August Friedrich Wilhelm (Prott) Pratt (1867 - 1936)

Born 30 Jun 1867 in Utzedel, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia, German Empire

Husband of Anna Augusta Ulrika (Scheer) Lebal — married 31 Jan 1892 in Kennan, Price County, Wisconsin, United States

Husband of Gertrude May (Carpenter) Prott — married 2 Jul 1907 in Montrose County, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1936 at age 68 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States

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Biography

August (Prott) Pratt is German.

Birth

Map of Pommern, Prussia. (Red line indicates current border of Germany and Poland. Red circled town Utzedal to the west is birthplace of August.

August Prott's birthplace is listed as Utzedel, Germany on his daughter's birth record.^[1]

Immigration & Naturalization

Hamburg Passenger List ^[2]

• Name: Johann Prott
• Gender: mannlich (male)
• age: 36
• Occupation: landmann
• BD: abt 1846
• residence: Krusemarkshagen, Pommern (Pomorskie)
• Departure date: 27 Sept 1882
• Port of Departure: Hamburg
• Port of Arrival: NY
• Ship Name: Suevia
• Captain: Franzen
• Ship line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
• Ship Type: Dampfschiff
• Ship Flag: Deutschland
• Accommodation: Zwischendeck
  • Johann Prott age 36
  • Caroline Prott age 35
  • Aug. Prott age 9
  • Wilh.e Prott age 8

Is naturalized by 1920 census. His father shows naturalized in the 1900 census, so he most likely was naturalized at a young age through his father.

Census

1905 Census: 1905 Census: (June 1, 1905) Kennan, Price County, WI line 37, pg. 74 ^[3]

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

1910 Census: Precinct 14 Lujane, Montrose County, Colorado pg.3a ^[4]

• August F.W. age 42 Car Repairman, 2nd marriage
• Gertrude age 31), first marriage, 1/0 children

1920 Census: Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado pg. 6b ^[5]

• August age 53 Stone Mason Wurttenberg/Poland/Poland; Naturalized; Immigrated 1880, Naturalized
• Gertrude age 41
• Ruth age 6

1930 Census: Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado pg. 10a ^[6]

• August F.W. age 62 Carpenter; Naturalized, Immigrated 1882
• Gertrude age 52
• Ruth age 16

Marriage

August. Fried. Wilhelm Prott married Anna Guste Scheer 31 Jan 1892 in Price, Wisconsin. ^[7]

1. Herman b.1892
2. Emil b.1893
3. Arthur b.1895
4. Infant b.1897
5. Edith b.1898
6. Helen b.1900

It is unknown if a divorce was required of August and Anna, but they both remarried in 1907.

August Prott married Gertrude Carpenter July 2, 1907 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado. ^[8]

1. Verna Alberta Prott (died at 3 months)
2. Ruth Prott b.1913

Obituary

"PIONEER MONTROSE CARPENTER DIES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON"; Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Addinton Mortuary chapel for A.F. Prott, 68, well-known Montrose carpenter, who passed away in a local hospital Thursday afternoon after a five-day illness of pneumonia and complications. Mr. Prott was born in Germany on June 30, 1867, and came to the United States with his parents when he was 16 years old. the family first lived in Milwaukee, Wis. The deceased came to Colorado when the Gunnison tunnel was started and worked on that project as a carpenter until the time it was completed. When the tunnel was finished, Mr. Prott moved into Montrose, where he has lived since that time. He married Miss Gertrude Carpenter on July 2, 1907. To this union were born two children, one, Verna Alberta, who died at the age of three months, and another Mrs. Ruth Fox, who lives in Montrose. The deceased is survivied by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Fox, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Shultz and Mrs. Martha Kannenberg, both of Milwaukee; and one brother, Hermon Prott, also of Milwaukee. The entire community is grieved at the sudden passing of this well-known man who has been an asset to this city since his residence here. Having a slight attack of pneumonia Sunday which became worse, Mr. Prott was taken to a local hospital Monday morning, where he died within a few days. During the later years of his residence in Montrose, Mr. Prott and his wife lived at 805 North Mesa avenue.". ^[9]

