Photos of BLB families (other than Haynes photos previously loaded).
(Abbreviations:
“EJH” - Emily Josephine (Bates) Haynes (1911-2011);
“BBS” - Barbara Louise (Bates) Smith (1914-2010);
“JWB” - Jackson Wilmot Bates (1917-2015);
“RCB” - Richard Chester Bates (1921-2016);
“Bion” or “BLB” - Bion LaMott Bates, EJH’s father (1884-1975);
“Wilma” or “WJB” - Wilma Josephine (Jackson) Bates, EJH’s mother (1884-1981);
“Myra” - Myra Elizabeth Jackson, EJH’s aunt (1882-1981);
“Beulah” - Beulah St. Clair Jackson, EJH’s aunt (1885-1980).)
50th Wedding Anniversary - 1959-07
86th Birthday - 5 - Bion, Janet & EDH - undated-08
86th Birthday - 6 - Bion, Wilma, James Richard & JWB - undated-08
1961 perhaps-02
All Cousins - 2-14-2002-39
Bates Christmas card - 1951-08
Bates Family - 7-4-1954-35
Bates Family at Grandparents' house - Ovid MI - Thanksgiving 1957 - 2-34
Bates Family Reunion - Christmas 1952-19
Bates Family Reunion - Fall 1957-36
Bates Grandchildren - Church supper - Ovid MI - 1959-36
Bates Grouping - Spring 1949-20
Bates Reunion in Okemos - 7-19 ca 1984-34
BBS & family - 8-1980-04
BBS & Signe - 12-31-1979-36
BBS & Signe - at BLB house - Summer 1966-36
BBS & Susan - 1941 - 2-23
BBS & Susan - 1941-20
BBS & Susan - undated - 2-20
BBS 80th birthday - Bates family & others at Nields - 5-1994-34
BBS, Janet, JWB & possibly Jackson - 7-4-1949-20
BBS, Jerry, Randy, Stephen, Thomas, Jeffrey - Point Betsie - Winter 1954-20
BBS, Mary Alice, Myra & JWB - BLB home - Ovid MI - Christmas 1973-36
BBS, Susan & EJH - William St Ovid MI - undated-14
BBS, Susan, Myra, Russell, RCB, EDH - William St Ovid MI - undated-14
BBS, Wilma & Jerry in Great Grandfather Bates's Christening Dress - 1940-23
Beulah - 7-4-1969-02
Beulah, EDH, Myra - 11-1966-02
Beulah, Janet & EDH - 11-1966-20
BBS, Susan, EJH, Myra (hidden), Russell & RCB - William St Ovid MI - undated-14
Bion & Martha in Beulah - 7-4-1969-02
Bion & Signe - RCB residence, East Lansing MI - 11-16-1972-35
Bion & Susan in Great Grandfather Bates's Christening Dress - 1941-23
Bion & Wilma - 60th Anniversary - 7-20-1969-27
Bion & Wilma 50th Wedding Anniversary - 1959-34
Bion & Wilma 65th Wedding Anniversary - 7-21-1974-36
Bion, Myra, Janet, Russell, EJH, RCB, Beulah - William St Ovid MI - 3-1945-14
Bion, Russell & Beulah - 7-4-1949-04
Bion, Wilma & Grandchildren - baby David - Christmas 1948-21
BLB 100th Anniversary - Ovid MI - 7-25-2009-34
BLB grandchildren - 12 of 15 - Nield's house - Northville MI - 5-1994-34
BLB Reunion - Coldwater MI - Labor Day 1968 - 2-36
BLB Reunion - Coldwater MI - Labor Day 1968 - 2-36
BLB, Beulah & Randy - possibly Memorial Day 1962-36
Chistmas 1948 - baby is David-03
Christmas at Ovid - 1952-34
Christmas Card - possibly 1952 or 53-10
Christmas Card - possibly 1961-10
Christmas Card - undated - 2-10
Coldwater - 9-2-1968 - 2-02
Coldwater - 9-2-1968 - 3-02
Coldwater - 9-2-1968 - 4-02
Coldwater - 9-2-1968 - 5-02
Coldwater - 9-2-1968-02
Cousins - BLB Reunion - Coldwater MI - Labor Day 1968-36
Cousins - perhaps Bion's funeral - 3-4-1975-08
Cousins - Thanksgiving 1955-19
