Cates

(submitted by Alma Hart)

Jacob J. Cates lived on the 6th Line (Hickory Creek Line) between 12 and 15 Sideroads (First School and Bethel Roads), on the north side of the road. His first wife was Minnie Thompson. They had a son, William. Then Jacob remarried; his second wife was a Manning. Their son was Lawrence.

Lawrence Cates married Gladys Minielly. They had four children: Alma (m. Keith Hart), Norman (m. Virginnia Fenner), Gordon (m. Mary Potter) and Kenneth (m. Faye Richardson).

Jacob's sister Martha Cates married Richard Ellerker. They had seven children: Annie (m. Joe Goodhill, then Joe Stewart), Herbert (m. Eunice Mason, then Dot Lasby), Otto (m. Vera Richardson), Fred (m. Verna Wilkinson), Luella (m. John Harper), Mary Lillian (m. Wilfred John Smith) and Charles (m. Eva Smith).