Brief Life History of Floyd Allen
When Floyd Allen Pratt was born on 23 March 1849, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, his father, John Nelson Pratt, was 25 and his mother, Aramintha Brewster, was 17. He married Delila Chamberlain on 8 February 1877, in Livingston, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Newton Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Northfork Township, Barton, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 29 October 1912, in Long Point Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Long Point, Livingston, Illinois, United States.
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- Floyd Pratt in household of John Pratt, "United States Census, 1910"
- Floyd en tant qu’entrée de Ethel Deliola Pratt, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- F. A. Pratt en tant qu’entrée de Walter Holland et de Minnie M. Pratt, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Barton, Missouri, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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