Cousins - undated-10
Cousins - undated-39
Cousins & Spouses - BLB Reunion - Coldwater MI - Labor Day 1968-36
Dinner with Smiths - Christmas 1970-36
EDH & Bion - UofM-MSU Game - 10-4-1958-19
EDH, Janet, JWB - Beulah - Fall 1958-02
EDH, Russell, Stephen, Susan & Randy - undated-20
EJH, Jackson, Signe & EDH - possibly 7-4-1968-20
EJH, James Richard, Jackson - 12-1964-02
EJH, Janet & Wilma - at BLB house - Summer 1966-36
EJH, Janet, Ellsworth, Myra - Myra's birthday at JWB house - 11-1966-02
David, Myra & Ellsworth - BLB 65th Wedding Anniversary - 7-21-1974-36
EJH, Wilma, Myra & Beulah - ca 1914-Bion
Elise & Karl Leif - 1961 or later-04
Elise & Mary Alice - BBS's Lansing home - 1961 or 1962-36
Elise (Bates) Schepeler Family - 5-26-1990-36
Elise, Eric, Jerry & Nancy - BBS Retirement - 4-29-1979-36
Elise, Martha (holding Karl Leif) & Mary Alice - 3-1962-36
Ellsworth, Myra, Unknown, Judy, Martha, Thomas, Jeffrey & Rolf - Myra's birthday at JWB house - 11-1966-36
Eric Bates Family - 5-26-1990-36
Eric, James Richard, RCB, Jackson - MDs - JR's UofM Graduation - 6-1981-36
Eric, Nancy & Family - undated-39
Eric, possibly James Richard, Randy, Jackson, David & Martha or Mary Alice - behind Ovid barn - undated-20
Family - 7-4-1958 - 2-39
Family - 6-7-1980-39
Family - 50th Wedding Anniversary - 7-21-1959-39
Family - 60th Wedding Anniversary - 1969-39
Family - 1978-39
Family - 1983-39
Family - 1984-39
Family - Argentine - 2-1968-39
Family - ca 7-4-1958-39
Family - ca 1943-44 - 2-13
Family - ca 1943-44 - 3-13
Family - ca 1950-51-39
Family Reunion - 7-4-1954-10
Family Reunion - at Rolf's - 6-7-1980-36
Family Reunion - maybe 1978-01
Family reunion - possibly 7-4-1968-20
Family Reunion - RCB House - 6-27-1987-36
Four Generations - Randall, Wilma, Nathan & BBS - ca 1975-34
Four Siblings & others - Walloon Lake - 8-1991-36
Four Siblings & Rolf Bates - 5-15-1994-21
Gail (Hunter) Haynes, Mary Alice Bates, Judith (Crane) Smith - 3-20-2011-34
Grandma Bates 95th at Jack & Janet's, Ovid - 8-23-79-01
Jackson, Martha, James Richard, David & Randy - ca 1958-39
Jackson, Mary Alice & James Richard - Wilbur-by-the-Sea FL - Christmas 1962-38
James Richard - Florida - ca 3-1965-38
James Richard - Wilbur-by-the-Sea FL - 1965 - 2-38
James Richard - Wilbur-by-the-Sea FL - 1965-38
James Richard, Mary Alice, Elice & Karl Leif - Myra's birthday at JWB house - 11-1966-36
Janet - ca 1943-44 - 2-13
Janet - ca 1943-44 - 2-13
Janet - ca 1943-44-13
Janet - print dated 10-1945-06
Janet - undated - 2-15
James Richard, Signe, JWB-02
Janet - undated - 3-15
Janet - undated - 4-15
Janet - undated-15
Janet - William St Ovid MI - undated-14
Janet, 'Carrie' (long time Keys family servant) & EJH - 5-29-1982-34
Janet, Signe & Jackson - Thanksgiving 1963-36
Jeffrey, Rolf, David & Thomas - BBS's Lansing home - 1961 or 1962-36
Janet, Signe & RCB (possibly Elise in BG) - Lake Michigan - 7-4-1975-36
Jerry - 1940-23
Jerry - 1941 - 2-23
Jerry - 1941-23
Jerry - ca 1943-44 - 2-13
Jerry - ca 1943-44 - 3-13
Jerry - ca 1943-44-13
Jerry - ca 1943-44-14
