Emil Frank Pratt I (1893 - 1973)

Born 24 Sep 1893 in Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Florence Winifred (Purdum) Pratt — married 20 Sep 1919 in Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1973 at age 79 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Emil Pratt I is German.

Emil and his wife Florence owned a bar and dance hall in Bruce, Rusk, WI. Through DNA triangulation, Emil had two other biological children (not by Florence): Dorothy Lehner and Marlitt Purdum.

Military

Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. : DOB: 17 Sept 1894, DOD: 15 Jul 1973, Enlistment date: 19 Mar 1918 - 6 Jun 1919. ^[1]

WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 Banks, Ray, comp.. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations. ; 17 Sept 1894. BP: Cedarburg, WI; City/County/State: Montrose, CO. ^[2]

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. Date of enlistment: 3-19-18, Rank: Mech, Company & Regiment: D-341 Fed Art, Discharge 6-6-19, Grant, IL; Disabilities: hemorrhoids, rheumatoid arthritis. ^[3]

Census

1905 Census: 1905 Census: (June 1, 1905) Kennan, Price County, WI line 37, pg. 74 ^[4]

• August age 36 Germany Stone Mason
• Annie age 33 Germany
• Emil age 11 WI
• Arthur age 9 WI
• William age 4 WI

1910 Census: Kennan, Price County, WI ^[5]

• James Lebal age 38
• Anna Lebal age 38
• Emil Prott age 16
• Otto Prott age 14
• Tillie Prott age 9

1930 Census: Flambeau, Rusk County, WI ^[6]

• Emil F. Pratt age 35
• Florence W age 30
• Emil F. age 9
• Lorraine L age 7
• Robert W age 6
• Enid J age 4

1940: Flambeau, Rusk, WI ^[7]

• Emil F. Pratt age 46
• Florence W age 40
• Emil F age 19
• Lorraine L age 17
• Robert W age 16
• Peggy J age 14

Burial

He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Ladysmith, Wisconsin^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
2. ↑ *WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 Banks, Ray, comp.. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations.
3. ↑ U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
5. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Kennan, Price, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1730; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1375743
6. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Flambeau, Rusk, Wisconsin; Roll: 2611; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 10.0; FHL microfilm: 2342345
7. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Flambeau, Rusk, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4521; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 54-9
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #122083858

• Registration of Birth, State of Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, 7A-419. Parents listed as August Pratt and Anna Scheer.

• "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2M-K44 : 12 December 2014), August Pratt in entry for Emil Pratt, 24 Sep 1893; citing Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, reference item 3 p 210; FHL microfilm 1,305,141.

• Social Security Application; 387-12-7391. Lists birth date as 17 Sept 1894; Occupation: Schmidt Auto Workings.

• Certificate of Marriage, State of Wisconsin, License #126, Rusk County. Groom lists his parents as: August Prott and Anna (Scheer) Asmour. Bride lists parents as: Chas Purdum and Sarah Findley.

• The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Wisconsin, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 623273; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147: BD: 17 Sept 1893, Grafton, Wisconsin; Residence 1942: Flambeau.

• State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health. (Note: he passed away at a VAMC in Minneapolis)