Leah Brain / Moses Bates (General)

by charwatkin , Dalton, Ohio, USA, Thursday, March 15, 2012, 20:05 (4639 days ago)

Leah Brain b. about 1852 in Little Dean
(possibly daughter of Anthony Brain & Roseanna/Rose Hannah ?)

Moses Adolphus Bate(s) b 1844 Longney, Gloucestershire
son of Moses Bates & Mary Ann Smith Bates

Marriage for Leah & Moses possibly about 1872?

By 1881 they have three children and are living in Barton Under Needwood, Staffordshire. Mary Ann, Ellen Priscilla and William Smith Bates

In 1883 Moses sails to Canada and shortly after moves on to Erie County, New York where they stayed.

Canadian Passenger Lists
Name:Moses A Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Date of Arrival: 24 Jan 1883
Vessel: Parisian

Family is found in NY State census records and US Federal census.
Always shows Leah arriving 1 year after Moses

This fact alines with family history, saying he came first w/3 children & she followed. By Census records there is an additional daughter named Frances Bates that was born in England. Pieces fit, as to why Leah came after Moses. Most likely expecting with baby #4, stayed home to have her and followed the next year.

I have tried to find a marriage for this couple and cannot find it... neither can I find a record for a Leah Bates emmigration. What I DO FIND, is a "Leah Brain & infant"

Name: Leah Brain
Gender: Female
Age:38
Date of Arrival:1 May 1884
Vessel: Peruvian
Search Ship Database: View the 'Peruvian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Could this be our Leah?? Is it possible they would not have been legally married for some reason & that is why I can't find information on a marriage for them or Passenger List with Leah "Bates"??

Any thoughts or informtion would be greatly appreciated!!!

Their daughter, Mary Ann Bates Watkins was my husband's Great Grandmother. We just received her death certificate with her parents name on it two days ago. Privor to that, we thought her name was "Blane"