Notes

"BeverlyJane Fox My mother, Ruth Prott, was the daughter of Gertrude May Carpenter and Augusta Prott. Augusta Prott migrated to Montrose,Colorado and built a home at 805 North Mesa in Montrose. He was an excellent carpenter and built my mother a complete house full of doll furniture. He and my grandmother, Gertrude were married via proxy. She was a mail order bride who grew up in Ohio and moved to Utah with the Mormon movement. She had been a school teacher and was unmarried at 32, considered an old maid in those days. Without a chaperone to travel with her to Colorado, she was married in Utah and Augusta was married in Colorado, each having someone stand in for them during the ceremony. Upon her arrival in Montrose, Colorado, they were again married. She lost her first child, only a few days old. My mother, Ruth Prott was their second child. She married my father, Everett Elwood Fox in Montrose and they had three children. My sister, Barbara, me, Beverly and my brother, James Wesley Fox. Upon my parents divorce my mother remarried Robert Smeltzer, my father remarried, Ruby Montana Reed. My sister Barbara Fowler has three children, Denise, Debbie and Richard. I have four children, Sandra Jean Rundquist, Laura Lee Rundquist, Steven Lloyd Rundquist and Alex Gordon Rundquist. My oldest daughter Sandra had three children, Erik, Robert and Melinda Coopersmith. Neither Erik or Robert are married or have children. Melinda has two son, Joshua and one due in June. My youngest daughter has five children. Amon, Tambra, Liselle, CAndis and Curtis. Amon, her first son passed as a baby. I consider I have eight grandchildren and three great grandsons. the third to be born in June of this year 2007. Neither of my sons are married or have children. I lost my youngest son, Alex Gordon Rundquist, Olson in 2001. He was my youngest of my four children. He was 33 years old. I live alone and have written a book, spending 35 years working on it with drawings. It was published by Publish American in Nov of 2006. It is currently on the market with Yahoo. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Waldenbooks, Bordons and other outlets. It is "Life Among the Grasses" by Beverly Jane Fox and has our family history throughout the story. It is written from the early 30's to date 20century. 2007. My grandfather Prott, Augusta, worked on the W.PA. program during the depression. He helped build the Million Dollar HIghway in the majestic mountain of Colorado. He had pneumonia and died when I was only 6 months old. I miss having known him. He was there at my birth and is in the book. I am very proud to be a Prott, Fox, my blood and ancestors are who I am. Beverly Jane Fox Apr 06, 2007" ^[10]

Burial

Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Colorado. no headstone: G, Blk 16, Lot E, SW. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926. Lists August BP as Utzedel, Germany, and Anna as Trenton, Washington County, WI. "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKP-JZ8 : 12 December 2014), August Pratt in entry for Ida Mary Sofa Pratt, 30 Apr 1898; citing Kennan, Price, Wisconsin, reference cn 2365; FHL microfilm 1,305,145. Record can also be found on ancestry [1]
2. ↑ Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934; Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1728
3. ↑ Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
4. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Lujane, Montrose, Colorado; Roll: T624_123; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1374136
5. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Montrose, Montrose, Colorado; Roll: T625_168; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 517
6. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Montrose, Montrose, Colorado; Roll: 247; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 844.0; FHL microfilm: 2339982
7. ↑ Image attached, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRG3-KJL : 3 June 2016), Ferdinand Scheer in entry for Aug. Friedr. Wilhelm Prott and Anna Guste Scheer, 31 Jan 1892; citing Kennan, Price, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,499. (Groom's parents listed as Johan Prott and Carolina Prott.)
8. ↑ Marriage Records. Colorado Marriages. State Archives, Denver, Colorado.State of Colorado Marriage Record Report: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LB2X-9XK?i=263&wc=M6Y5-V38%3A228963801%3Fcc%3D1932434&cc=1932434
9. ↑ (1) Montrose Daily Press, Friday March 13, 1936
10. ↑ https://www.ancientfaces.com/surname/fox-family-history/1176; accessed 2/24/2018
11. ↑ Cemetery volunteer lookup by CoGenWeb Cemetery & Burial Records. Vol VI (Gen.Soc 1994). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96337287/august-pratt; Gravesite Details per Cedar Cemetery 1992 Index; city records give burial as 1936

• Death Certificate; State of Colorado, Montrose County; #3403. (Double pneumonia, buried in Cedar Cemetery.) Image attached.
• Probate Record from Montrose County Recorder. Book 21, 1936-1942 p. 98, 99, in possession of Skye Driggs.