Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 26 December 1857
- Death Date
- 26 December 1944
- Gender
- Male
George Amos Bates
George's father, William Bates, was a merchant who came to the Valley with his family in 1862. For some reason, likely business, they all returned to England and he, his wife, and eight children are seen crossing the ocean and plains to the Valley again in 1866.
James S. Brown Company (1862)
- Age at Departure: 4
Traveled with
John D. Holladay Company (1866)
- Age at Departure: 8
Traveled with
Sources
- 1870 Utah Census.
- “Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868. (Roster)
- Find a Grave (Website)
- "George Amos Bates," Deseret News, 27 December 1944, 12.
- "George Amos Bates," Salt Lake Tribune, 28 December 1944, 17.
- "Passenger List," Deseret News, 19 September 1866, 333. (Roster)
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.