JOHN LEWIS BATES;


John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) — also known as John L. Bates of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts., September 18, 1859. Son of Reverend Lewis Benton Bates, D.D. and Mrs.Louisa D. (Field) Bates;He attended public school in New Bedford, Chelsea, Taunton, and eventually the Boston Latin School. He then attended the Methodist-affiliated Boston University, earning an A.B. in 1882, and went on to graduate from Boston University School of Law in 1885. Over the next decade Bates practiced law in Boston.


He married, July 12, 1887, to Miss Clara Elizabeth Smith in Jamestown, New York.

Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention Bates was president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, which enacted a significant number of changes to the state constitution, 1917-19. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; A 32nd Degree Mason, Shriner, Freemasons of the Baalbec Lodge; Odd Fellows at Zenith Lodge; United Order of the Pilgrims President in 1892, 1893, and 1894, the , Beta Theta Pi. Died June 8, 1946.

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Spouse: Clara Elizabeth Smith b.Dec. 26, 1861, Jamestown, New York
They married, July 12, 1887, to Clara Elizabeth Smith in Jamestown, New York

Children:

1.)
Lewis R. Bates
b.July 9th, 1889
d.December the 31st, 1891

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2.)
John Harold Bates
b. May 10th, 1893
d. November 8th, 1983
Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada

BURIAL:
Mount Royal Cemetery
1297, Chemin de la Foret, Outremont
Montreal,Quebec Province, Canada H2V 2P9



Found a John Harold Bates born May 10, 1893 Boston who shows up in passenger lists going to Montreal and also in WW1 and WW11 draft records, showing his mailing address as 168 Allston St. Allston, Massachusetts.
Employer - Worcester-Rockwood Ltd., 1253 McGill College Ave., Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada.
The WW11 card gives contact as John L. Bates same address in Allston, Massachusetts.

WW1 shows he is single and a student.

The 1921 border crossing shows he works for Rockwood Sprinkler, 137 McGill St., Montreal. He is a civil engineer (P.E.), married permanent address 149 Beach St. Waverly, Massachusetts.
His wife is Mrs. Bates, born Texas, age 22. The US 1920 census shows her name is Alice.
Marguerite


Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 about Nina Marguerite Forbes Bates
Name: Nina Marguerite Forbes Bates
Date of Birth:July 19, 1903 Decatur, Alabama
Date of Death:11th of February, 1964 Montreal, Quebec Province
Place of Death:Canada
Age at Death: 60


Born July 19, 1903 Decatur, Alabama
Place of death - Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
Cause of death - natural
Buried - Mount Royal Crematorium, Montreal
Copy of report sent to John Harold Bates, 3719 Coronet Rd. Montreal




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3.)
?Dorothy Bates b. abt 1896


She (Clara) and he (John) both died in 1946 and are buried next to each other in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.



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Siblings:
Myra L. Bates, Emma M. Bates, Lillian G. Bates

NOTE*
1. Telegram from Henry Cabot Lodge to US President Theodore Roosevelt


Henry Cabot Lodge informs President Roosevelt that of John Lewis Bates's re-election as Governor of Massachusetts.
Date: 1903-11-03


Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records

Bio: By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian