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Roland P. Prentys of New Zealand and California
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2002 and Revised 2 Nov 2009

Update of 2 Nov 2009: . This article has now been replaced by our Winter 2004 article entitled John Prentice of Carluke, Scotland where Roland is #9.2(i).

1. Roland Pym Prentys was b. 4 May 1880 in New Zealand and d. 26 Dec 1947 in Monterey Co., CA.

We know from the 1930 U.S. census that his father was b. in Scotland (perhaps 1840-1847) and his mother in England (c. 1846). They emigrated to New Zealand, either married together or unmarried separately at some date before 1880 when their son, Roland, was born. Roland and his mother then returned to England before 1901 where they appear in the 1901 census in Loughton, Essex, England.

Roland emigrated from England to the United States in 1902 via Alabama (per 1920 census). He later appears in the 1910 Oakland, CA and 1920 San Francisco, CA census without wife or children. However, living with him in 1910 was his mother, Rosa F., b. c. 1846 in England. She does not appear in his home in the 1920 census when should would have been about 74 years of age and might by then be deceased (see 1912 death of a Rosa F. Prentys in Strand, England, below)..

Roland does not appear in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) nor does he appear in California Death Records (CDR).

Who are Roland Pym Prentys' Parents?

The surname spelling, Prentys, is most unusual. It can be found in in the 1500s and 1600s in England, but none appear later than that period in the IGI and none appear in the 1881 British census.

We do not have a date for the birth of Roland P. Prentys' parents, but since he was b. in 1880, and his mother was b. probably b. c. 1846 (see below), his father would likely have been c. 1835-1845.

A search of St. Catherine's Index of Deaths in England beginning in 1837 showed only 2 Prentys deaths:

  1. Jun Quarter, 1867, Thomas Prentys, 50 (b. c. 1817), Strand
  2. Dec Quarter, 1912, Rosa F. Prentys, 66 (b. c. 1846), Strand.

Since Roland's mother, Rosa F., appears in the 1910 Oakland census but not in the 1920 census, one could reasonably infer that Rosa F. may well have returned to England before 1812 and is the same Rosa F. Prentys who died in the Dec Quarter, 1912 in Strand.

By email of 1 Nov 2009, Rowan Gibbs relates that Norman's birth name was Norman Prentice,, that he was b. in Scotland, and emigrated in 1860 from Glasgow, Scotland to New Zealand. At some date after 1860 in NZ, the spelling of his surname was changed to Prentys.

There would seem to be a good possibility that Roland Pym Prentys' parents are Norman Prentice and Rose Frances Nixon who appear in our Spring 2003 PRENTICE NEWSLETTER article at Norman Prentice of Port Chalmers, NZ .

Investigation is continuing.

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