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The Tate Family Photo Album, of Edgeley Saskatchewan - 34 pages: from Brenda (Wesley-Howden) MacPherson July 2026


The Tate Family Photo Album, of Edgeley Saskatchewan - 34 pages:  from Brenda (Wesley-Howden) MacPherson July 2026

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John Tait,  1842-1915                                 Emeline Augusta C. Tate (born Scott) 

Details to come                                            Born: October 6, 1851 Simcoe, Ontario                                                                                                        Died: March 27, 1912 Weyburn, Saskatchewan 



The following history was shared by Lenora Haynes (born Tate) at a family reunion in Edgeley, 1985.

John Tate came west in 1881 to claim a homestead. His wife, Emeline (born Scott) and family stayed in Ontario until they were able to sell the farm down there and until John Tate had the required number of acres cultivated here and owned some livestock. It was then that he was able to send for his family. The Tate homestead section 36, which is 1/2 mile north and two miles east of Edgeley, was one of the first registered in this district. They were here during the Riel Rebellion. Apparently, anyone that helped during that time was allowed to claim more land. So, around 1890 John Tate and Bill Hunt drove a team of horses and plowed a furrow south eighty miles till they found a spot they liked. They had to plow a furrow so they could find their way back to their homestead here. John Tate put claim on more land there which later became the town of Weyburn. The Weyburn history states when John Tate, a Scotsman, first saw the river he said, "Oh look at the wee burn". That's how Weyburn got its name. The Tates went to school where the old stone school now stands, on the Tim Howden home quarter. It was called Mount Pleasant then. That's where David Tate and Mabel Goodwin first met. The Goodwin homestead was where Bill Morrell now lives a mile south of the old school. The Tates moved to Weyburn around 1900, leaving Dave Tate to run the Edgeley farm. Dave and Mabel were married on June 27, 1901 and built the stone house in 1907 which was torn down in the early 1980's.

John and Emeline Tate had twelve children:

Catherine Hunt (born Tate) 1870 - 1954,                         Married to William Henry Hunt

Eliza Howden (born Tate) 1872 - 1911,                           Married to John Howden

Robert Tate 1874 - 1923

David Hughes Tate 1876 - 1926,                                     Married to Mabel Goodwin

Ida Ellen Carter (born Tate) 1878 - 1963,                       Married to Richard Henry Carter

John Alexander "Sandy" Tate 1881 - 1942                     Married to Sarah Ellen Gunn

Margaret "Maggie"Lydia Little (born Tate) 1883 - 1973 Married to William McKay Little

Mary Zillah Scott (born Tate) 1885 - 1950                     Married to Lorne Dickson Scott

Florence Mabel Palmer (born Tate) 1888 - 1949.           Married to Charles Ernest Palmer

Lexie Rowena Ormiston (born Tate) 1892 - 1954,         Married to Wilbert Robert Ormiston

William Emery "Willie" Tate 1895 - 1954,                     Married to Mary Isobel Curry

Merlin James Tate 1896 - 1954,                                     Married to Nelda May Waite

*John and Thomas Howden were brothers. Tom and Minnie Howden had Jack (born 1898)

and Bessie (born 1899). Bessie was born weighing 2 Ibs. Tom and Minnie kept Bessie warm in a

loaf pan on the oven door. When they saw how much care the new baby needed, John and Eliza

offered to take Jack and look after him. Andrew was born in 1900. Jack never returned to his parents.

He was raised by John and Eliza. In 1911 Eliza drowned in a slough while waking to visit the

Goodwins, her mother’s family who lived just south of their farm.



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