Researching Mary Tate
Investigate the background of Mary Tate using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5784 people with the Tate surname? In that year Tate was ranked number 734 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Tate on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mary Tate in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Tate ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Tate and the Tate Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tate Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Tate family tree.
Search Parish Records for Mary Tate at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mary Tate using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Mary Tate.
Research the Tate surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tate Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 8390 people with the Tate surname in the UK? Tate is now ranked number 704 for popularity in the UK. |
Tate Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Mary Tate.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tate family and people looking to contact living Tate relations.
Search One Great Family for Tate records submitted by people who are already researching the Tate Family Tree.
Find Mary Tate from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tate Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Tate Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Tate. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Tate
Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate
Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate ("Mother Tate") (January 3, 1871 – December 28, 1930) was an African American evangelist. She was the first American woman to serve as a Bishop in a nationally recognized denomination. She founded a Pentecostal denomination, The Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, in 1903. Its first convocation was held in June 1903 in Greenville, Alabama. The church was the first Pentecostal Holiness church in America founded by a woman, and spread to at least twenty states. At least seven denominations currently trace their history back to her church.
Source: Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tate
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