This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BOY.2ACIB/1398 Message Board Post: On September 14, 2003, Donald Chism, eldest son of Mary (Thomas) Christmas, died. Donald was a cousin to the Gates lineage. His mother was the sister to Bessie Maude (Thomas) Gates. I am unsure of any other lineage connection.