Individual Details
Etta May "Doll/Dolly Mae" MARTIN
(11 Dec 1891 - 5 Sep 1981)
Events
| Birth | 11 Dec 1891 | OH |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Wellston, Jackson Co., OH | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1909 | Sherman PRATER | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Wellston, Jackson Co., OH | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Wellston, Jackson Co., OH - Sherman PRATER | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Waterloo Twp., Athens Co., OH | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Starr, Hocking Co., OH | | ||
| Military | Ca 1945 | U.S. Army - WWII | | ||
| Death | 5 Sep 1981 | at home - Nelsonville, Athens Co., OH | | ||
| Alt name | Etta Mae MARTIN | ||||
| Burial | New Marshfield Cemetery, New Marshfield, Athens Co., OH |  |
Families
| Spouse | Sherman PRATER (1883 - 1926) |
| Child | Irene A. PRATER (1909 - 1998) |
| Child | Robert Maynard PRATER (1911 - 2000) |
| Child | Lillian Ruseell PRATER (1913 - 1998) |
| Child | Joseph S. "Joe" PRATER (1915 - 1967) |
| Child | William W. "Bill" PRATER (1917 - 1975) |
| Child | Maxwell David PRATER twin (1919 - 2007) |
| Child | Alice E. PRATER (1921 - 1998) |
| Child | Homer Eldon PRATER (1923 - 2014) |
| Mother | Alice J. (1857 - 1910) |
Notes
Birth
From: SSDI; gravestone shows just 1891.Census
Age 9Marriage
She m2 bef 1931 Ralf Arnold.Census
Age 19, with husband, living with her mother, shown as "Dallie".Census (family)
Sherman Prater 36Etta May Prater 28
Irene Prater 10
Robert Prater 8
Lillian Prater 6
Joseph Prater 41
William Prater 2 1/12
David Prater 9/12
Census
Etta Dolly M Prater 39Robert Prater 18
Lillian R Prater 17
Joseph S Prater 15
William W Prater 13
Maxwell D Prater 11
Alice S Prater 9
Homer E Prater 6
Census
Ralf Arnold 54Dolly Arnold 48
Cynthia Arnold 9 [stepdaughter]*
William Prater 22
Maxwell Prater 20
Homer Prater 16
Ralph Cagg 8
* Cynthia above is shown in some online genealogies as the daughter of Sherman & Etta, probably because they have misinterpreted their obituaries, but this Census clearly shows she is a stepdaughter of Sherman.
Military
He served in the European Theater, where he received a Bronze Star with three clusters. -- From obituary.Death
From: Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (FamilySearch); Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 (Ancestry.com); SSDI shows 6 Oct 1902.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScnty=2044&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=119240095&df=all&.