Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameIda Samantha “Manta” Wells 
Birth19 Dec 1876, Lincoln, Johnson Co, IA
Census18 Apr 1910, Denver, Denver Co, CO
Memoroll#116, pg 4
Census2 Jan 1920, Denver, Denver Co, CO
Memoroll#158, pg 5
Census9 Apr 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memoroll#131, pg 9
Census18 Apr 1940, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memoroll#373, pg 20
Death5 Nov 1941, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA
MemoBegonia
OccupationNurse
FatherNewton Wells (1849-1912)
MotherIrene Barnes (1850-1910)
Misc. Notes
Not with her parents in 1900 Colorado census.
She is listed in Denver in 1910, as "Manta" head of household (33, IA) working as a private Nurse, with her sister Rose living with her.
In 1920 she is listed as Manta W. Pate (42, IA) parents born in Ohio, living in Denver with her husband Charles Wesley Pate (7 Apr 1868, TN - 10 Dec 1947, Los Angeles CA), who is a real estate agent.
They had moved to Long Beach, CA by 1930 where she is listed as Manta W. Pates (54, OH), first married at age 32.
Same in 1940, Manta W. Pate (63, IA).
Her death record in California lists Samantha W. Pate, with father's surname Wells and mother's surname Barnes, as having been born 19 Dec 1876 in Iowa and died 5 Nov 1841 in Los Angeles Co.
She is listed in Denver in 1910, as "Manta" head of household (33, IA) working as a private Nurse, with her sister Rose living with her.
In 1920 she is listed as Manta W. Pate (42, IA) parents born in Ohio, living in Denver with her husband Charles Wesley Pate (7 Apr 1868, TN - 10 Dec 1947, Los Angeles CA), who is a real estate agent.
They had moved to Long Beach, CA by 1930 where she is listed as Manta W. Pates (54, OH), first married at age 32.
Same in 1940, Manta W. Pate (63, IA).
Her death record in California lists Samantha W. Pate, with father's surname Wells and mother's surname Barnes, as having been born 19 Dec 1876 in Iowa and died 5 Nov 1841 in Los Angeles Co.
Spouses
Birth7 Apr 1868, Gibson Co, TN
Death10 Dec 1947, Los Angeles Co, CA
Occupationreal estate agent
Misc. Notes
He was first married (in Colorado?) in 1897 to Mary ELizabeth “Lizzie“ MENEES (Dec 1873 TN –1910 CO) and listed in the 1900 Nashville census with Mary and their year old daughter Mary M. Pate (Jul 1898, TN) as a commission agent and boarders in the home of Thomas Menees. He was widowed by 1910, when he was working as a real estate agent. He then was remarried to Manta (Samantha) prior to the 1920 census, when he was working as a real estate agent.
They were in Long Beach in 1930, where he is shown as Charles M. Pates (62, TN) first married at age 42, working as a real estate agent.
They were in Long Beach in 1930, where he is shown as Charles M. Pates (62, TN) first married at age 42, working as a real estate agent.
Marriage15 Sep 1910, Denver, Denver Co, CO
No Children