D61A5681F41
  Occupation	1791-1811
  	Bricklayer and Glazier
  Occupation	1815
  	Builder
  Occupation	1841	Dover, , Kent, England   [2]
  	Grocer
  		1841 Census Wilson GATES.jpg
  Residence	1841	Dover, , Kent, England   [2]
  	St James
  	Living in his daughter Susannah & family's house
  		1841 Census Wilson GATES.jpg
  Death	11 Sep 1844  [1]
  Burial	16 Sep 1844	St James Churchyard, Dover, , Kent, England
  Person ID	I2131	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John GATES,   b. 1723   d. 1793 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah LOWE,   b. May 1721, Canterbury, , Kent, England d. 1806 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1748	St Peter, Canterbury, , Kent, England   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomasin BUBBERS,   b. 1754, Dover, , Kent, England d. 19 May 1837 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1777	St Mildreds, Canterbury, , Kent, England   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth GATES,   b. 11 Aug 1778, Canterbury, , Kent, England d. 1780 (Age 1 year)   2. Thomas GATES,   b. 22 Oct 1780, Dover, , Kent, England d. 1869, Dover, , Kent, England (Age 88 years)   3. Elizabeth GATES,   b. 25 Aug 1782, Dover, , Kent, England d. 8 Dec 1869 (Age 87 years)   4. Sarah GATES,   b. 22 Aug 1784   d. 27 Feb 1785 (Age 0 years)   5. Susannah GATES,   b. 5 Jan 1794, Dover, , Kent, England d. 14 Apr 1874, Dover, , Kent, England (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Aug 1758 - Canterbury, , Kent, England Christening - 27 Aug 1758 - St Paul, Canterbury, , Kent, England Marriage - 11 Mar 1777 - St Mildreds, Canterbury, , Kent, England Occupation - Grocer - 1841 - Dover, , Kent, England Residence - St James - 1841 - Dover, , Kent, England Burial - 16 Sep 1844 - St James Churchyard, Dover, , Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Wilson was a bricklayer and glazier in 1791 and 1811. He was a builder in 1815. He owned Harrison's Farm, Trevanion St. Dover and built houses. In 1823-27 he was a bricklayer living at Trevanion Place Dover. From 1832-33 he was a bricklayer on Grubbins Lane, Dover. Thomasine died May 19, 1837 according to St. James Dover MI. Thomasine was bur. May 26, 1837 Hougham age 82 at St. James Dover. In 1838/39 Wilson was a grocer/tea dealer living at 1 Trevanion St. Dover. Pigot's 1839 Directory also shows Wilson as a livery stable keeper at 11 Trevanion St. Wilson was a grocer in 1841 living on Trevanion St. His daughter Susannah Nowers and her family were living with him. Wilson died Sept. 11, 1844 according to St. James Dover MI. He was bur. Sept. 16, 1844 age 86 in a vault in St. James Churchyard. Wilson left a Will (Canterbury Consistory Court Will Book 71 #94 Dover 1845) Note: Trevanion Street was a narrow thoroughfare leading from St. James' Churchyard to the sea. At the seaward end of the street was Trevanion House. That was modern, but near its site, and extending over land on the cliff side northwards, was the mansion of John Trevanion who became a Dover resident and freeman in 1769…he died in 1810. At the time when the mansion of John Trevanion was in its glory (1774-1806), the land around it was pastoral, the area between Trevanion and Woolcomber Streets being occupied by Trevanion's "Home Farm", which later was called "Harrison's" and the last holder of it was Mr. Wilson GATES, who built on the site houses forming the west side of the seaward end of Trevanion Street. In 1822, part of the site of Trevanion's mansion was used by the Dover Gaslight Company. Mr. Wilson Gates bought a strange dwelling built at the foot of the cliffs and partly in the cliffs, called Smith's Folly in 1844, which he took down and sold off the land as building plots. Mr. Nowers had his premises in Trevanion St. purchased by the Dover Gas Light Company which adjoined his property. In June and July 1973 gravestones were taken up and removed to make room for an access road to the Sports Centre car park. Included in these were the stones for Wilson Gates, Thomasine Gates, Edward Nowers, Elizabeth Nowers and Susanna Nowers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S558] 1841 British Census. [S85] Janis Kirby Gates & Bubber Family Histories, Janis Kirby Gates & Bubber Family Histories.