Re: Need Help finding Bates from AL / TX
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Re: Need Help finding Bates from AL / TX
Joe Bates 1/09/02
My great grandmother's name was Jimmi(e)? Ethel Bates Smith. She was born 26 Mar 1881 in Erath County, Texas. She died in Dallas on 16 Mar 1969. Marriage records from Erath County show her marrying Charley Smith 9 May 1889. She might have had sisters named Etta, Mallie and Mattie. Had children Bennie McKinley and Lorraine, Flo and Edward C. I believe she moved to Dallas from Erath County in about 1917. I found W. E. Bates grave site in Erath County and shows he died 1856. Might have been her grandfather or uncle. Any help would be appreciated as I know so little about her father. Her mother was Mary Ellen Stevens, but do not know where Mary Ellen was born or when.
Thanks for the reply. Help if you can. Saundra