Alice Pratt

Other Events:

• Census: 6 Jul 1870, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

  1. Peterson, John, 75, male, white, farmer, real estate $7000, personal $1885, Rhode Island 2. Pratt, Malinda, 51, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Wallace, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Alice, 8, female, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Ida, 5, female, white, Illinois

• Census: 24 Jun 1880, O'Fallan, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Simpson, Luther, white, male, 23, married within the year, [no occupation stated], Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 2. _____, Alice, white, female, 18, married within the year, Illinois, Canada, New York

• Census: 7 Jun 1900, Taylorsville, Taylorsville township, Christian County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Simpson, Luther, head, white, male, August 1857, 42, married 20 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, coal mine, can read and write, [rents?] home 2. _____, Alice N., wife, white, female, January 1862, 38, married 20 years, 5 children 3 living, Illinois, Canada (Scot), New York 3. _____, Edith M., daughter, white, female, March 1882, 18, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, sales lady (notions), can read and write 4. _____, Charles C., son, white, male, September 1884, 15, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Luther G., son, white, male, July 1889, 10, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school, attended 8 months, can read and write

Notes:

Died:

Alice is not found after the 1900 census. She may have died between 1900 and 1904, as her husband Luther Simpson married again about 1904. It is possible that she divorced.

Alice married Luther Simpson on 19 May 1880 in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA. Luther (son of Charles Simpson and Sarah Hill) was born in Aug 1857 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

1. Edith M. Simpson was born in Mar 1882 in Illinois, USA.
2. Charles C. Simpson was born in Sep 1884 in Illinois, USA.
3. Luther G. Simpson was born in Jul 1889 in Illinois, USA.

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Sister Mary Jane's 1885 Des Moines Co IA marriage record names her parents as Josiah Pratt and Melinda Peterson.

• RESEARCH:

  Orinda appears in the 1875 Marshall Co Kansas state census with husband Rudolph Smith. Next door to them is a Hurlburt family from Wisconsin and NY. Possible connection to George Gilmore's sister Jane who was married to a Hurlburt?

• Census: 1840;

  A Josiah Pratt appears in the 1840 Niagara Co NY census, but the profile does not appear to fit our family:

  Josiah Pratt 1 male of 5 and under 10 1 male of 15 and under 20 1 male of 30 and under 40 1 male of 40 and under 50 1 female of 10 and under 15 1 female of 15 and under 20 1 female of 30 and under 40 6 total [sic] 1 engaged in agriculture

  Additionally, a Josiah Pratt appears on a list of residents of the town of Cambria before 1850, along with a Josias T. Peterson. (See Landmarks of Niagara County . . .)

• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

  1. Pratt, Isah [Josiah], 30, male, [white, implied], farmer, personal $2400, Canada 2. _____, Nancy, 31, female, New York 3. _____, Orinda, 6, female, New York 4. _____, Thursa [Vienna Arthusa], 3, New York 5. _____, Mary, 1, female, New York 6. Himes, Oscar, 17, male, farmer, New York [Next door is the newly-married Nathan B. Peterson, brother of Josiah's wife Nancy Malinda Peterson]

• Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada

• Military: Jun 1863, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Josiah Pratt appears on the roll of those subject to the military, class II,
• Census: 1865, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Joseph Pratt household 1 male under 10 [Wallace, age 7] 1 male of 10 and under 20 [farm hand?] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [Josiah] 2 females under 10 [Alice b 1862; and Ida, born in January this year] 2 females of 10 and under 20 [Mary J., 16; other?] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Melinda] Total 8 1 of militia age value of livestock $400 [Right ages for Josiah and Melinda and other children?2 unidentified persons, 1 female and 1 male, both between 10-20. Could these persons be Vienna (abt 18) and George (abt 28). George's age is wrong, but they are not found elsewhere in census, and the Macon Co 1865-66 tax book lists him. It is likely that this is them. He would account for the 1 male of militia age.] Since "Josiah" Pratt was taxed in this township in 1865-66, this is certainly him. Possibly the enumerator abbreviated "Jos. Pratt" and latter transcribed as Joseph? Heard it wrong? Perhaps he used Joseph and Josiah interchangeably? I have never seen it used for him elsewhere, so more likely to be an error.]
• Land: 30 Nov 1868, Josiah Pratt property, Macon County, Illinois, USA; SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 18N, Range 3E, 3rd principal meridian. 40 acres. Reserving a 200-ft right of way for the rail that runs through it. Purchased by Josiah Pratt from Illinois Central Railroad Company. Drawn 30 Nov 1868, filed 9 August 1869.

Notes:

Birth:

Age in 1850 census appears to be 30, but may be 36, which would again come out to approximately 1814 for birth. 1850 census gives Canada as his birthplace, while the 1860 gives New York. 1855 census also gives Canada as his birthplace. It seems likely that the earlier census is correct on this point.



DJ Brannan document states that he was probably born in Brome, Lower Canada, abt 1820

Age in May 1841, marriage, stated as 22.

