Frederick D. Gath

     Fred Gath arrived in the Port of Boston on May 24 1896 aboard the Scythia.He was with his aunt Kate Considine..  According to the ship's manifest he was 9 years old and was on his way to Lowell Ma where his father William was waiting.   The ship sailed out of Liverpool England

     When he married Elizabeth Leonard on 9/14/1910 his occupation was listed as shoemaker and he lived at 42 Hudson St. Lowell; On 6/5/1917 He registered for the draft.  He was a foreman in Spaulding shoe shop and had 4 children. The family lived  in  Lowell at 2 Joiners Ct.  The family Moved to Marshall St in Tewksbury sometime prior to the 1930 census.

   His birthplace is listed as Limerick Ireland  or Leeds England   according to  Two historical records