| Date | Notice |
| October 9 1847 | [Married] On the 27th ult., in the Covenanting Church, Gortlee [Co. Donegal], by the Rev. Dr. Henry, William Bates, Esq., merchant, Strabane, to Miss Jane Buchanan, second daughter of Mr. Alexander Buchanan, Drumquin (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| August 16 1850 | [Birth] At Strabane, on the 9th inst., the wife of William Bates, Esq., merchant, of a son (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| November 11 1853 | [Married] On the 8th inst., in the First Presbyterian Church, Stranorlar [Co. Donegal], by the Rev. Dr. Steele, Mr. Robert Bates, of Drumavis, to Anne Jane, daughter of Mr. J. McCreed, Ballinacor (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| June 18 1856 | [Died] On the 12th inst., at his residence, Newtownstewart, Mr. Samuel Bates. In him the poor had ever found a kind friend, and the afflicted a warm comforter. In his life were reflected the charity and humility of his Master: and he died, in the true sense of the term – a Christian (Londonderry Journal) |
| July 18 1856 | [Died] On the 16th July, at Strabane, Mr. William Bates, grocer and provision merchant (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| April 29 1859 | [Married] April 12, in the First Presbyterian Church, Stranorlar, by the Rev. Dr. Steele, Mr. James Irwin, Drumavish, to Jane, daughter of Mr. James Bates, Dromore, both in Parish of Donoughmore, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| November 23 1860 | [Married] November 15, in Newtownstewart Church, by the Rev. James McIvor, D.D., ex F.T.C.D., assisted by the Rev. C. Hamilton, Mr. George Bates, Newtownstewart, to Fanny, youngest daughter of the late Captain Saville Speer, 1st Royal Regiment of Foot (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| June 21 1861 | [Married] On the 14th June, at Newtownstewart Church, by the Rev. Charles Hamilton, Mr. Thomas Miller, late of Scone, New South Wales [Australia], to Martha, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Bates, Newtownstewart (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 12 1865 | [Died] May 5, at her residence, Glencush, Isabella, wife of Mr. Joseph Bates (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| April 17 1866 | [Died] April 9, at Glencush, Joseph Bates, infant son of Mr. Joseph Bates, aged 14 months (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| June 8 1866 | [Married] June 7, at the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Mulvin, by the Rev. J. A. Chancellor, Belfast, assisted by the Rev. C. K. Toland, Bready, Mr. Robert Smyth, to Annie, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Bates, both of Strabane (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| January 11 1867 | [Died] January 5, at Strabane, Lizzie, second daughter of the late Mr. William Bates, aged 25 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| January 1 1869 | [Married] August 6, at St. Peter's, Unehumga, New Zealand, by the Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.D., William, son of the late Mr. William Bates, Strabane, county Tyrone, Ireland, to Emma Jane Menchenton, youngest daughter of the late John Gibbons, Esq., Huia (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| September 17 1869 | [Married] Sept. 19, at 19 Rankeiller Street, Edinburgh, by the Rev. John Patterson, Old Meldrum, Charles McLaughlin, of the 'North British Agriculturist', to Tillie Wardlow, youngest daughter of the late Mr. William Bates, merchant, Strabane (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| December 14 1870 | [Died] Dec. 8, at Killyclooney, near Donemana, Mr. William Bates, aged 83 years, much and deservedly regretted (Londonderry Journal) |
| January 4 1871 | [Died] December 31, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Miller, Brook House, Newtownstewart, Mary, widow of the late Mr. Samuel Bates (Londonderry Journal) |
| March 30 1874 | [Married] March 27, at Raphoe [Co. Donegal], by the Rev. Robert Boyle, Mr. Henry H. Dugan, Articlave, to Maggie, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Bates, Esq., merchant, Strabane (Londonderry Journal) |