Individual Details

Lewis PRATER

(1881 - 1968)

From son John D. Prater's obituary.

Events

Birth1881Newquay, St. Columb Minor, co.Cornwall, ENG
Census1891Newquay, St. Columb Minor, co.Cornwall, ENG
Census1901Padstow, St. Columb, Crantock, co.Cornwall, ENG
Marriage16 Jun 1904Butte, Silverbow Co., MT - Katherine PENALUNA
Emigration1910ENG to CAN
MarriageBef 1915Eliza Allan MacELVIE
Census (family)1916Calgary East, AB, CAN - Eliza Allan MacELVIE
Emigration1924CAN to US
Census (family)1930Butte, Silverbow Co., MT - Eliza Allan MacELVIE
Living1935Butte, Silverbow Co., MT
Census (family)1940Butte, Silverbow Co., MT - Eliza Allan MacELVIE
Death1968
BurialMt. Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT

Families

SpouseEliza Allan MacELVIE (1881 - 1961)
ChildLewis 'Seward' PRATER (1915 - 2000)
ChildJohn Dingle "Jack" PRATER (1917 - 2004)
ChildDr. Thomas Allen "Tom" PRATER PhD (1920 - 2012)
SpouseKatherine PENALUNA (1884 - 1904)
ChildKatherine PRATER ( - 2012)
FatherThomas PRATER (1848 - 1891)
MotherMary Jane STRONGMAN (1847 - 1891)
SiblingElizabeth J. PRATER (1878 - 1891)
SiblingWilliam 'John' PRATER (1880 - 1916)
SiblingCaroline M. PRATER (1885 - 1891)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; England & Wales Birth Register, Oct-Dec 1881. (Ancestry.com)

Census

Age 9

Census

Age 19, living with half brother John as a boarder in home of Emma Letterman.

Marriage

From: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 (FamilySearch)

Emigration

From 1916 Census.

Census (family)

Lewis Prater 34
Eliza Allen Prater 35
Lewis Seward Prater 0

Census (family)

Lewis Prater 48
Eliza Ellen Prater 49
L Seward Prater 14
John D Prater 12
Thomas Prater 10

Living

From 1940 Census.

Census (family)

Lewis Prater 58
Eliza Prater 59
John D Prater 22
Thomas A Prater 20

Death

From gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68481325.