Willie Bryan Pate 1907-1976 lived all of his life in WV. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coni Davis" <conid@bobcats.k12.ar.us> To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:04 AM Subject: RE: [PATE GENEALOGY] Re: [PATE] My Grandfather > What did your W.B. Pate stand for? My grandfather was W. B. Pate, William Bruin Pate. He was called Uncle Billy. He lived in Arkansas. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Pate [mailto:rpate@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:46 AM > To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PATE GENEALOGY] Re: [PATE] My Grandfather > > Hi Joel - Concerning your reply of Nov. 2003. There have been so many if's > in finding my grandfather Robert H. Pate. If anyone could check records for > Kansas City Missouri, and/or Kansas City Illinois after 1930 either marriage > or death or any other type record it would really help me eliminate that > area. As to his work I just don't know what he could do since my father was > so young when he left. I do know that my father W.B. Pate and his brother > Raymond did some railroad work as laborers when they were in their teens. > Thank You for having this venue for all of us looking into our past. > > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com> > To: "Bob Pate" <rpate@bellsouth.net>; <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [PATE] My Grandfather > > > > Bob: > > Robert H Pate age 54 and family were enumerated in Curry, Putnam Co West > > Virginia in the 1930 census. The enumeration was made 19 Apr 1930. > > Citation: Enumeration District 40-5, sheet 7B, Curry Twsp, site 128/128. > > I'd say that he was in Curry, WV for at least the first quarter of 1930. > > His occupation was listed as Farmer, apparently self employed on a truck > > farm. > > > > Here is a wild lead for you- > > The English and Canadians had decennial censuses, BUT they made them, not > on > > the decade year, e.g., 1850, but on the first year, e.g., 1851. I think > > that the pattern has continued. So there MAY be a Canadian census for > 1931. > > IF so and IF it is available and IF Robert H Pate was in Canada and IF he > > was enumerated, you MAY be able to trace him. > > > > Do you know if he continued working at farming or related work? > > > > Joel > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Pate" <rpate@bellsouth.net> > > To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 8:55 PM > > Subject: [PATE] My Grandfather > > > > > > > I posted this information a couple of years ago and have exhausted most > of > > the ways to locate him. Jinks has looked a few times and thought it > would > > be good to re-visit, maybe someone can help now. > > > > > > My grandfather Robert Harvey Pate was b.12-22-1876 in Wv. He married > > Gillie Paul, his father was Jabe B.L. Pate b. 3-3-1847, in Va., his > mother > > was Martha Perkins b. 1848-1850. > > > Robert and Gillie had 11 children. About 1930 he left his family and > his > > farm to find work. Some older aunts and uncles indicated that he might > have > > called from Kansas or Missouri (Kansas City). There was also a rumor that > > he had called from Canada. > > > If anyone has found a Pate about that age and cannot connect him to a > > family or if their family started about 1930 or later please contact me. > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > Bob Pate + rpate@bellsouth.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >