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Eugene Prentice of Juneau Co., WI


Eugene Prentice of Juneau Co., WI
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2002 and Revised 17 Jan 2004

1. Eugene Prentice was b. c. 1880 at an unknown location in WI. At an unknown date before 1911, Eugene moved to South Dakota and then, by about 1915 he and his family had returned to WI. He does not appear in the 1900 or 1910 census. He appears with his family in the 1920 census in Lindina, Juneau Co., WI.

Eugene m. Olive P. perhaps about 1908-10. According to the census record, Olive was b. c. 1894 in MN. In the 1920 Juneau Co., WI census they are shown with their children:

  1. Ruth P. Prentice, b. c. 1911, SD.
  2. Elmer C. Prentice, b. c. 1913, SD. Not in SSDI.
  3. Mildred E. Prentice, b. c. 1915, WI.
  4. Ralph A. Prentice, b. c. 1916, WI. Not in SSDI.
  5. Ethel B. Prentice, b. c. 1919,WI.

A check of the SSDI does not show any listing for Eugene or his sons.

Who are Eugene Prentice's Parents?

The 1920 census says that Eugene's father was b. in WI and mother in NY. We do note that the 1880 census shows only 1 Prentice family in WI in 1880 and then living in Caledonia, Columbia Co., WI. He is John Prentice, b. c. 1857, WI, son of Alexander (b. Scotland) and Jane (b. Scotland). John was at that time unmarried.

Although only a guess for now, based on the rather unusual first name (Eugene) and birth location (WI), Eugene may be a son of Eugene Henry Prentice who was chr. 3 Mar 1859 at Stevens Point, Portage Co., WI and was living there at the time of the 1900 census. Eugene Henry Prentice would have been 35 in 1895. We have no further information about him and a possible wife and children. Eugene Henry Prentice may be a descendant of the emigrant, Valentine Prentice although there is still a link in that line of descent which needs documentation.

There is, however, a problem. We show that Eugene Henry Prentice m. Emma Jonathan on 1 Aug 1884, about 4 years after the census-indicated birth date of c. 1880 for Eugene. In addition, Eugene is not shown in their home in the 1900 census, but at age 20 he may by then have left home.

There is a chance that the 1880 census date is in error, that the 1884 marriage date is in error, or that Eugene Henry Prentice had a prior marriage.

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