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Robert Lee Gates 1939–2019 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 May 1939

Birth Location: Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 2 January 2019

Death Location: Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Matthew Gates

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Robert Lee Gates was born in 1939 in Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Matthew James Gates And Carrie Boyd. Robert Lee Gates married Betty Lou Marshall, and had children including George Bryant Gates. Robert Lee Gates passed away in 2019 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Lee Gates was born in 1939 in Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Matthew James Gates And Carrie Boyd.
  • Robert Lee Gates married Betty Lou Marshall, and had children including George Bryant Gates.
  • Robert Lee Gates passed away in 2019 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Robert Gates's Ancestors

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Robert Gates
1939–2019
Birth Place: Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
Parents
Matthew James Gates
1897–1982
Patrick County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Tyler (Jackson) Gates
1867–1942
Patrick County, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Belle) Creasey
1868–1918
Patrick County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Gates
1824–1895
Zilpha Ingram
1833–1887
James Creath
1845–1932
Caroline Smith
1846–1923
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gates
1795–1850
Lucy Richardson
–1870
John Creasey
1825–1915
Munford Smith
1823–1862
Catherine Boyd
1823–

Robert Gates's Timeline

2 Records

1939
10 May 1939
Birth of Robert Lee Gates in Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
2019
2 January 2019
Age 80
Death of Robert Lee Gates in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 May 1939
    Event Place: Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168241

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 January 2019
    Event Place: Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America

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