Ada Pratt

Brief Life History of Ada

When Ada Pratt was born on 19 May 1881, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, her father, Lorum Bishop Pratt, was 28 and her mother, Frances Lane Theobald, was 22. She married William West Seegmiller on 31 July 1899, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States in 1920 and Election District J, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 19 July 1961, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William West Seegmiller
1876–1952
Ada Pratt
1881–1961
Marriage: 31 July 1899
Zona Seegmiller
1903–1986
Olva Seegmiller
1904–1924
LaRue Seegmiller
1905–1974
Lorna Seegmiller
1907–1997
West W Seegmiller
1909–1968
Jenor Seegmiller
1910–1997
Pratt D Seegmiller
1912–1996
Gail Smith Seegmiller
1914–1975
Lorum Dan Seegmiller
1916–1966
William Garth Seegmiller
1918–2009
Kent Sailor Seegmiller
1920–1996
Charles Raymond Seegmiller
1922–1975
Wan Seegmiller
1926–2009

Sources (62)

  • Ada Seegmiller in household of William W. Seegmiller, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ada Pratt - Church record: birth-name: BEATRICE MITCHELL
  • Ada Pratt & William West Seegmiller, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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