By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2001 and Revised 5 Apr 2004
1. Frank S. Prentiss was b. c. 1873 in Selkirk, Canada (per 1930 census). He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and became a citizen in 1897.
Frank appears in the 1920, 1930 and 1940 Queens, Queens Co., NY census with his wife, Katherine, b. c. 1884 in NY, and daughter:
- Vera Prentice, b. c. 1915 in Flushing, NY. Vera d. 25 Feb 1999 and her obit. appears in the 26 Feb 1999 Palm Beach Post. Vera moved to Palm Beach Gardens, FL in 1972 and to Columbia, SC in 1994. She was a volunteer for Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Auxiliary. Children:
- Thomas Fluhr.
- Diane Fluhr who m. Mr. Keller and lived in Mt. Vernon, NY.
- Carolyn Fluhr who m. Mr. Medich and lived in Columbia.
By email of 5 Apr 2004, Martha Taylor suggests that Frank is the same person as Francis Prentiss, son of Solomon Prentiss and Ann Jane Ross of Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario as shown in the 1881 Canada census. See our Winter 2003 article on Solomon Prentiss of Walpole, Ontario, Canada .
In the 1930 census in Flushing, Queens Co., NY, the enumerator listed Frank's birthplace as Selkirk, a small town within Walpole Township, where the Solomon Prentiss family lived. Lacking any evidence to the contrary, Martha Taylor's suggestion seems correct.
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