Jerry - undated-20
Jerry & Bion - 1941-23
Jerry & possibly Randy - undated-19
Jerry, Elise, RCB & BBS - BBS Retirement - 4-29-1979-36
Jerry, Randy & Susan - Susan's birthday - 3-25-1945-14
Jerry, Susan & Randy - 2-14-2002-39
Jerry on birthday - 1941-23
Jerry, Susan & Randy - undated - 2-20
Jerry, Susan & Randy - undated-20
Jerry, Susan, Randy and perhaps Martha - 1953-04
Jerry, Wilma, Bion & RCB - Christmas 1940-23
Judy, EJH, Signe & Beulah - Beulah - probably 7-4-1969-19
JWB, Patricia, Rolf & Beulah - 7-4 probably 1969-19
Lizzie Jackson & family - Christmas 1942 - 2-13
Martha - 1967-04
Martha (Smith) Nield & RCB - 12-6-2009-34
Martha, Jeffrey, James Richard, Eric, Karl Leif, Rolf, Mary Alice, Jackson, Elise - at BLB house - Summer 19-36
Martha, Jim, Susan, BBS, Ellsworth, EJH, JWB, Signe - at Nields - Spring 1974-36
Mary Alice Bates, RCB & Gail (Hunter) Haynes - 2-21-2011-34
Mary Alice Bates, RCB, David Bates & JWB - 6-28-2011-34
Mary Alice, BBS, RCB, JWB, Signe, EJH & Janet - Thanksgiving 1979-36
Mary Alice, James Richard, Martha, Karl Leif, Judy & Eric - sledding at Argentine - 2-1966-36
Mary Alice, James Richard, Rolf & Elise - Thanksgiving 1963-36
Mary Alice, Martha, Elise, BBS, Jeffrey & David - 1965-36
Mollie, Jerry & RCB - Nield's Tailgate - Fall 1991-36
Myra, Beulah & Jennifer - Summer 1973-16
Myra, Beulah, EJH, RCB, Signe & Janet - possibly Thomas & Wilma in background - 5-1949-19
Myra, Joyce & Rolf - 5-10-1975-16
Myra, RCB, Wilma - Thanksgiving 1955-34
Nields - 12-82-01
Perhaps Karl Leif, Jackson, Martha, JWB, Wilma & Bion - Thanksgiving 1963-36
Possibly David & possibly Thomas - possibly Christmas 1952-19
possibly Jackson - undated-20
possibly Jerry - ca 1943-44 - 2-13
Possibly Jerry - ca 1943-44-13
Possibly Jerry - ca 1943-44-13possibly Randy & possibly Stephen - 7-4-1949-20
Randy - 'your new nephew, taken August 44' - 8-1944-14
Randy, Ellsworth, Martha & Stephen - 50th Wedding Anniversary - 7-21-1959-38
Randy & Susan - Myra's birthday at JWB house - 11-1966-36
Randy, JWB, RCB & Jerry - Walloon Lake - 1991-36
Randy, possibly Jackson, possibly Stephen & EDH - 7-4-1949-20
Randy, Rolf & Martha - 50th Wedding Anniversary - 7-21-1959-38
Randy, Susan, Stephen & EJH - undated - 2-20
Randy, Susan, Stephen & EJH - undated-20
RCB & BBS families - Fall 1997-36
RCB Family - 8-1988-36
RCB Family - James Richard's Wedding - Gaylord MI - 7-1978-36
RCB, BBS, Rolf, Eric, Janet, Bion - Thanksgiving 1963-34
RCB, Jim, BBS, possibly Stacey, Martha, Signe, Karl Leif - Michigan - Spring 1976-36
Reunion - 1966-21
Reunion - Jennifer Smith UofM grad - Northville MI - 6-2-1993-39
Reunion - perhaps Bion's Funeral-07
Robert Gray & Susan Smith Wedding - key in 'Generations' book - 9-14-2002-34
Reunion - 9-2-1968-21
Rolf Bates - '9 weeks' - 5-4-1994-21
Rolf Bates Family - 5-26-1990-36
Rolf, BBS, Joyce, Susan, possibly Stacey & Martha - Picnic at Rolf's - 6-19-1977-36
Rolf, Elise, Joyce, Nancy, Martha & Eric - Cider Mill - Fall 1977-36
Rolf, Eric & Susan - Tailgate - 10-1997-36
Russell - on an unknown beach - ca 1940 - 2-15
