Individual Details
Willie Virgil "Bill" Gates
(4 Feb 1909 - 14 Nov 1973)
"Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLX-FJ2 : 4 November 2017), Willie Gates and Marie Crabtree, 1926.
Events
| Birth | 4 Feb 1909 | Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma |  | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 7 May 1910 | (James Franklin Gates and Maude Greenhaw) Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma | |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 22 Jan 1920 | (James Franklin Gates and Maude Greenhaw) Seger, Washita County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1926 | Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma - Marie Crabtree | | | |
| Census (family) | 21 Apr 1930 | Beaver, Caddo County, Oklahoma - Marie Crabtree | | | |
| Death | 14 Nov 1973 | Merced County, California | | ||
| Burial | Chowchilla Cemetery, Madera County, California | | |
Families
| Spouse | Marie Crabtree (1913 - 1973) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | James Franklin Gates (1881 - 1960) |
| Mother | Maude Greenhaw (1884 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Nina Mae Gates (1903 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Elmer Lee Gates (1905 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Charlie Carl Gates (1906 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Vera L. Gates (1911 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Jack Gates (1913 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Nellie P. Gates (1915 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Leon Vestel Gates (1919 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Geneva Lucille Gates (1921 - 2008) |
| Sibling | J. D. Gates (1927 - 1932) |
Notes
Birth
School records state he was born 4 Feb 1908."Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2N8-MYXP
Census (family)-shared
James F Gates Head M 28 Arkansas - FarmerMaude Gates Wife F 24 Texas - Farm laborer
Nina Gates Daughter F 6 Texas
Elma Gates Daughter F 4 Texas
Carl Gates Son M 3 Oklahoma
William Gates Son M 1 Oklahoma
Joseph T Gates Brother M 25 Arkansas
Census (family)-shared
James F Gates Head M 39 Arkansas - FarmerMaude Gates Wife F 36 Texas
Nina M Gates Daughter F 16 Texas
Elmer L Gates Son M 14 Texas
Carl Gates Son M 13 Oklahoma
Willie V Gates Son M 10 Oklahoma
Vera L Gates Daughter F 9 Oklahoma
on the next page (not indexed together):
Jack Gates son M 6 Texas
Nellie P. Gates F 4 Oklahoma
Leon V. Gates M 11/12 Oklahoma
Marriage
On the marriage license application Marie claimed to be 16, but was no more than 14 years old.Census (family)
Bill Gates Head M 20 OklahomaMaroe GatesWifeF17Oklahoma
J W GatesSonM2Oklahoma
Burial
PLOT Section D, Row 23Inscription:
Loving memories never die, as years roll on and days pass by.
Beloved Husband, Father, Grandpa
His memory is enshrined in our hearts.
In God's loving care.
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7H-QPS : accessed 8 June 2018), William Gates in household of James F Gates, Indiahoma, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 11B, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1248; FHL microfilm 1,375,261..
2. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN11-P98 : accessed 8 June 2018), Willie V Gates in household of James F Gates, Seger, Washita, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 197, sheet 4A, line 49, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1489; FHL microfilm 1,821,489..
3. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLX-FJ2 : 4 November 2017), Willie Gates and Marie Crabtree, 1926..
4. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLF-GL6 : 4 November 2017), Willie Gates and Marie Crabtree, 1926..
5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQ1-SY9 : accessed 8 June 2018), Bill Gates, Beaver, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 11A, line 25, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1894; FHL microfilm 2,341,628..
6. "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT9-R11 : 26 November 2014), Willie V Gates, 14 Nov 1973; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..
7. Find A Grave Memorial 79634640.