The GATES family line backwards from today can only officially be traced to James Alfred Gates, Blandford, NS
March 3, 1848 - 1935

Johann Martin Gaetz 1726 through Wilhelm Heinrigh Gaetz 1818 - 1896, Blandford, NS only supposed at this time.

Go directly to James alfred Gates:

JOHANN MARTIN GAETZ

Born: 1726, Palentine, , Germany
Christened:

Died: October 29, 1776, LaHave, Lunenburg, Lun, NS
Burried:

Married: 1753, Germany?

Wife: Elizabeth Kayty
Born: 1730, Germany
Christened:
Died: July 29, 1779 or August 15 1798
Buried:

Notes: Apparently had a grant from the King of England for four parcels of land (one each for four sons) in the "New World" in Nova Scocia, Canada. He was of German decent. The original family name was Gaetz.

Children:
Son: John Conrad Gaetz Born May 12, 1754, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened May 12, 1754, Lunenburg, Lun, NS Died: November 17, 1777, Lahave, Lun, NS Buried:

Daughter: Mary Magdalena Gaetz Born: September 23, 1756, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened: September 23, 1756, Lunenburg, Lun, NS Died: April 5, 1834, , Lun, NS Buried: April 8, 1834, , Lun, NS

Son: Johann Jacob Gaetz Born: February, 1758, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened: February 6, 1758, Lunenburg, Lun, NS; Married: Anna Maria Seeboyer, May 29, 1781; Died: Buried:

Son: Johan Leonard Gaetz Born: September 23, 1759, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened: September 23, 1759, Lunenburg, Lun, NS Married: Anna Margaretha Conrad, February 17, 1784; Died: Buried:

Son: John Martin Gaetz Born: April 5, 1762, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened, April 5, 1762, Lunenburg, Lun, NS; Married: Maria Eleanora Heiner, July 14, 1789; Died: Buried:

Daughter: Anna Cahterine Gaetz Born: January 16, 1765, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened: January 16, 1765, Lunenburg, Lun, NS; Married Andreas Wenzel, May 9, 1791; Died: Buried:

Daughter: Susanna Elizabeth Gaetz Born: September 1767, , Lun, NS Christened September 15, 1767, Lunenburg, Lun, NS; Married: Johannes Seeboyer, November 17, 1784 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Country, NS; Died: Buried:

Daughter: Catharina Gaetz Born: September 10, 1770, Lahave, Lun, NS Christened: September 10, 1770, Lunenburg, Lun, NS Died: Buried:

Father: Palentine Germany
Mother: Germany

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