Researching Geoffrey Cates
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 436 people with the Cates surname? In that year Cates was ranked number 3143 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Geoffrey means "heavenly place" and is of English origin.
Records of Geoffrey Cates on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Geoffrey Cates and the Cates Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cates Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cates family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 427 people with the Cates surname in the UK? Cates is now ranked number 3638 for popularity in the UK. |
Cates Family History Databases
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Cates Forums
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Miscellaneous Cates Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Geoffrey Cates. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Geoffrey Cates
Geoffrey Cates
Geoffrey Charles Cates (13 June 1918 – 2003) was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana from 1961 to 1971. Born in Surrey and educated at the University of Leeds, he was ordained in 1944 and began his career with curacies at Spennymoor and Ushaw Moor. In 1949 he was appointed Chaplain of the Butlin's Holiday Camp in Clacton-on-Sea, a post he held until his appointment as Vicar of Kumasi in Ghana. In 1961 he entered the Deanery of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana, where he remained for a decade. Returning to England he was Rector of Sacred Trinity, Salford and Rural Dean of The area. His final post until his retirement in 1988 was in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and he remained in Ipswich until his death in 2003. He was an honorary Canon of his final diocese, having previously held a similar post in Manchester.
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Other names that sound a bit like Cates
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