Marvin L. Pratt

Maleabout 1844–

Brief Life History of Marvin L.

When Marvin L. Pratt was born about 1844, in New York, United States, his father, Abraham Albert Pratt, was 32 and his mother, Emily Elizabeth Leroy, was 33. He lived in Sodus, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Albert Pratt
1813–
Emily Elizabeth Leroy
1812–
Emory L. Pratt
1840–1863
Edwin Pratt
1841–1859
George Henry Pratt
1842–1862
Henry G. Pratt
1842–1900
Marvin L. Pratt
about 1844–
Mirian Pratt
about 1844–1859
Amelia "Millia" Pratt
about 1844–1872
Benjamin Albert Pratt
1851–1915

Sources (2)

  • Marvin L Pratt in household of Albert Pratt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Marvin L. Pratt - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Marvin L. Pratt

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Siblings (8)

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 2

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Age 19

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 31

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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