Notes for: Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Bodine
They had two children.
In January 2021, RB said, "Newly added records established her death in 1905 and corrected details on her two husbands, deleting one. Altered the details on Charles Leon Gates who had died 1962, he being different from Eugene Charles Gates."
From Ronny Bodine (Jan. 29, 2021):
Following the death of her mother in 1879, Lizzie Bodine went to live with her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Bivins, and appears in her household in 1880 in Clarence, Erie County.
From Erie County, New York Marriage Records:
Charles L. Gates AND Elizabeth Bodine were married 22 March 1900 in Clarence.
From The Alfred (N.Y.) Sun of Wednesday, 4 April 1900.
Arkport. Chas. Gates of the firm of Gates & Saunders was married to Miss Elizabeth Bodine of Clarence, N.Y., a few days ago. Mr. Gates will bring his bride to Arkport where they will reside.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1900 Hornellsville, Steuben Co., NY: Charles GATES Sept 1873 NY farmer, Elizabeth B. March 1876 NY wife. Married 0 years.
1905 (1 June) Danville, Steuben Co., NY: Charles L. GATES 31 farmer, Elizabeth B. 28 wife, David L. 4 son, Merrill C. 9/12 son.
From New York Death Records:
Elizabeth Gates died 23 Aug 1905 in Dansville, Steuben County.
From The Herald (Hammondsport, NY) of Wed., 15 Nov 1905.
Surrogate Wheeler has issued letters of administration to Chas. L. Gates in $3,500 estate of Elizabeth B. Gates, Dansville.
Burials in Clarence Fillmore Cemetery, Clarence, Erie County, New York.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 40781536)
ELIZABETH BODINE Wife of Charles L. Gates 1875---1905
From Ontario County, New York Marriage Records:
Charles Leon Gates, 35, born in Hammondsport, NY AND Edith Howland Van Eps, 33, were married 15 Sept 1908 in Stanley.
1910 Dansville, Steuben Co., NY: Charles L. GATES 36 NY farmer, Edith H. 35 NY wife, Merril C. 5 NY son. His 2nd marriage. Married 0 years.
On 12 Sept 1918, Charles Leon Gates of Arkport, New York, registered for the World War I Draft in Hornell, NY. He reported he was born 4 Sept 1873, was a self-employed farmer, and named Edith Gates as his next of kin.
Obituary, Elmira (NY) Advertiser of Monday, 15 Jan 1962.
Charles L. Gates, 88, of Arkport-Canaserga Road, Saturday, Ja. 13, 1962. He was a retired farmer. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Van Eps Gates; son, Merrill C. of Niagara Falls, N.Y. Body at the Robertson Funeral Home, Hornell. Funeral today at 3: 30 p.m. at the Arkport Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Donald Hyer, Rural Cemetery, Hornell.
Burials in Rural Cemetery, Hornell, Steuben County, New York.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 123976630)
GATES EDITH V. E. 1875---1971 CHARLES L. 1873---1962