By Contributor 50792601 on 4 Mar 2024:
Research for Agatha Lorraine Garland and her husband, Thomas Woodrow Bates presented many challenges because of misspelling of names, using both first and middle names as their primary names, and lack of sources until I discovered Thomas' draft registration. It was then that many facts came to light.
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Even though distantly related, Agatha Lorraine Garland Bates and I share a common relative. Agatha's great-grandmother was Mary Catherine Dearing Corn Garland-Memorial ID 258882876. Mary, in turn, was my 2x great-grandmother. As I moved through the many branches of my paternal tree, I discovered this common thread.
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Agatha was always referred to by her family in or from Indiana, as Lorraine, Loraine, or Laraine. Thomas' family referred to him as Woodrow, and he even signed his draft registration as "Woodrow". It appears, however, that they were more commonly known, at least on various documents, as Agatha and Thomas in Colorado.
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Agatha and Thomas were married on 29 May 1937, and from this union they were blessed with at least three daughters, based on the 1950 U.S. Arapahoe County, Colorado Census.
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Follows is a list of sources valuable to my research:
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WWII Draft Reg. Serial Number 04224, Order #374 for Thomas Woodrow Bates. / It lists Loraine Gatha (Agatha) Bates-wife and Bertha Lee Pride – Sister – Her memorial ID is 150289235
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Kentucky, U.S. Birth Index, 1911-1999-Thomas W Bates, 28 Sep 1915, Certificate # 47289, Volume #95
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1920 U.S. Federal Census, Patoka Twp, Dubois County Census and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, McLean County Kentucky
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Henderson County, Kentucky marriages 1937, pg. 448
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Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1948
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1950 U.S. Federal Census, Arapahoe County, Colorado
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John Garland Obit / The Huntingburgh Independent (Huntingburg, Indiana) 25 Jan 1973
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Margaret Dee Harrod Bates Barker Obit: McLean County News (Calhoun, Kentucky) 15 Jul 1982
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Find a Grave Memorials for Frank Bates, #194639205 and Margaret Barker, #90691159
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Agatha Bates, U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Agatha Lorraine Garland Bates Funeral Notice – Olingers Chapel Hill Mortuary, Arapahoe County, Colorado.
By Contributor 50792601 on 4 Mar 2024:
Research for Agatha Lorraine Garland and her husband, Thomas Woodrow Bates presented many challenges because of misspelling of names, using both first and middle names as their primary names, and lack of sources until I discovered Thomas' draft registration. It was then that many facts came to light.
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Even though distantly related, Agatha Lorraine Garland Bates and I share a common relative. Agatha's great-grandmother was Mary Catherine Dearing Corn Garland-Memorial ID 258882876. Mary, in turn, was my 2x great-grandmother. As I moved through the many branches of my paternal tree, I discovered this common thread.
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Agatha was always referred to by her family in or from Indiana, as Lorraine, Loraine, or Laraine. Thomas' family referred to him as Woodrow, and he even signed his draft registration as "Woodrow". It appears, however, that they were more commonly known, at least on various documents, as Agatha and Thomas in Colorado.
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Agatha and Thomas were married on 29 May 1937, and from this union they were blessed with at least three daughters, based on the 1950 U.S. Arapahoe County, Colorado Census.
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Follows is a list of sources valuable to my research:
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WWII Draft Reg. Serial Number 04224, Order #374 for Thomas Woodrow Bates. / It lists Loraine Gatha (Agatha) Bates-wife and Bertha Lee Pride – Sister – Her memorial ID is 150289235
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Kentucky, U.S. Birth Index, 1911-1999-Thomas W Bates, 28 Sep 1915, Certificate # 47289, Volume #95
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1920 U.S. Federal Census, Patoka Twp, Dubois County Census and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, McLean County Kentucky
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Henderson County, Kentucky marriages 1937, pg. 448
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Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1948
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1950 U.S. Federal Census, Arapahoe County, Colorado
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John Garland Obit / The Huntingburgh Independent (Huntingburg, Indiana) 25 Jan 1973
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Margaret Dee Harrod Bates Barker Obit: McLean County News (Calhoun, Kentucky) 15 Jul 1982
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Find a Grave Memorials for Frank Bates, #194639205 and Margaret Barker, #90691159
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Agatha Bates, U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Agatha Lorraine Garland Bates Funeral Notice – Olingers Chapel Hill Mortuary, Arapahoe County, Colorado.
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