Individual Details

Walter Lee PRATER

(10 Oct 1897 - 31 May 1976)

Events

Birth10 Oct 1897Speigleville, TX
Census1900McLennan Co., TX
Census1910Jones Co., TX
LivingCa 1917Thomas, Union Co., NM
Marriage29 Dec 1917Eunice N. EVANS
Census (family)1930Brownwood, Brown Co., TX - Eunice N. EVANS
Census (family)1940Comanche Co., TX - Eunice N. EVANS
Living1967Stephenville, Erath Co., TX
Death31 May 1976Stephenville, Erath Co., TX
BurialPendergrass Cemetery, Sidney, Comanche Co., TX

Families

SpouseEunice N. EVANS (1897 - 1994)
ChildHarold M. PRATER (1918 - 1986)
ChildLowell 'Dean' PRATER (1925 - 1982)
FatherHenry Harmon PRATER (1869 - 1953)
MotherIda F. SAFFEL (1870 - 1923)
SiblingTennessee PRATER twin (1891 - 1898)
SiblingFerbey PRATER twin (1891 - 1898)
SiblingJames Stevens PRATER (1893 - 1895)
SiblingMay Jane PRATER twin (1895 - 1895)
SiblingMarvin PRATER twin (1895 - 1895)
SiblingHenry Erbert PRATER (1899 - 1981)
SiblingBarnie Elbert PRATER (1901 - 1962)
SiblingJohn William PRATER (1907 - 1988)
SiblingNaoma Elizabeth PRATER (1908 - 1956)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; Thomas, NM WWI Draft Registration; SSDI.

Census

Age 3

Census

Age 12

Living

From: Thomas, NM WWI Draft Registration

Marriage

From gravestone; Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (FamilySearch).

Census (family)

Walter L Prater 32
Eunice Prater 33
Harold Prater 11
Dean Prater 5-1/12

Census (family)

Walter L Prater 42
Eunice N Prater 43
Naomi G Clark 15 [The 1940 Census lists her as his daughter, but I believe she was his stepdaughter. her 1993 SSD Application indicates she was the daughter of Ector L. Clark and Eunice G. Courtney]
Mary J Brown 33
Kathleen Gunckle 27

Living

From grandson Harold Prater's obituary.

Death

From gravestone; SSDI shows May 1976.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSiman=1&GScid=5940&GRid=68472936&.