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    Walter Benton Prentice of Ramsey Co., Minnesota
    By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
    Spring 2009 and Revised 24 May 2009
    Introduction: Since publishing this article in our Spring 2009 Prentice Newsletter, we have received additonal information from Thomas R. Prentice. We have added new information about Walter Benton Prentice's family tree and have renumbered the folks in the article.

    1. William Prentice. His birth date is not yet known, but may have been c. 1845-1865. By email of 24 May 2009, Thomas R. Prentice, a great-grandson, relates that William drank and that one night, on the way home from a pub, he was murdered and found in a culvert.

    He m. Unknown. Children:

    1. Walter Prentice, b. 10 Jun 1886. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
    2. (son) Prentice. Attended the 1946 funeral of his brother, Walter.
    3. (son) Prentice. Attended the 1946 funeral of his brother, Walter.

    2. Walter Prentice, b. 10 Jun 1886 and d. 20 Aug 1946. He was a jack of all trades and machines would run better if he was in the same room. He fought in WW1 in the signal corps and saw active combat in France. He was wounded in the hand and gassed -poison gas first used in WW1. Also in a punch press accident he lost 5 fingers: 2 on one hand and 3 on the other hand. He had trouble in the depression getting a job because of his inability to get a birth certificate and his injury. In 1924 Walter and his family moved from Fayetteville, NY, to Detroit, MI.

    He m. Ruth Elizabeth Howell. She was b. 22 Dec 1897 Syracuse, NY, and d. 16 Jul 1992 at age 94 years. She was the dau. of Benton "Bert" Howell and Florence.

    Thomas R. Prentice's email of 24 May 2009 relates that Ruth attended High School in Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., NY and that she had siblings: Tom, Paul and Marge Howell, all of whom were deceased by 2009. Both Tom & Paul were in the service during WW II, Paul (from Oneida NY) was in the Marines and served in the South Pacific. Tom Howell has a daughter, who is probably in her 60's.

    1. Walter Prentice, b. 1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
    2. Betty Ann Prentice, b. 1923. In 2009 she lives in MY and is not married.
    3. Jane/Jenny Prentice. She d. of pneumonia at 2 years of age.

    3. Walter Benton Prentice, b. 1929. In 2009 he is retired Neuro Radiologist and lives in Hemet, CA. Thomas R Prentice's email of 24 May 2009 advises that they lived in Lafayetteville,Onondaga Co., NY. Walter Benton Prentice does not appear in the 1920 or 1930 census, nor does he appear in the 2009 SSDI. He first appears in Ancestry.com as the father of Mary Clare Prentice who was b. 21 Aug 1957 in Ramsey Co., MN.

    His address appears on DocFind as Dr. Walter Benton Prentice, Radiology, 3421 W. 9th St., Waterloo, IA 50702, Tel. 972-345-7770. Another address for him appears in www.healthnews.org as39335 Vineland Ave. Space 80, Cherry Valley, CA 92223.

    He m. Charlotte Joan Kramer c. 1950-1955 and div. c. 1970. Charlotte lives in St. Paul, MN, in 2009. They had 4 children per Dianne Aarthun, email , 21 Mar 2009:

    1. Living Prentice
    2. Living Prentice
    3. Thomas Richard Prentice, b. c. 1959. By email of 22 and 24 May 2009 he advises that he is a son of Walter and Charlotte.
    4. Mary Clare Prentice, b. 21 Aug 1957, Ramsey Co., MN, and d. there 24 Jun 1964, age 6+ years, died in a car accident.

    Who are William Prentice's Parents?

    Investigation is continuing.

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