Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Isabella Sanderson

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• • Great-grandmother of Bill Gates — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • John Sanderson 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Porter   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Feb 1871 
  • Birth Location:
  • Stalmine, Lancashire, England 
  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Mar 1871 
  • Christening Location:
  • Singleton, Lancashire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 20 Apr 1948 
  • Death Location:
  • Tacoma, Pierce, Washington 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William H. Rice
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Sep 1888 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Seattle, King, Washington 
  • Child:

  Lillian Elizabeth Rice (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Isabella Sanderson's death certificate gives her birth location as Poulton-le-Fyde in Lancashire. British records list it as Stalmine in Lancashire, where her family was living when she was only 2 months old. Her family would later move to Poulton where she is found living in 1881 at the age of 10.

• Sources for Isabella Sanderson

  • ¹ England Census, 1881, Lancashire, Poulton, p. 5, Image 6 of 17 .
  • ² England Census, 1871, Lancashire, Stalmine, p. 22, Image 23 of 24.
  • ³ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1900, Seattle Ward 8, E.D. 115, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 34.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1910, Seattle Ward 3, E.D. 153, Sheet 9B, Image 18 of 19.
  • ⁵ Lancashire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911, Baptism record for Isabelle Sanderson.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Lillian E Gates.
  • ⁷ Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017, Death certificate for Isabel Rice.
  • ⁸ Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Marriage record for William H Rice and Isabella Sanderson.

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