Harold Wilcken Pratt

Brief Life History of Harold Wilcken

When Harold Wilcken Pratt was born on 16 July 1899, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico, his father, Helaman Pratt, was 53 and his mother, Bertha Christina Wilcken, was 36. He married Anna Hendrickson on 14 March 1924, in Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Tonopah Township, Nye, Nevada, United States in 1940 and Justice Precinct 1, Ward, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 May 1962, in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 62, and was buried in Dublan Memorial Cemetery, Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Family Time Line

Harold Wilcken Pratt
1899–1962
Anna Hendrickson
1901–1962
Marriage: 14 March 1924
Ana Marie Pratt
1925–2006
Lucile Pratt
1926–2012
Gerda Pratt
1928–2008
Harold Wilcken Pratt Jr
1930–2009
Carmen Pratt
1935–2021
Ramona Pratt
1935–2022
Elena Pratt
1943–2005

Sources (35)

  • Harold Wilekon Pratt, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Harold Wilken Pratt, "Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997" Birth Registration
  • Harold Wilcken Pratt, "Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1902 · Old Main (Utah State University)

The first building on the Utah State University Campus was named Old Main and is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah. It was built after the current site was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the new college. Construction started in 1889 and the entire building was completed in 1902. During the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919, the building was used as a makeshift hospital to take care the effected residents in the surrounding area. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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The Courtship of Anna Hendrickson and Harold Wilcken Pratt

The following account was written down in April and May of 1962, shortly after the death of Anna Hendrickson, on April 5, by Harold W. Pratt, for the benefit of his children. His own death followed be …

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