By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2001 and Revised 8 Jul 2008
Update of 8 Jul 2008: Harry Prentice is #169.2 in our Henry Prentice eBook. That ebook now replaces this article.
1. Unknown Prentice, perhaps b. c. 1850-1860, and perhaps in ME where his son, Harry, was b. in 1882.
He m. Unknown. They had 2 or more children, including:
- Harry Prentice, b. Jan 1882, ME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
- Blanche Prentice, b. c. 1877, ME. She appears in the 1900 Auburn, Andrascoggin Co., ME census with her brother, Harry, above. Their parents are not identified, but they are called the grandchildren of Sarah Durant in whose home they were living.
2. Harry Prentice, b. Jan 1882, ME, and his sister, Blanche Prentice appear in the 1900 Auburn, Andrascoggin Co., ME census. Their parents are not identified, but they are called the grandchildren of Sarah Durant, b. c. 1850, ME, in whose home they were living.
Harry F. Prentice is probably the Harry Prentiss, b. c. 1882-3, ME, who appears in the 1920 Abbington, Plymouth Co. MA census with his wife, Elsie A./J., b. c. 1893, MA. They later appear in the 1930 census in Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA. Children:
- Genie Prentiss, b. c. 1915, MA. At home in Abbington in 1920 census. At home in Brockton in 1930 census.
- Eva Prentiss, b. c. 1916, MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
3. Eva E. Prentiss was b. c. 1916, MA. At home in Abbington in 1920 census and in Brockton in the 1930 census. She was living in 1996.
Eva married, as his 3rd wife, Wisner L. Litchfield after 1942. Eva was b. 8 Mar 1907 and d. 25 May 1995. In the 1910 and 1920 census he was living with his parents at Smith Place off Ripley Road. In the 1930 census Wisner was living with his parents in Cohasset, Norfolk, MA, at 193 Ripley Road (per Denise, email, 8 Jul 2008). Wisner's prior wives were 1st, Mildred (per 1930 Walpole, MA, census) and 2nd, Lydia per Denise, email, 8 Jul 2008 citinhg 1942 Brockton directory listing her by her maiden surname).
Wisner was the son of Arthur E. Litchfield (b. c. 1876, MA; in 1910 and 1920 census a "Baggageman roailroad") and his wife, Laura (b. c. 1871, MA). Arthur is probably the son of Benjamin Blendenburgh Wisner Litchfield), farmer (b. 26 Jun 1829, Scituate, MA) and his wife, Emeline Curtis (b. c. 1835-37, MA).
An Ancestor Chart for Benjamin at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michelotti&id=I430963&style=TEXT
Wisner L. Litchfield's obituary appears in the 27 May 1995 "Patriot Ledger", Quincy, MA:
- Wisner was b. c. 1907 in Cohasset and died on the Thursday preceding 27 May 1996. He grew up and attended schools in Cohasset. He later lived in Manchester 35 years. Wisner was a former millwright, master machinist and Coast Guard veteran. He worked as a millwright and master machinist at the Davison Rubber Company in Farmington, N.H., for many years and for Wentworth Greenhouses in New Hampshire and the Waumbec Mills Company.
- Lawrence Litchfield of Brockton
- Richard Litchfield of Plymouth
- Paul Litchfield of Florida
- Priscilla "Cilla" Litchfiel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
Wisner died Thursday at Elliot Hospital in Manchester after a brief illness. A funeral service was held at the McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Scituate. Children of Eva and Wisner (per Wisner's obituary):
Note: An email of 8 Jul 2008 from Denise contains information establishing that Priscilla is the daughter of Wisner's first wife, Mildred. The other children might be children of any of his 3 wives. Investigation is continuing.
4. Priscilla "Cilla" Litchfield. She m. Edward G. "Ed" Boettcher who was b. 4 Feb 1934 in East Braintree, MA and d. 2 May 1975 in Weymouth at the age of 41 years. He was the son of Alfred Boettcher and Therese Levangie. Priscilla later remarried. Priscilla had 1 or more children, including:
- Mark Boettcher (per his email of 10 Dec 2002).
Investigation is continuing.
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