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Henry Lee Tate

Born 7 Jul 1894 in Moran, Shackelford, Texas

Ancestors

Son of James H Tate and Ida (Garrett) Tate

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 16 Nov 1970 at age 76 in Mentone, San Bernardino, California

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Henry Tate is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1917-1919
WWI

Biography

Henry was born in 1894 to James Tate and Ida Garrett. He is a great x3 grandson of Leonard M Garrett, Revolutionary War veteran and progenitor of this Garrett line. Henry is a WWI veteran who served in France. He passed away in 1970 at 76 years old.

Excerpts of an email (Jun 13 2017) from his one-time neighbor, Wendy Rhea:

I have a few clippings I've saved on Mr. Tate over the years, and as his widow lived on a bit longer (Lenora) she was friends with another long-time canyon resident. I'm meeting with her daughter in a few weeks for an interview, and if I find anything else from her I'll definitely let you know! I know the Boullions and Tates socialized quite a bit from society articles at the time.

Henry was a well-respected man in the community, the water treatment plant across from where i grew up still bears his name. It's an interesting little canyon - this line of water that Henry worked on (all by himself!) is just below the Mill Creek Edison Plant, which first brought power to Los Angeles in the 1890s. The same water he filtered was coming directly (about a half mile from) from the first triphasic power plant built in the United States, and the first Hydroelectric plant west of the Mississippi. So that water would make its way down the hill, through the plant, generate power to Los Angeles 60 miles away, and the water would pass directly from the power plant to the filtration plant so that it could be utilized as drinking water.

He also lived on the banks of the first irrigation ditch built in California in 1819, the Zanja, which is the most litigated stretch of water in the United States. It's a rather interesting section of land and water history that he was a part of!

Timeline with Sources

1894 Jul 7 - Birth - Moran, Shackelford, Texas

1910 United States Federal Census - Justice Precinct 2, Scurry, Texas [1] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

1917 Jun - Enlisted in WWI (See article on right)

1930 United States Federal Census - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California [2] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Lodger; Occupation: Power and Light Electrical operator

1931 - Residence: Redlands, San Bernardino, California - U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989[3]

1940 United States Federal Census - Redlands, San Bernardino, California [4] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Purification Operator; Highest Grade Completed: College, 2nd year

1942 Apr 27 - Mentone, California - U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942[5]

1953 - Marriage to Lenora Mable (Crisp) Aldridge - Los Angeles, California - California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959[6] (Lenora is widow of Hardy Cecil Aldridge.)

1954 - Residence: Redlands, San Bernardino, California - U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989[7]

1970 Nov 16 - Death - Mentone, San Bernardino, California - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014[8] — U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current[9] Memorial #167502179 - Burial: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino, California

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry: