High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Richmond Gates

6 Oct 1859 – 10 Jun 1956 · about 97 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Elizabeth Richmond Gates lived from 6 Oct 1859 to 10 Jun 1956, a span of about 97 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

John D. Gates1828–1887also hereJoanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921also here
Elizabeth Richmond Gates

SiblingsLulie Gates1862–1862 · Cushing Gates1863–1871 · John Alden Gates1868–1868

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Gates family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
i. Elizabeth Richmond, Oct. 6, 1859

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 Elizabeth'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.