Charles William Gates was born November 9, 1974, on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Jeremiah Gates (1868-1923) and Jessie Isabel Lowe (1876-1924).

His siblings included…

• Sarah Ann Isabelle (1898)
• Marion Mayfield (1901)
• Irene (1904)
• John Willard (1906)
• Geneva Louise (1910)
• Matthew Levern (1914?)

In March 1915, Charles married Alice Ruby Lowe (1898-1932) from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. She is the daughter of William Irwin Lowe (1873-1951) and Alice Lowe (1873-1932).

Their children included…

• Sans Vie (1917)
• Alice Myrtle (1919)
• Hazel Louise (1923)
• Charlotte Ruby (1932)

In August 1932, Charles married Gwendolyn Louise Simms (1905-1990) from Long Island. She is the daughter of Benjamin William A Simms (1865) and Isora Larbelle Pinder (1885-1964).

Their children included…

• Ivy Angela (1934)
• Charles Darwyn (1935)
• Margaret
• Raymond William Keith (1939)
• Mark Lavern
• Peter
• Gwendolyn Elizabeth (1943)
• Irene Louise

Charles William Gates was a blacksmith and millwright.

Irene Gates Lowe states…

He was a building contractor, a tin smith, a dock builder and a boat builder, I am proud to say he was a multi-talented.

Charles William Gates passed away October 18, 1974 (age 77) in Nassau, New Providence and is buried in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery. He is my 3rd cousin 1 time removed.