Edward Pratt (1850 - 1918)

Born 14 Feb 1850 in New York, United States

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Died 24 Jun 1918 at age 68 in Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho, United States

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Biography

Edward Pratt was born on 14 Feb 1850^[1] in New York. He was the son of Edward Pratt and Helice Newell, both born in New York.^[1]

This is possibly the same Edward Pratt:
In 1868, Edward Pratt was a freshman at Yale University. His home is shown as Milford, N.Y.^[2]

Edward and Agnes W. Welsh were married on 26 Jan 1886 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Agnes was 22 years old, born in New York City, the daughter of Robert Welsh and Margaret Lennox].^[3] Agnes died, probably in Idaho, before the US Census was taken in 1900.

Edward died on 24 Jun 1918 at his home in Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho. He was a widowed hotel keeper. Margaret Pratt Shultz of New York City was the informant on his Death Certificate.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBM-P4W : 6 April 2020), Edward Pratt, 24 Jun 1918; citing Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho, reference cn 21602, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,509,303.
2. ↑ Yale College, 1868, Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Page 25.
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24SB-KKJ : 10 February 2018), Edward Pratt and Agnes Welsh, 26 Jan 1886; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,570,942.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHP-LKF : accessed 16 February 2021), Edward Pratt, Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 206, sheet 3A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 226; FHL microfilm 1,374,239.