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Hoagland Gates’ daughters, Anne and Elizabeth Gates with an unidentified friend from the Tower Hill School at Broadlands during the early 1930’s.

Margaret Chalfont Mackey Gates (December 24, 1890-December 29, 1981) daughter of Alfred Wilson Mackey and Minerva Spencer Mackey and wife of Hoagland Gates. Before her marriage to Hoagland, Margaret served as “Principal of the Junior Department” at…

Forced to relocate to warmer dryer climates for the sake of his health, Hoagland Gates advertized the sale of a large portion of the herd at Broadlands and much of the farm equipment in 1941.

Following Hoagland Gates’ death in 1944, more of the best cattle from Broadlands were sold at auction by his widow. However, his widow Margaret continued to keep a smaller herd on the farm for many years.

Anne Gates with four members of the Broadlands herd in the 1940’s. Hoagland Gates raised both of his daughters, Anne and Elizabeth to take an active role in the operation of the farm.

This photograph shows Jersey cows waiting to be loaded aboard ship in the Harbor of St. Helier on the Island of Jersey. Jersey exported thousands of head of cattle. Prior to World War II, all were transported by boat. This is how Hoagland Gates would…

This image shows the herd of Jersey cows and the farmstead at the original Broadlands Farm on the Island of Jersey. Although the buildings are of stone and the peaked roofs a bit steeper, the visual similarities between this courtyard focused…