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Lydia Downer

Birth	12 July 1810	Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Lydia Gates, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 13, line 2. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Heritage Consulting, 2003), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Lydia Downer, 12 July 1810, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States..
Death	11 October 1896	Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Heritage Consulting, 2003), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Lydia Downer, 11 Oct 1896, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States..
Burial	12 October 1896	Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lydia Downer Gates (1810-1896), memorial #26392657.

Father	Simon Downer
Mother	Hulda Briggs

Marriages Label

• Samuel Gates

Married

4 February 1830

Livonia, Wayne, Michigan Territory, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Florence C. Youngberg, Conquerors of the West: stalwart Mormon pioneers (Sandy, UT: Agreka Books, 1999), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Gates and Lydia Downer, 4 February 1830, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan Territory, United States; citing Florence C. Youngberg, ed. Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers. Vol. 1-2. USA: Agreka Books, 1999..

          Children:
               Susan Gates
               Mary Amelia Gates
               George Washington Gates
               Genet Gates
               Lucetta Mariah Gates
               Harriett Gates
               Huldah Gates
               Charles Downer Gates
               Lydia Gates
               Samuel Bertolf Gates
               Nancy Jane Gates

Residences Label

• 1840	Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• 1845	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1860	Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Slaterville, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880	Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Livonia, Wayne, Michigan	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	the District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Weber County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Slaterville, Weber, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Ogden City 4th Ward, Weber, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Isaac Bullock Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1852
Arrival	21 Sept 1852

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Lydia Downer

Crossing the Plains