Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Elisha Gates Williams

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26 
  • Father:
  • Richard Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Gates   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jan 1823 
  • Birth Location:
  • Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jul 1913 
  • Death Location:
  • Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emily Williams
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  Evaline Harriet Williams (Ahnentafel No:13 )

  Blanch L. Williams

• Sources for Elisha Gates Williams

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Susquehanna County, 1860, Brooklyn, p. 7, Image 7 of 31.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/11/2023).
  • ³ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for Elisha Gates Williams.
  • ⁴ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for daughter Eva Harriet Tiffany.
  • ⁵ The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), 22 NOV 1943, p. 16, Obituary for daughter Eva Tiffany.
  • ⁶ Weston, E. A., A History of Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn'a: Its Homes and Its People, Brooklyn, PA: W. A. Squier, Printer (1889), 119, 181.

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