High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
John Alden Gates
14 May 1868 – 23 May 1868
From the burial index · with sourced details below
John Alden Gates was an infant. Born 14 May 1868, died 23 May 1868, a life of less than two years.
Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Gates in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsElizabeth Richmond Gates1859–1956 · Lulie Gates1862–1862 · Cushing Gates1863–1871
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Gates family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
iv. John Alden, May 14, 1868, d. 23d of same month
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of John's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.