I have Nicholas Bates who married Rosetta Trembly in probably Decatur Co., Iowa. They are found in 1910 and 1920 census in Lucas Co., Iowa. I have no access to 1930 and have not yet sent in a look-up for them as of yet. Nicholas and Rosetta Trembly had 8 children known to me, Mildred, Eunice, Dora, Osie, Grant born about 1901, Nicholas born and died 1905, George born 1907 and died 1989, and Blanche. Nicholas born about May 1865 died?, and Rosetta born 10/1872 in Decatur Co., Iowa and died prior to 1920 census reading. Rosetta Trembly is the half sister to Rachel ( nee' Trembly ) Scott, wife of Charles Calvin Scott ( not related to Cyrus Scott or Aaron Salter Scott families of Lucas county. ) Rachel ( nee' Trembly ) Scott and half sister Rosetta ( nee' Trembly ) Bates both lived in Lincoln township, Lucas Co., Iowa. sincerly David

ly??= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello David, ... Bates researchers: Found a few Bates in the Lucas Co. Marriages book, 1849-1918, [publ by LCGS, no date]: p. 13, 29 Apr 1866 Mary E. Bates, 21 to Albert T. Hart, 21 p. 52, 10 apr 1889 A. L. Bates, 31, to Katie Marshall, 25. p. 53, 14 nov 1889 Antonia Bates, 15, to Joseph Sorrel, 24. p. 54, 25 mar 1890 Joseph C. Bates, 70, to Mrs. Mary Prather, 66. [What was Mary's maiden name?] p. 67, 28 oct 1897 August Franklin Bates, 20, to William Beaumont Buchanan, 23/ p. 85, 24 Dec 1905 C. M. Bates, 20, to Myrtle Cook, 16. p. 90, 22 Dec 1908 Mildred J. Bates, 20, to Theodore J. Percifield, 23. p. 101, 4 Nov 1914 Dora May Bates, 19, to Frank Nicely, 23. p. 106, 23 May 1917 Ocie Bates, 18, to James Keith, 18. // Hope this is useful to some folks, Mary Beth in Wisconsin "A Random Act of Genealogical Kindness." :-)