??? Gately - Gateley - Gatly - Gailley - Gaitley ???

--- A Study by Wilson Gateley - November, 2003 ---

Note: I've appended to each name the an abbreviation of the relationship that person is to my children, Edward, Katherine, Chris, Kyle, Brian & Toby.

ga

gu

gm

gf

gga

 great-aunt

great-uncle

grand-mother

grand-father

great-great aunt

ggu 

ggf

ggm 

gggf 

gggf 

great-great uncle

great-grandfather

great-grandmother

great-great-grandmother

great-great-grandfather

The 1910 U.S. Census for Colorado shows a Luther M. Gatley (ggu) and wife Caroline as living in the Falcon Precinct #20 in El Paso County. It says that Luther was born in Illinois, his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Tennessee.

In 1882,William J. Gateley (ggu) married Lizzie Lecort in Colorado Springs.

A tombstone in the Rifle, Colo,, cemetery says: GATELY-- Etta M.(ggm), 1867-1843 and Joseph H.(ggf) 1847-1927

The 1850 U.S. Iowa Census show John Gailley (gggf) in Mahaska County.

The 1860 U.S. Iowa Census show John J. Gately (gggf) in .Mahaska County.

MEMORIES OF TWO EARLY SETTLERS IN Mahaska County, IOWA

James Hayes, now retired, lived for many years on the Des Moines River... He ran a ferry at Eddyville for a few months and has charge of a saw mill in East Des Moines Township during 1857.  The following year he ran the Gately ferry. ... 

 John J. Gately (gggf)  was a ship carpenter and well acquainted with all the  river men.  He says he has often heard Mrs. Gately (gggm) relate the following story. ...

A land sale recorded on 11/24/1835 was signed by John J. Gately and the same name is referenced within the document.

A land sale document on 2/27/1868 includes the name John J. Gaitley.

An 1870 document concerned with his estate refers to him as John J. Gateley.

The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) marker on his grave in the "Old Section" of the Highland Cemetery in Eddyville says:  "John J. Gately, d. 9-25-1870, age 56 yr 11 mo 8 da, husband of M. Gately". "M." was Margaret Lewis, his second wife whom he married  January 22, 1852;  Sarah, b. 11-27-1812, d. 11-1853 was his first wife.

An 1874 estate document refers to him as John J. Gateley.  Another refers to him as John J. Gaitley.  

An 1876 document concerts the estate of John J. Gately.

An 1877 document refers to Leuther M. Gately (ggu) as plaintiff and Richard A. Gately (ggu) as a defendant

John J. Gateley's Children 

   Eliza GATELEY (gga) b. 1834/35 Illinois 

   Richard GATELEY (ggu) b. 1837/38 Illinois 

   James GATELEY (ggu) b. 1840/41 Illinois 

   Luther GATLEY (ggu) b. 1841/42 Illinois 

   Mary C. GATELEY (gga) b. 1845/46 Iowa 

   Joseph Hardin GATELEY (ggf) b. 3 Jan 1847 Eddyville, IA 

   Julia GATELEY (gga) b. 1849/50 Iowa 

   Elmira GATELEY (gga) b. 1853/54 Iowa 

   William GATELEY (ggu) b. 1854/55 Iowa 

   Rebecca GATELEY (gga) b. 1855/56 Iowa 

   Virginia GATELEY (gga) b. 1858/59 Iowa 

   Isabella GATELEY (gga) b. 1859/60 Iowa 

 

 

Joseph Hardin Gately's Children

Sydney Joseph GATELEY* (gf) b. 10 Apr 1888, Eastonville, El Paso Co.,  CO

Grace Martha GATELY (ga) b. 30 Oct 1889, Eastonville, El Paso Co., CO

 Frederick John GATELY (gu) b. 13 May 1893, Eastonville, El Paso Co., CO

Orville Richard GATELY (gu) b. 23 Nov 1894, Eastonville, El Paso Co., CO,

 Mary Etta GATELY (ga) b. 21 Oct 1900, Rifle Creek, Garfield Co., CO

Glenn Wilson GATELY (gu) b. 3 Jul 1906, Rifle Creek, Garfield Co., CO

                                          *Sydney seems to have been the only child to have used the 2-e version of the name...

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