Individual Details

Ernest Thomas PRATER

(9 Jan 1906 - 20 Jun 1981)

Events

Birth9 Jan 1906Been Creek - Isaban, McDowell Co., WV
CensusJun 1910Stafford Dist, Mingo Co., WV
Census14 Jan 1920Odd Fellows Home - Leadsville Dist., Randolph Co., WV
Marriage3 Jan 1924War Eagle, Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., WV - Edna Francis BAILEY
Census (family)1930Stafford, Mingo Co., WV - Edna Francis BAILEY
Occupation1930miner
MarriageBef 1940Anna RADFORD
Census (family)1940Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA - Anna RADFORD
Marriage9 Jan 1947Maudie PIGG
Death20 Jun 1981Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI
DivorceEdna Francis BAILEY
BurialLenawee Hills Memorial Park, Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI

Families

SpouseEdna Francis BAILEY (1911 - 1943)
ChildMildred Louise PRATER (1927 - 1999)
ChildParker PRATER (1929 - 1999)
ChildLiving
ChildFritz F. PRATER (1932 - 1999)
ChildPauline PRATER (1934 - 1999)
SpouseMaudie PIGG (1921 - 2013)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseAnna RADFORD (1905 - )
ChildRichard Penny PRATER (1943 - 1946)
FatherDaniel P. PRATER (1867 - 1917)
MotherSarah Ann COOK (1882 - 1953)
SiblingEmmett PRATER (1909 - 1983)
SiblingBertha PRATER (1910 - 1995)
SiblingElzora PRATER (1913 - 1987)

Notes

Birth

From: West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969 (Ancestry.com); gravestone shows just 1906. The birth index indicates he was born in Mingo Co., WV

Census (family)

Earnest Prater 24
Edna Prater 20
Mildred Prater 3
Parker Prater 1

Census (family)

Ernest Prater 35
Anna Prater 35
Mildred Prater 13
Parker Prater 11
Jommie Prater 9
Fritz Prater 7
Pauline Prater 6
Herbert L Radford 13 [Stepson]
Herman Radford 11 [Stepson]

Death

Gravestone shows just 1981.

Divorce

From obituary.

Endnotes

1. United States Federal Census.

2. United States Federal Census.

3. Marriage Certificate.

4. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSiman=1&GScid=925&GRid=34923937&.