Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

William Henry Gates III

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• • Father of Bill Gates — 2nd Generation
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  • 2 
  • Father:
  • William Henry Gates Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Lillian Elizabeth Rice   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Nov 1925 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary A. Maxwell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 May 1951 
  • Marriage Location:
  • University Methodist Temple, Seattle, King, Washington 
  • Child:

  William Henry "Bill" Gates IV (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Additional marriages for William Henry Gates III

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary "Mimi" Gardner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1996

• Sources for William Henry Gates III

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 54.
  • ² Federal Census, WA, Kitsap County, 1940, Bremerton, E.D. 18-7, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 18.
  • ³ Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004, Marriage record for William H Gates Jr and Mary A Maxwell.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#61 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of the Stanleys of Hartford", (accessed 11/11/2014).
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "William H. Gates, Sr.", _Sr., (accessed 11/10/2014).

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