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Joseph Arthur Prentice of Lubeck, Victoria, Australia
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2001 and Revised 28 May 2006

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Update of 28 May 2007: Joseph Arthur Prentice is the son of James Prentice and Elizabeth Jane Linter discussed in our Summer 2007 article about James Prentice of Dormise, Co. Armagh, Ireland and Australia . That later article now replaces this article

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In searching the LDS Ancestral File ("AF"), we found a family tree submitted by Mark McGowan, Lot 8, Colwell Crescent, Wolffdene, Queensland 4207, Australia. To that, we have added information which we located in Ancestry.com ("AC"). Where there is a conflict between the sources, we have provided the information from both sources.

1. Joseph Arthur Prentice was b. c. 1838 (AF) and is called "of Lubeck, Victoria, Australia." In AC he is said to have been born in Drysdale, Victoria, Australia.

He m. either Bertha Heubnor/Heubner, b. c. 1842/1851 (AF) or Bertha Heaver, born at an unspecified date in Adelaide, South Australia (AC). She d. 1916 in Donald, Victoria, Australia. Children per Ancestry.com :

1. Emily Prentice, b. c. 1864, and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person Alice Emily Prentice, b. 1878 in Murtoa, Victoria (AC).
2. Elizabeth Prentice, b. c. 1866 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Elizabeth jane Prentice, b. 1881, Murtoa, Victoria (AC)
3. Grace Prentice, b. c. 1868 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Grace Prentice, b. 1891, Lubeck, and d. 1963 in Ballarat, Victoria (AC). She m. Thomas Augustine Finn in 1917 in Clunes, Victoria. He was b. 1884 in Donald, Victoria (AC). They had 1 or more children, including:
   1. Denis Finn, b. 1920, Clunes, Victoria (AC)

4. Gertrude Prentice, b. c. 1870 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Gertrude Prentice, b. 1881, Lubeck (AC).
5. Elsie Prentice, b. c. 1872 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Elsey Victoria Prentice, b. 1886, Lubeck (AC)
6. Olive Prentice, b. c. 1874 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Olive May Prentice, b. 1887, Lubeck (AC)
7. Edith Prentice, b. c. 1876 and called of Lubeck (AF). She may be the same person as Edith Pauline Prentice, b. 1884, Lubeck (AC).
8. Alice Emily Prentice, b. 1877, Murtoa, Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
9. Thomas Henry Prentice, b. 15 Jul 1878, Lubeck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
10. Arthur Prentice, b. c. 1880 and called of Lubeck (AF). He may be the same person as Arthur Joseph Prentice, b. 1879 in Murtoa, Victoria (AC).
11. Percy Prentice, b. c. 1882 and called of Lubeck (AF).
12. Mabel Alexandra Prentice, b. c. 1884 and called of Lubeck (AF).

2. Alice Emily Prentice, b. 1877, Murtoa, Victoria, and d. 1949, Ballarat, Victoria (per Ancestry.com). She m. John Edward Mortime. He was b. 1867 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and d. 1952, Ballarat. He was the son of John Edward Mortimer and Elizabeth Quick. An Ancestor Chart can be found for him at Ancestry.com . Children:

1. John Joseph Mortimer, b. 1908 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
2. Mollie Mortimer, b. 1910 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
3. Emily Leah Mortimer, b. 1913 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

3. Thomas Henry Prentice, b. 15 Jul 1878, Lubeck, Victoria (AF) or 1876, Murtoa, Victoria (AC) and d. 26 May 1918, Donald, Victoria, Australia (AF). He m. Marie Amelia Pauline Rohde in 1910 in Donald. She was b. 25 Jul 1882 in Queensland and d. 23 Jun 1973 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She was the dau. of Martin Rhode and Helena Vohland. Children:

1. son, living when sheet submitted at an unknown date after 1985.
2. son, living when sheet submitted at an unknown date after 1985.
3. Isabel May Prentice, b. 1 May 1911 in Western Australia and d. there 1 Dec 1923.
4. Eric Arthur Prentice, b. 15 Jul 1912 in Western Australia and d. there 10 Feb 1923.
5. Irene Ruby Prentice, b. 5 dec 1915, Claymore, Western Australia and d. 13 May 1985 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

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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