Barbara Peters, a returning PATE-L subscriber posted the following inquiry: Does anyone know who Minnie L. Pate born about 1898 family was. She lived in Geneva co and married Homer Sterling Joiner. Barbara: This Minnie Lee Pate perhaps is the dau of John Thomas Pate and Mary J Yeomans who married in Geneva Co AL about 1893. See 1900 Geneva Co AL census, Enum Dist 73, sheet 8, Pates Cross Roads, site 137/137. This enumeration list an old brother, Alley M Pate age 6 and a younger brother Portor (Porter) Pate age 2. Also see 1930 census of Geneva Co AL, Enum Dist 31-7, sheet 3b, Lowery and Davis Schoolhouse Precinct, site 55/55 Homer Joiner age 35 Head Minnie Joiner age 34 Wife Willie A Joiner age 15 son Mary Lou Joiner 12 dau Same family was enumerated in the 1920 census of Genva Co AL. See Enum Dist 107, sheet 7A, Tates Schoolhouse, site 113/115 I would GUESS that Minnie Lee Pate married Homer Sterling Joiner in Geneva Co AL about 1913-1914 Joel