James Grey Pratt

Brief Life History of James Grey

When James Grey Pratt was born on 27 August 1859, in Woodhall, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Pratt, was 31 and his mother, Hannah, was 30. He married Harriet Barnaby Allet on 25 January 1883, in Osgoode Township, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Buffalo, Wheeler, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Buffalo Election Precinct, Wheeler, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 7 December 1950, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Bartlett, Wheeler, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Grey Pratt
1859–1950
Harriet Barnaby Allet
1859–1931
Marriage: 25 January 1883
Frances Christine Pratt
1885–1979
Alfred Grey Pratt
1886–1928
Ulysses Simpson Pratt
1888–1889
William Henry Pratt
1889–1946
Sadie Katherine Pratt
1892–1927
Ernest Lewellyn Pratt
1895–1968
Edith Evelyn Pratt
1897–1899
Ina Pratt
1906–

Sources (18)

  • James Pratt in household of William Pratt, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James Pratt, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Death record of James Pratt

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1877

Historical Boundaries: 1877: Wheeler, Nebraska, United States

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

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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