Individual Record 1145

Name}   Pratt, Wallace Irving Family History} Olson                 
  Title}   Race} White Sex} Male
Birth:   Date} Fam  2 Oct 1910 Place} Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
Marr.: Date} Fam 14 Oct 1935 Place} Carrington, Foster, North Dakota     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 17 Oct 1992 Place} Mayville, Traill, North Dakota
Burial: Date} Fam 20 Oct 1992 Place} Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota
  Grave Marker}  
Source 1} 353 = Family notes
Source 2} 385 = Obituaries
Source 3} 965 = 1915 ND cen
Source 4} 966 = 1920 USA cen
Source 5} 967 = 1925 ND cen
Source 6} 968 = 1930 USA cen
Source 7} 1269=1940 USA cen
Source 8} 1545=Death record
Source 9} 553 = S.S. record
Source 10}963 = Cemetery rec
Parents: } Robert Hamilton Pratt & Mary Detwiller
   Relationship No.} 262
1st Household No.} 389 = Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
      Occupation 1} Farmer
       Occupation 2}  
  Religion/Church}  
Spouses:   Prime} Nelson, Dorothy (Dora)
 Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Wallace Irving Pratt was born 2 Oct 1910 in Tyrol Twp, Griggs, North Dakota.  His parents were Robert Hamilton Pratt and Mary Detwiller.  His older siblings were Robert Earl, born in 1900, Erma Mae, 1902, Marion Ida, 1905, and Howard Henry, 1909.  His younger brother Kenneth Raymond was born in 1912.

In the 1915 North Dakota census, the family was living on their farm in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, about 6 miles north of Cooperstown.  His father Robert was a grain farmer, and also raised stock.  In the 1920 U.S. census, the family was complete, with his brother Lawrence Everett, born in 1917.  In the 1930 U.S. census, Howard, 21, and Earl, 29, were doing farm labor.  Also still at home were Wallace, 19, Kenneth, 17, and Lawrence, 12.  Their two sisters had since married.

Wallace married Dorothy (Dora) Nelson on 14 Oct 1935 in Carrington, Foster, North Dakota.  In the 1940 U.S. census, Wallace and Dora were living on their farm in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota.  They had two sons, Irving Leroy, born in 1936, and Harlan Duane.  Wallace was a farmer operator.  They had one more child, Roberta Doreen.

Wallace died 17 Oct 1992, in Mayville, Traill, North Dakota.  He is buried in the Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota.
Time of Birth}   Time of Death}   Fraternal/Social}  
Baptism Date}   Place}    
Confirm. Date}   Photos} None
Immigr'n Date} N/A Port} N/A
Education: Grade} Eighth grade or Top 2 Degrees}  
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}  
Health Condition}  
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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 20 Feb 2014
Date Created}  30 Jun 1993
Copyright © 2014 by Karen L. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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