This page shows the ancestry of my paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen GATES, and of her mother, Susannah Ellen LAROCHE.
| Henry William GATES b c.1839, Woolwich Zinc worker Son of Henry Walpole GATES and Elizabeth |
married 1861 Walworth, London | Mary Ann MANN b c.1840, Newington, Southwark Daughter of William MANN and Mary |
| Henry William GATES b 1862 William Thomas GATES b 1866 Zinc worker Fanny Hannah GATES b 1868 John Rowland GATES b 1869 Alfred Edward GATES b 1871 Emily Caroline GATES b 1874 Alice Emma GATES b 1876 Florence GATES b 1878 (all b Newington, Southwark) |
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The Gates family settled in Southwark in about 1850. The 1851 census lists Henry Walpole Gates as “Foreman of zinc works”. Henry William Gates followed his father into the zinc business, followed in turn by William Thomas Gates.
| William Thomas GATES b 28 January 1866, Newington, Southwark Zinc worker d 1942, West Bromwich |
married 25 December 1889, London | Susannah Ellen LAROCHE b 27 September 1865, Southwark, London d 1942, Walworth, London |
| Edward Charles GATES b 1890 d 1900 William Robert GATES b 1893 George Frederick GATES b 1896 Henry Ernest GATES b 1898 d 1917, France Albert Joseph GATES b 1901 Mary Ellen GATES b 1903 Charles Cornelius GATES b 1905 (all b Southwark) |
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Edward Charles Gates drowned in the Grand Surrey Canal at the age of 9. According to a newspaper report of the inquest, he had been playing near the canal (despite strict instructions from his parents) and refused to leave when the friend he was with went home. His body was found in the canal the next day.
Tragedy struck the family again when the first wife of William Robert Gates, Louisa SAVAGE, was found dead, presumed murdered, in August 1918. She had travelled to Sunningdale, Berkshire, to meet a man stationed with the Canadian forces, and her body was found in a field several weeks later having been apparently strangled with the belt of her coat. No-one was ever prosecuted in connection with the crime.
Henry Ernest Gates became a war casualty, killed in action in November 1917. He was serving with the West Yorkshire Regiment.
Albert Gates became heavily involved in local government, serving as Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark from 1939 to 1943 and on many other municipal bodies. Albert’s wife Catherine (Kitty) MALONEY also served a term as Mayor. Charles Cornelius Gates became Mayor of the London Borough of Southwark, which was formed from the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey.
Ancestry of Susannah Ellen LAROCHE
| Joseph Thomas LAROCHE b 1814, London d 1859 Hat box maker/Copper plate printer |
married 1836 | Susannah SLOANE b 1816 |
| Joseph Charles Edwin LAROCHE (b 1841, Southwark) | ||
| Robert McCARTHY b 1804/5 Cork, Ireland Leather dresser Son of Julian McCARTHY |
married 1825 | Ellen HALFPENNY b 1811/2 |
| Mary McCARTHY (b 1844, Southwark) | ||
Robert and Ellen McCarthy lived near Bermondsey Leather Market, which still exists.
| Joseph Charles Edwin LAROCHE b 1841, Southwark, London Hat box maker/ Commercial traveller d 1914 |
married 1862, Southwark | Mary McCARTHY b 1844, Southwark Book folder d 1925, Lewisham |
| Susannah Ellen LAROCHE (b 1865, Southwark) Joseph LAROCHE (b 1867) Robert George LAROCHE (b 1869) Mary Elizabeth LAROCHE (b 1872) George Frederick LAROCHE (b 1874) Ernest LAROCHE (b 1876) Annie Elizabeth (Nancy) LAROCHE (b 1880) Henry Edward LAROCHE (b 1882) Cornelius LAROCHE (b 1885) |
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