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Good day,

I am trying to create a history of the gates family name, but records are scarce and the history obscure. If you are able to add please do.

John Gates South Africa john.gates@live.co.za

• National Treasure (2004)
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

• Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage)
• Patrick Gates (Jon Voight)
• John Adams Gates (Christopher Plummer)
• Thomas Gates (Joel Gretsch)

It would be interesting to have some information about where this surname came from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.3.114 (talk) 15:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]