By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2001 and Revised 23 Jan 2009
Update of 23 Jan 2009: "Unknown Prentice" is James Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1899, PA, son of Thomas Prentice (b. Aug 1865, Scotland) and his wife,
We are helping Carole Marie Prentice in tracing her Prentice roots. Here is what we have so far:
1. (Unknown) Prentice was b. c. 1890-1910 at an unknown location.
He married Winifred. She died in a house fire at an unknown location about 1964. They had 3 or more children, including:
- Robert Edward Prentice, b. Feb 1929. . . . . . . [2]
- James Prentice.
- Betty Prentice, said to live in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
2. Robert Edward Prentice, b. Feb 1929 at an unknown location. His various residences were as follows:
- Pittsburgh, PA in 1952.
- Jacksonville, TX in 1956.
- Camp Lejune, NC in 1957
- Marine Corps and Albany, GA in 1960
- Carole Marie Prentice.
We checked our database of some 35,000 Prentices but did not find a Robert Edward Prentice b. Feb 1929. In checking the Social Security Death Index, we found the following men whose birth dates were within a year of that date:
- Robert Prentice, b. 22 Jul 1928, perhaps in CA. Died 15 May 1998 in CA.
- Robert Prentice, B. 12 Aug 1928, perhaps in PA. Died 9 Feb 1995 at an unspecified location.
- Robert Prentiss Sr., b. 21 Nov 1928, perhaps NJ. Died 2 Oct 1995.
- Robert Prentice, b. 18 Mar 1929, perhaps OH. Died 21 Sep 1999 in Dayton, NV.
Based on Robert's living in Pittsburgh, PA in 1952, one could hypothesize that his parents also were in Pittsburgh.
We note that his mother married name was named Winifred Prentice. In checking the SSDI, we found a Winifred J. Prenticee who was b.7 Oct 1899, obtained her SS# in PA, and d. 14 Dec 1970 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA.
It seems probable that Winifred Prentice is the same person as Winefred Pentice who appears in the 1930 census in Pittsburgh with her husband, James T. Prentice, b. c. 1899, PA, and children:
- Betsy Prentice, b. c. 1923, PA. At home in Pittsburgh in 1930.
- James Prentice, b. c. 1927, PA. At home in Pittsburgh in 1930.
- Robert Prentice, b. c. 1929, PA. At home in Pittsburgh in 1930.
James T. Prentice, b. c. 1899, PA, is almost crtainly the James Prentice shown in the 1900 Pittsburgh census as b. Apr 1899, PA, son of Thomas Prentice (b. Aug 1865, Scotland) and his wife, If you have any information about the folks mentioned in this article, please contact us at
dewald@prenticenet.com and please include the title and date of this article.
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