When Robert T. Tate was born on 7 April 1872, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Humphrey Pose Tate, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth A Guess, was 37. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Minnie Ford. He lived in Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 3, Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 8 April 1943, in Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, United States.
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English (northern):
from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Tate (Old English Tāta, from tāt ‘happy’).
usually a variant of Tait .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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