Josiah married Nancy Melinda Peterson on 13 May 1841 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA. Nancy (daughter of John Peterson and Hannah Kilborne) was born about 1819-1820 in Orleans County, New York, USA; died before January 1875 in Macon County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH: It is likely that Nancy Malinda (Peterson) Pratt married a second time to John G. Jameson, 15 August 1872, in Macon County. He was the father of John L. Jameson that married daughter Mary Jane two years later. [Probate record names children]
  • A newspaper item from the Decatur newspaper notes a license issued to John G. Jamison and ?Mrs. Pratt? on 15 August 1872. ["Marriage Licenses," The Decatur Weekly Republican (Decatur, Ill.), 15 August 1872, p. 1, col. [?], for John G. Jamison and Mrs. Pratt; digital image, Ni (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 27 May 2015).]
  • Mary Jane married John G. Jamison?s son, John L. Jamison two years later.
  • Nancy M. Pratt disappears from the Niagara County records after 1870.
  • Wallace, Ida, and Alice (who appeared in the 1870 Niagara Co census with Nancy) all appear in the midwest soon after.
  • John G. Jimmerson and wife Nancy appear in the 1880 census in Friends Creek township, where the Gilmores and Pratts were known to reside. In conflict: Nancy Jameson's age and birthplace in 1880 census for Macon County.
  • Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
  • Census: 6 Jul 1870, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

    1. Peterson, John, 75, male, white, farmer, real estate $7000, personal $1885, Rhode Island 2. Pratt, Malinda, 51, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Wallace, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Alice, 8, female, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Ida, 5, female, white, Illinois

  Notes:
  

  Birth:
  Her May 1841 marriage stated her age as 22.
  
  Name:
  Marriage stated her name as "Nancy M. Peterson."
  
  Died:
  Nancy's second husband, John Jamieson, maried in 1872; he married again to a Nancy White in January 1875. It is likely that Nancy Melinda Peterson had died prior to this time--though she may have divorced him.

  Notes:
  

  Married:
  Transcription of carded record:
  "Pratt-Peterson
  At Cambria May 13 1841 by Rev. S. C. Townsend JOSIAH PRATT, farmer, age 22 of Cambria to NANCY M. PETERSON, age 22 of Cambria, witnessed by Jas. Babcock and Wealthy Woolson of Lewiston."
  
  Notation at bottom of card: "Lewiston Town Records."
  

  Children: Orinda Pratt was born on 26 Nov 1844 in New York, USA; died on 14 Dec 1928; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Watertown, Marshall County, Kansas, USA. Vienna Arthusa Pratt was born on 27 Mar 1847 in Niagara County, New York, USA; died on 19 Oct 1917 in [County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. Mary J. Pratt was born about 1849 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA; died after 1925. Joseph Wallace Pratt was born about 1858 in Illinois, USA. 1. Alice Pratt was born in Jan 1862 in Illinois, USA; died in 1900-1904? in Illinois, USA. Ida M. Pratt was born in Jan 1865 in Illinois, USA.

Josiah married Rebecca [Rogers Jackson]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH:

  Possible father of Melinda Peterson who married Josiah Pratt. They are within three pages of each other in the 1850 census. Additionally, there is a daughter named "Orinda" in the household, and Melinda (Peterson) Pratt named her eldest daughter Orinda/Orminda.

• Census: 1810, Addison, Bristol County, Vermont, USA; Possible census, John Peterson
• Residence: Abt 1822-1824, Orleans County, New York, USA; 1855 census, 33-year-old daughter Orinda is listed with a birthplace of Orleans County. Also, son Josias is said to have been born in Orleans County, 1824 [see Debra's Mayflower file].
• Residence: 1826-1828, London, Ontario; Nathan was born in "Ontario," 1826; Arthusa was born in "Canada West," 1828. Also, Debra Brannan's Mayflower materials indicate their residence in London, Ontario [County seat of Middlesex County, but an independent city.] Lived there for 7 years, don't know which years, but after marriage.
• Residence: Abt 1832, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1855 census states residence in that city for 23 years. Also John, born in 1822, states birth in New York.
• Census: 1840, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; John Peterson household 1 male of 5 and under 10 [John Peterson, Jr., 8] 1 male of 10 and under 15 [Nathan, 14] 1 male of 15 and under 20 [Josias, 16] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [John Peterson] 1 female of 10 and under 15 [Arthusa, 12] 1 female of 15 and under 20 [Orinda, 18] 1 female of 20 and under 30 [Nancy Melinda Peterson, age 21] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Hannah Kilborn] 8 total 8 engaged in agriculture 8 engaged in commerce
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Peterson, John, 55, male, farmer, real estate $3600, Rhode Island 2. _____, Hannah, 57, female, Vermont 3. _____, Orinda, 28, female, New York 4. _____, John, 18, male, New York 5. _____, Jane, 10, female, New York, attending school 6. Burgess, Frederick, 17, male, farmer, New York, attending school
• Census: 27 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Peterson, John, 61, male, born in "Road" [Rhode Island], widowed, resided in this town 23 years, farmer, native [to this country], owner [of land] 2. _____, Orinda, 33, female, child, born in Orleans County, [single], resident 23 years 3. _____, Mary J., 19, female, child, born in Niagara County, [single], resident 19 years 4. Melhem, Adam, 29, male, laborer, born in Switzerland, [single], resident 9 years, laborer, alien

Notes:

Letters of administration granted March 1883 (see digital doc)

Final administration not found? No Peterson in Book 4, Book 5 missing from Family Search, no Peterson books 6 and 7.

John married Hannah Kilborne about 1818. Hannah was born on 8 Dec 1798 in Vermont, USA; died on 9 Dec 1850 in Niagara County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Possibly married in Vermont.

John married Phoebe Tanner in 1793 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]