Waldo Fletcher Prescott

10 July 1877–9 December 1935 (Age 58)
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Waldo Fletcher

When Waldo Fletcher Prescott was born on 10 July 1877, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Noah Prescott, was 32 and his mother, Frances Antonette Tower, was 28. He married Grace Ellen Thompson on 5 March 1907, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 9 December 1935, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Waldo Fletcher Prescott
1877–1935
Grace Ellen Thompson
1882–1915
Marriage: 5 March 1907
Philip T Prescott
1907–1974

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
5 March 1907
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 4

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1889 · Washington Becomes a State

Age 12

On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 19

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Waldo F Prescott, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Waldo F Prescott, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Waldo F Prescott, "United States Census, 1910"

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