Gladys M TATE (1918-aft1969)

Name:	Gladys M TATE¹
Sex:	Female
Father:	Henry TATE (1874-1968?)
Mother:	Emily Ann GALE (1878-1929)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	25 Sep 1918	Andover, Hampshire, England "GRO District"^2,3
Census	29 Sep 1939 (age 21)	Reading, Berkshire, England³
	97, Caversham Road, Reading, Berks
Occupation	29 Sep 1939 (age 21)	Shop Assistant Tobacconists; Reading, Berkshire, England³
Communication	20 Dec 1968 (age 50)	cousins Vera & Don; Eton, Buckinghamshire, England⁴
	The Gardeners Country Home, Horton, Slough, Bucks, SL3
Death	aft 1969 (age 50-51)

Marriage

Spouse	? ? ( - )
Children	Rosemary ? (aft1935- )
Marriage	aft 1934 (age 15-16)

Sources

Hilda M. Linington (Babs), LININGTON nee TATE, Hilda May 1968 Letter.

Text From Source:
	1 Lancaster Road,
	Weymouth, Dorset,
	2nd Dec 1968
	Dear Don,
	You will be surprised to receive this letter & probably know nothing of me! I am the elder daughter of your Uncle Henry Tate & sister of Gladys, who has given me your address. I think you had a brother too!
	I regret to tell you my Father passed away 24th Nov in a private Nursing Home. I telephoned Gladys asking her to let his relatives know, as I had no addresses. For private reasons she was unable to do this & I was sorry as so few people came to funeral. He was cremated as he wished after a very beautiful Church service at St. Peters. At the great age of 94½ years, his friends had pre-deceased him, apart from Freemasons of his Lodge who came & sent a beautiful wreath, as they had visited him fairly recently.
	He came to Dorset over two years ago, as his stepdaughter could no longer keep him with her. He needed constant attention for some time & had cancer of the tongue but no pain & old age & sclerosis.
	Would you kindly inform any relatives he may have living for me please? His end was very peaceful.
	I am sorry to hear you lost your Father - whom I had not seen since a very young infant. It would have been too far for you to travel in any case probably.
	During my Father's second marriage I saw little of him, but he turned to me after he became a widower again.
	I am a widow too having lost my husband with cancer a year ago last April - a major operation a year previously.
	It seems wrong any family members not knowing. I hope you will understand.
	Yours sincerely
	Hilda M. Linington
	(Babs)
PS	Cremation at Winton.
	Is Uncle Bernard still alive?
	He may remember me. He would be old too.
	I may move later to my son in Bucks (unmarried).

District: Weymouth.

Cit. Date: 2 December 1968.

GRO, TATE, Gladys M 1918 Birth (1918 Q4 Andover 2c 397 E?).

Text From Source:
District:	Andover

Index 100: TATE, Gladys M. GALE Andover 2c 397.

Cit. Date: Q4 1918.

Source: TATE, Gladys M 1918 Birth, TATE, Gladys M 1918 Q4 Birth FreeBMD

1939 RG101 2023B 006 18 TATE, Henry (RG101 2023B 006 18).

Text From Source:

Ref:

RG101/2023B/006/18

Letter Code:

DSAB

County:

Berkshire

Borough:

Reading

District:

121-1

Address:

97, Caversham Road, Reading

Name of person

Status

Gender

Birthdate

Cond.

Occupation

Schedule/Comment

Henry Tate

6 Mar 1874

Shopkeeper Tobacconists own account

68 1

Margaret Tate

20 May 1883

Unpaid Domestic Duties

68 2

Gladys M Tate

25 Sep 1918

Shop Assistant Tobacconists

68 3 See page 20 bk 2

Cit. Date: 29 September 1939.

Source: 1939 RG101 2023B 006 18 TATE, Henry, 1939 RG101 2023B 006 18 TATE, Henry FindMyPast

Gladys Tate, TATE, Gladys M 1968 Letter.

Text From Source:
	"The Gardeners Country Home"
	Horton
	Nr Slough
	20.12.68	Bucks
	Dear Vera & Don,
	Thank you for the Greeting card, I was pleased to hear from you, also to know Babs had written to you, she has been most helpful in so many ways.
	I now feel I should have sent you a line before, life is a terrible rush here most days, we have 36 old people.
	Yes it's sad Dad is no longer with us, seems impossible after all these years, he was 94 years, wonderful too, he did not suffer, one big blessing. We have been worried and worried for several years over cancer in his mouth, spread to his tongue and would have reached his throat in time after several years of treatment he had too.
	Babs' husband died in the same Nursing Home at Bournemouth of the same complaint not two years ago yet.
	I did think of you but felt sure you couldn't have reached Bournemouth. Rosemary and I had a good train journey down, but were 5 hours getting home then got a taxi. Lovely service as he would have wished.
	Rosemary passed The City & Guild, London Institute Exam with credit into 4th year at College now.
	Hope you are all well.
	My wishes & love
	from Gladys

District: Eton.

Cit. Date: 20 December 1968.