Kezzie was named for her father's aunt, Keziah McKibbin. Her formative years were spent in Valparaiso, Indiana, where her parents worked as schoolteachers. Her father died when she was only two years old.
By 1878, her mother, brothers and sister had moved to Minnesota, but Kezzie, for a short time anyway, continued living in the Valparaiso area. In 1880, she was living as a boarder with a large family headed by a farmer, Daniel Wood, and was working as a schoolteacher.
By 1882, Kezzie was living with her mother and siblings in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where she must have met her husband, Charles Tate. They were married about 1888. In 1895, Kezzie and Charles were living in Detroit, MN, where Charles was working as a bookkeeper.
In about 1897, the couple were living in Fargo, North Dakota, and then three years later, they had moved to Corning, California, where Charles was working as a carpenter. They later moved to the Bay Area in Berkeley, near where the UC Berkeley campus now stands. They had two children, Homer and Jessie. The California voter roles indicate that Kezzie was a registered Socialist and her husband a registered Republican. That must have been interesting. (Later she switch over to Republican.)
Throughout her life, Kezzie either worked as a teacher, or as a nurse, so she must have been well educated. There was a tradition that Kezzie and her brother Hollis were "bookish," probably following the example of their mother, Marietta.
In her later years, Kezzie lost most of her family members. First her husband passed away, and later her daughter passed away in childbirth. Her son disappeared ... so by the time Kezzie passed away, she was without a family and living in a county hospital with a diagnosis of age-related dementia.
Biography by her great grandnephew, David M. Pierce, September 7, 2014. If you decide to use the biography in your research, please give me credit as its author. Thank you.
By 1878, her mother, brothers and sister had moved to Minnesota, but Kezzie, for a short time anyway, continued living in the Valparaiso area. In 1880, she was living as a boarder with a large family headed by a farmer, Daniel Wood, and was working as a schoolteacher.
By 1882, Kezzie was living with her mother and siblings in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where she must have met her husband, Charles Tate. They were married about 1888. In 1895, Kezzie and Charles were living in Detroit, MN, where Charles was working as a bookkeeper.
In about 1897, the couple were living in Fargo, North Dakota, and then three years later, they had moved to Corning, California, where Charles was working as a carpenter. They later moved to the Bay Area in Berkeley, near where the UC Berkeley campus now stands. They had two children, Homer and Jessie. The California voter roles indicate that Kezzie was a registered Socialist and her husband a registered Republican. That must have been interesting. (Later she switch over to Republican.)
Throughout her life, Kezzie either worked as a teacher, or as a nurse, so she must have been well educated. There was a tradition that Kezzie and her brother Hollis were "bookish," probably following the example of their mother, Marietta.
In her later years, Kezzie lost most of her family members. First her husband passed away, and later her daughter passed away in childbirth. Her son disappeared ... so by the time Kezzie passed away, she was without a family and living in a county hospital with a diagnosis of age-related dementia.
Biography by her great grandnephew, David M. Pierce, September 7, 2014. If you decide to use the biography in your research, please give me credit as its author. Thank you.
Kezzie was named for her father's aunt, Keziah McKibbin. Her formative years were spent in Valparaiso, Indiana, where her parents worked as schoolteachers. Her father died when she was only two years old.
By 1878, her mother, brothers and sister had moved to Minnesota, but Kezzie, for a short time anyway, continued living in the Valparaiso area. In 1880, she was living as a boarder with a large family headed by a farmer, Daniel Wood, and was working as a schoolteacher.
By 1882, Kezzie was living with her mother and siblings in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where she must have met her husband, Charles Tate. They were married about 1888. In 1895, Kezzie and Charles were living in Detroit, MN, where Charles was working as a bookkeeper.
In about 1897, the couple were living in Fargo, North Dakota, and then three years later, they had moved to Corning, California, where Charles was working as a carpenter. They later moved to the Bay Area in Berkeley, near where the UC Berkeley campus now stands. They had two children, Homer and Jessie. The California voter roles indicate that Kezzie was a registered Socialist and her husband a registered Republican. That must have been interesting. (Later she switch over to Republican.)
Throughout her life, Kezzie either worked as a teacher, or as a nurse, so she must have been well educated. There was a tradition that Kezzie and her brother Hollis were "bookish," probably following the example of their mother, Marietta.
In her later years, Kezzie lost most of her family members. First her husband passed away, and later her daughter passed away in childbirth. Her son disappeared ... so by the time Kezzie passed away, she was without a family and living in a county hospital with a diagnosis of age-related dementia.
Biography by her great grandnephew, David M. Pierce, September 7, 2014. If you decide to use the biography in your research, please give me credit as its author. Thank you.
By 1878, her mother, brothers and sister had moved to Minnesota, but Kezzie, for a short time anyway, continued living in the Valparaiso area. In 1880, she was living as a boarder with a large family headed by a farmer, Daniel Wood, and was working as a schoolteacher.
By 1882, Kezzie was living with her mother and siblings in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where she must have met her husband, Charles Tate. They were married about 1888. In 1895, Kezzie and Charles were living in Detroit, MN, where Charles was working as a bookkeeper.
In about 1897, the couple were living in Fargo, North Dakota, and then three years later, they had moved to Corning, California, where Charles was working as a carpenter. They later moved to the Bay Area in Berkeley, near where the UC Berkeley campus now stands. They had two children, Homer and Jessie. The California voter roles indicate that Kezzie was a registered Socialist and her husband a registered Republican. That must have been interesting. (Later she switch over to Republican.)
Throughout her life, Kezzie either worked as a teacher, or as a nurse, so she must have been well educated. There was a tradition that Kezzie and her brother Hollis were "bookish," probably following the example of their mother, Marietta.
In her later years, Kezzie lost most of her family members. First her husband passed away, and later her daughter passed away in childbirth. Her son disappeared ... so by the time Kezzie passed away, she was without a family and living in a county hospital with a diagnosis of age-related dementia.
Biography by her great grandnephew, David M. Pierce, September 7, 2014. If you decide to use the biography in your research, please give me credit as its author. Thank you.
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