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Notes on Supplementary
Documents
The following documents, dated from 1880, are submitted to show that
Joseph Gately was settled in El Paso, Colorado, from at least that
date. No evidence other than his own Pension Declaration statement
(submitted as a proof document) has been found to support an earlier
date.
Note that a number of versions of the family name -- Gately, Gateley,
Gatley, and Gaitley -- appear in these as the proof documents.
The documents include:
A copy from the 1880 Federal Census for El
Paso Count which shows Richard, Joseph, and William Gatley working at
Weir's Sawmill (which was located in the Black Forest
a few miles southwest of Eastonville). Joseph's age and birth data
are compatible with the main proof documents. Earlier Iowa census
records (not produced here) show that Richard and William are Joseph's
brothers.
A recorded Chattel Mortgage of 1881 which
involves Joseph Gately.
The 1887 marriage certificate for Joseph H.
Gateley and Etta M. Wilson. (The bride consistently used the name
"Etta" rather than her given name "Leveretta".)
An 1888 Deed showing Joseph [urchasing
several lots in the town of Eastonville. |
