Individual Details

Matthew Waters PRATER

(1838 - 16 Aug 1921)

Events

Birth1838ENG
Census1850Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI
Census1860Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI
Marriage1861Elizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW
Census (family)1870Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI - Elizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW
Census (family)1880Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI - Elizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW
Census (family)1900Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA - Elizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW
Census (family)1905Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI - Elizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW
Census1920Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
Death16 Aug 1921San Joaquin Co., CA
BurialStockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA

Families

SpouseElizabeth "Eliza" CURNOW (1838 - 1913)
ChildWilliam F. PRATER (1866 - 1930)
ChildJohn PRATER (1867 - 1880)
ChildCharles Mathew PRATER (1869 - 1953)
FatherJosiah PRATER (1817 - 1855)
MotherElinor MORE (1814 - 1880)
SiblingE.E. PRATER (1837 - 1850)
SiblingKeziah PRATER (1840 - 1907)
SiblingJ.T. PRATER (1841 - 1850)
SiblingJ. PRATER (1850 - )

Notes

Birth

From gravestone.

Census

Age 16, shown as "W. Prutter".

Census

Age 22, living in household of Eleanor Chesterfield, relationship unknown.

Marriage

From 1900 Census.

Census (family)

Matthew W Prater 31
Elizabeth Prater 2
William Prater 4
John Prater 3
Charles Prater 1
Elinor Prater 56

Census (family)

Matthew Prater 41 
Elizabeth Prater 41 
William Prater 14 
John Prater 13 
Charles Prater 10 
Zacharias Curnow 76

Census (family)

Matthew W Prater 61
Eliza Prater 62
William F Prater 34
Mercedes F Prater 37

Census (family)

Edward Curnow 60 [brother of Elizabeth below]
Eva Curnow 36
Hattie Curnow 27
Pearl Curnow 21
Mary Lanyon 74
Robert Lanyon 76
Matthaw Prater 67
Elizabeth Prater 66

Census

Age 80, living with son Charles.

Death

From: California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (Ancestry.com); gravestone shows just 1921.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105816489.