By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2007 and Revised 3 Jan 2008
Update of 3 Jan 2008: Stephen Prentice is Stephen Filgate Prentice Jr., No. 3.8 in our Fall 2000 article about Stephen Prentice of Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England . That earlier article now replaces this one.
1. Stephen Prentice ws b. c. 1880, perhaps in or near Nelson, New Zealand, where he m. and where his children were born.
He m. Ellen Jane Ball on 13 Apr 1903 in Nelson. She was b. 21 Sep 1884 on South Street, Nelson, NZ, and was the dau. of Alfred Ball (b. 1855, Leire, Leicestershire, England) and Helen Ritchie Noble (b. 24 Jan 1860, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland).
Helen Ritchie Noble was the dau. of Charles Noble (b. 13 Sep 1832, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Ann Brebner (b. 1837, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire).
Children of Stephen and Ellen::
- Robert Stephen Prentice, b. c. 1904 in Nelson, NZ
- Voilet Prentice, b. c. 1905 in Nelson, NZ
- David Prentice, b. c. 1906 in Nelson, NZ
- Mildred Ellen Prentice, b. c. 1906 in Nelson, NZ
- Florence F Prentice, b. c. 1913 in Nelson, NZ
- Dorothy Prentice, b. c. 1915 in Nelson, NZ
We do not yet know the identity of Stephen Prentice's parents, but by email of 28 Dec 2007 Catherine Pivac indicates she has additional information "on all the people mentioned." We have replied to her kind email requesting her information so that we can add it to the article.
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