Ruth Tate

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Tate was born on 3 August 1892, in Lair, Harrison, Kentucky, United States, her father, George M Tate, was 29 and her mother, Pauline Current, was 21. She married William Ogilvie Crombie about 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 6 Hutchinson, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 10 March 1968, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Ogilvie Crombie
1892–1972
Ruth Tate
1892–1968
Marriage: about 1917
Crombie
1924–1924

Sources (7)

  • Ruth Crombin, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ruth Tate, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
  • Ruth T Tate, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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1900 · Governor Shot

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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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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