Russell - on an unknown beach - ca 1940 - 3-15
Russell - on an unknown beach - ca 1940 - 4-15
Russell - on an unknown beach - ca 1940-15
Russell - undated - 2-20
Russell - undated-15
Russell - undated-20
Russell, Barbara, Bion, Wilma & Jerry in Great Grandfather Bates's Christening Dress - 1940-23
Russell, BBS, EJH, Jerry & Susan - undated-14
Russell, BBS, RCB, Jerry & Susan - undated-14
Russell, Susan & Jerry - undated-20
Signe & Bion - 5-29-1949-19
Signe & RCB - Dinner at BBS's Lansing home - 1961 or 1962-36
Signe, Eric, Susan, RCB - 12-18-1964-09
Signe, Eric, Susan, RCB - dinner before Randy & Judy's wedding - 8-1965-36
Signe, Eric, Susan, RCB, Ellsworth, Janet, Stephen & Thomas - dinner before Randy & Judy's wedding - 8-1965-36
Signe, RCB & BBS - Nathan's Rehearsal Dinner - 9-1997-36
Signe, RCB & BBS - Nathan's Rehearsal Dinner - 9-1997-36
Signe, Susan, RCB, Martha, BBS, Janet-02
Smith-Gray Wedding - 2-14-2002 - 2-39
Stephen & possibly Jackson - undated - 2-20
Stephen & possibly Jackson - undated - 3-20
Stephen & possibly Jackson - undated-20
Stephen, Randy, maybe Jackson - maybe 7-4-1949-04
Susan - 1941 - 2-23
Susan - 1941 - 3-23
Susan - 1941 - 5-23
Susan - 1941 - 4-23
Susan - 1941 - 6-23
Susan - 1941 - 7-23
Susan - 1941-23
Susan - ca 1941-23
Susan - ca 1943-44 - 4-13
Susan - undated-20
Susan & Bion - 1941 - 2-23
Susan & Bion - 1941-23
Susan & Jerry - ca 1943-44-13
Susan & Jerry - undated - 2-20
Susan & Jerry - undated-14
Susan & Jerry - undated-20
Susan, EDH, Signe & Rolf - 7-4-1969-20
Susan, Jerry, Randy & probably Stephen - probably early 1946-20
Susan, Randy, Stephen, Jackson & Thomas - Christmas 1952-19
Susan, Russell & Jerry - 1941 - 2-23
Susan, Russell & Jerry - 1941 - 3-23
Susan, Russell & Jerry - 1941-23
Suzanne (Fechner) Bates, Jeffrey, Elise, Jerome - Susan's wedding - 9-2002-34
Tailgate - 9-20-1986-39
Tailgate - 9-1986-39
Tailgate - 10-2-1982-39
Tailgate - Ann Arbor - 9-15-1984-36
Tailgate - 10-4-1980-39
Tailgate - Ann Arbor - 10-17-1981-36
Tailgate - Ann Arbor MI - 9-10-1983-34
Tailgate - Northville MI - 1990-36
Tailgate - Susan's - undated-39
Tailgate 9-84 - Dave & Cindy's-01
Tailgate 1999 - Susan's house - Ann Arbor MI - 1999-34
Tailgate party - Ann Arbor - 9-10-1983-01
Tailgate, Ann Arbor - 10-2-1982-02
Thanksgiving - 1952-39
The Bates Thumb - undated-06
The RCBs - Spring 1976-36
Thomas, Stephen, Randy, Jackson, Eric & David - possibly Ovid - Xmas 1952-19
Unknown, Eric, Stephen, David & Signe - Myra's birthday at JWB house - 11-1966-36
Wilma & Eric - BBS Retirement - 4-29-1979-36
Wilma & Janet - UofM-MSU game - 10-4-1958-19
Wilma & Jerry in Great Grandfather Bates's Christening Dress - 1940-23
Wilma & Kirsten Smith - 1968-21
Wilma & Three Generations - BBS Retirement - 4-29-1979-36
Wilma, EDH & others - Ovid - undated-20
Wilma, Eric & Susan - Beulah - undated-21
Wilma, Janet, Beulah & David - BLB home - Ovid MI - Christmas 1973-08
Wilma, Jerry & Susan - undated-20
Wilma, Jerry, Bion, Eliza, Myra, Russell, Susan, RCB, BBS & Beulah - 12-1942-18
Wilma, Susan & BBS - undated-20