Howard Rankin [bigboy1965@zappo.com] Posted: 27 Oct 2003 11:01 PM GMT Ancestry.com Message Board- PATE I am searching for information related to the family of Thomas Pate and Mary Teresa Beck. Thomas was born in August 1873 in Mobile,Alabama. Mary Teresa Beck was born March 17,1877 in Alabama. They had twelve children:Mary,Eugene,Annie,Vicy,Robert,Christian,Malcolm,Jim and James(twins),Bernard,Aletha and Emily. They were all born in Pensacola. I have some information. However,I am always looking for more. I replied Howard: You list 12 children for Thomas Pate and Mary Beck, who married in Escambia Co FL 15 Mar 1892 -Bk N, Pg 186. I can identify only 11 children for this couple. Christian Emeral Pate Sr 5 Dec 1895-1939 was listed a son of Robert Francis Pate in the 1900 Federal census of Escambia Co. Christian Pate was also listed as a son of Robert F Pate in the 1910 Federal census of Escambia Co. In the 1920 federal census of Escambia Co., Christian E Pate (Sr) was listed as head of house. Robert F Pate was listed in the same household as father of the head of household. Based on these three records I would conclude that Christian E Pate 1895-1939 was the son of Robert F Pate and a brother to Thomas C Pate and brother in law to Mary T Beck Pate. Additionally, the Thomas and Mary Beck Pate family appear in several Federal and State censuses [1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1935], none of which show Christian Pate as a son. Thomas Pate and Mary Beck apparently lost 3 children very young. Eugene E Pate was probably born and died in 1896. His was one of the first deaths to be recorded in the state wide death certificate program in Florida. See 1896 Card 2780. The twins, identified in the Florida death index as James and Jessie Pate, died in 1919. See FL death certificates for 1919, Cert 70-4996 for James and Cert 70-4997 for Jessie. I do not have copies of these certificates, only index material. Mary Louisa Pate b Feb 1893 [Eugene E Pate b/d 1896] Anna Myrtle Pate b Jun 1897 Vicey N Pate b 21 Jun 1899 Emily L Pate b 1902 Robert E Pate b 1904 Malcolm (H*) Pate b 1907 Bernard Pate b 11Nov 1911 Aletha Augusta Pate b 1915 (perhaps Aletha Agatha Pate) [James Pate b/d 1919*] [Jessie Pate b/d 1919*] * Needs verification