REVEREND JOSEPH GATE born C1790 at Maryport, Cumbria MARY (nee CAPE) GATE BORN c 1798 JOSEPH GATE married MARY CAPE on the 18th March 1815, at Uldale, Cumberland. JOSEPH GATE was ordained as a Deacon at Chester Cathedral on the 13th December 1818. JOSEPH GATE was ordained as a priest on the 11th April 1819, at St. James Church, Picadilly, London. On the 12th April 1819, JOSEPH GATE was licenced to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Oswald's, Bidston Parish Church, in the County of Chester. This was due to the resignation of the Reverend William Shewell. JOSEPH GATE remained in this incumbancy until his death on the 4th July 1851, at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. JOSEPH and MARY (nee CAPE) GATE had the following children: JOHN GATE - C1817 - Died 8th September 1856, at Bidston. On the 1851 Census he is described as an Engineer, but he is also recorded in Osbornes Directory of Birkenhead (1854) as the Organist at St. Oswald's Parish Church, Bidston. MARY GATE - C1818 - Died 7th October 1897, at 'Manor View' 98 Upton Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. On the 1851 Census she is described as a 'Dressmaker'. DAUGHTER GATE - C1821 - Nothing is known about this child, except that she was born at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. ELIZABETH GATE - C1822 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. ELIZABETH married RICHARD POWELL at St. Oswald's Parish Church, Bidston, on the 18th October 1853. On the 1851 Census ELIZABETH is described as a Dressmaker. GEORGE GATE - C1823 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. He married somebody by the name of EUNICE ANNIE, but I do not have a maiden name for this lady. GEORGE died on the 17th December 1883, at Seacombe, Wallasey. ANNE GATE - C1825 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. ANNE married EDWARD BATTY on the 5th June 1849 at St. Oswald's Parish Church, Bidston. She died at 'Wood Cottage' Magazine Road, Liscard, Wallasey, but I do not have a date of death. SARAH MARY GATE - C1825 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. SARAH MARY married DAVID BLYTHE (Blacksmith) on the 7th June 1846, at Kendal Parish Church, Westmorland. She died on the 21st November 1893 at 6 Lingdale Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. WILLIAM GATE - C1825 - Twin Brother of SARAH MARY GATE. He died on 12th September 1851 at Bidston, Birkenhead. On the 1851 Census WILLIAM is described as a Post Office Clerk. JOSEPH JACKSON GATE - C1826 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. He married a lady by the name of ELIZA, but I do not have a maiden name for this person. In 1854 JOSEPH JACKSON GATE was a 'Wine and Spirit Merchant' and his business address was: Oxton Vaults, (GATE & Co;) Waterloo Road, Oxton, Birkenhead. He died on the 13th April 1858 at Poplar Road, Oxton, Birkenhead. ELLEN GATE - C 1829 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. On the 1851 Census ELLEN is described as a 'Servant at home'. ELLEN married THOMAS BATTY on the 15th August 1854, at St. Oswald's Parish Church, Bidston. ELIZA GATE - September 1830 at The Rectory, Bidston Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. ELIZA died at The Rectory, on the 22nd February 1831. If anyone has any connections with the above mentioned people, please contact me at VivBeeBlythe@aol.com Vivien Blythe, Wirral Peninsula, ENGLAND, UK "Happiness is helping a stranger find their roots!"