Martha Elizabeth Tate

Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth

When Martha Elizabeth Tate was born in 1834, in Louisiana, United States, her father, John Tate Jr., was 51 and her mother, Martha "Mary" Otaly, was 45. She married Emmanuel B Cutrer on 17 June 1856, in St. Helena, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pike, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Osyka, Pike, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died on 3 April 1908, in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Emmanuel B Cutrer
1830–1882
Martha Elizabeth Tate
1834–1908
Marriage: 17 June 1856
O E Cutrer
1857–
Josie Texas Cutrer
1866–
Josephine T Cutrer
1859–
Letha Cutrer
1862–
Dean C "Deanie" Cutrer
1863–1942
John Lea Tate Cutrer
1869–1916
Joseph J Cutrer
1871–1935
Frederick Fred Cutrer
1873–1923
Samuel Tilton Cutrer
1875–1960
Cora Lee Francis Cutrer
1875–1965

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth Cutrer, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Martha E Tate, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1787-1958"
  • Elizebeth Cutrer, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Name Meaning

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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