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Thomas Prentice of Scotland and WV


Thomas Prentice of Scotland and West Virginia
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2003 and Revised 22 Jul 2006

Update of 22 Jul 2006: This article is replaced by our later, Fall 2006 article about Thomas Prentice of Scotland and WV .

A. Arthur Prentice was b. c. 1820-1829 at an unknown location and was living in 1868. He m. Margaret Sanders. They had 1 or more children, including:

  1. Thomas Prentice was b. c. 1849 in Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]

1. Thomas Prentice Sr. was b. c. 1849 in Scotland. About 1881-2 Thomas was living in Dalry, Ayr, Scotland (where his son, Thomas Jr, #1iii below, was born). Thomas Sr. first appears in the 1910 Laurel Creek, Fayette Co., WV census living with his sons, Thomas Jr., William and Andrew, below.

He m. Euphemia Hamilton on 31 Dec 1868 at Woodside Colliery, Dalserf. She was b. c. 1848 , dau. of James Hamilton and Paterson McAlpine (per Christine Hadden, email, 23 Apr 2006, also citing marriage record of their son, David, which names his parents). Children of Thomas:

  1. (perhaps) Arthur Prentice, b. c. 1870, Scotland. Living with his brother, John, in the 1910 census. Ellis Island records show that Arthuremigrated from Scotland, departing Glasgow aboard the "California" and arriving in the Port of New York on 20 Jan 1910. He was then a coal miner, married, and had been living with his unnamed wife at 125 Eddlewood, Hamilton, Scotland.
  2. Margaret Prentice, b. c. 1878, Overtown, Scotland. She emigrated on 15 Apr 1907 aboard the "Caledonia" from Glasgow with her brother, Thomas (per Ellis Island records). She was a domestic servant, 5’2", fair complexion, auburn hair, blue eyes, also going to the home of her brother,William who was then living in Glendale, Lawton Co., WV. She appears in the 1910 Fayette Co., WV census as a servant in the home of Kesath Homestead and in the 1920 Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV census as a servant in the home of F. K. Holmestead, probably the same person. She is likely the Margaret Prentice shown in WV Death Records as b. 28 Mar 1877, Scotland, who d. unmarried on 24 Jan 1951 in WV.
  3. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1882, Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
  4. (perhaps) John Prentice, b. c. 1883, Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
  5. William Prentice, b. c. 1886, Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[4]
  6. Andrew Prentice, b. c. 1888, Scotland. Living with Thomas, above, in 1910. He is probably the Andrew Prentice who is mentioned in the 1921 immigration record as accompanying his mother, Clementina.
  7. (probably) Euphemia Prentice, b. c. 1891, Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]
  8. David Munro Hamilton Prentice, b. c. 1889, Ashgill, Lanark, Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]

2. Thomas Prentice was b. c. 1881-2 in Dalry, Ayr, Scotland. He m. Margaret who was b. c. 1883 in Scotland. Thomas emigrated on 15 Apr 1907 aboard the "Caledonia" from Glasgow (per Ellis Island records). He was a miner from Netherburn, Lanarkshire, going to the home of his brother,William who was then living in Glendale, Lawton Co., WV. Thomas was descried as having over 50 Pounds cash, 5’7", fresh complexion, black hair, blue eyes, born Dalry, Scotland.

In 1921, Ellis Island records show that Margaret was returning from a trip to Scotland with Annie Prentice, wife of David Prentice (see #4, below), accompanied by Margaret's mother, Mrs. Mary Miller, 6 Brown Street, Newmains. Margaret was +described as 5'3", sallow complexion, grey eyes, black haired. All were going to Newhall, W. VA where Thomas and Margaret were then living. Children of Thomas and Margaret (per 1910 census and 1921 immigration record):

  1. Annie Prentice, b. c. 1904, Ashgill, Scotland. (per 1907 emigration record and 1910 census)
  2. Euphemia Prentice, b. c. 1906-7, Overtown, Lanarkshire,Scotland. (per 1907 emigration record and 1910 census)
  3. Margaret Prentice, b. c. 1907-1910, WV. (per 1910 census)
  4. James Prentice, b. c. 1912. (per 1921 immigration record)
  5. Jean Prentice b. c. 1920. (per 1921 immigration record)

3. John Prentice, b. c. 1883 in Scotland. He appears in the 1910 Fayette Co., WV and 1920 Raleigh Co., WV census with his wife, Emily, b. c. 1886, Scotland, and children:

  1. Elizabeth J. Prentice, b. c. 1903, WV.
  2. Elizabeth Prentice, b. c. 1907, WV.
  3. Margaret Prentice, b. c. 1911, WV.
  4. Jennie Prentice, b. c. 1914, WV.
  5. Helen Prentice, b. c. 1918, WV.

4. William Prentice, b. c. 1886, Scotland. He m. Alice, b. c. 1886 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Alice also emigrated on 15 Apr 1907 aboard the "Caledonia" from Glasgow (per Ellis Island records). She is described as 5’0", pale complexion, black hair, dark blue eyes.

William later appears in the 1920 McDowell County Co., WV census. McDowell County lies about 30 miles SW on Fayette County. There he is shown as b. c. 1884 in Scotland and emigrated to America in 1906, about the same year as Thomas, #2, above. The 1920 shows his wife as Alice, b. c. 1888, Scotland, and children:

  1. Joan Prentice, b. c. 1907, Scotland.
  2. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1908-9, WV. He may, or may not, be the Thomas Prentice shown in the SSDI as b. 21 Jun 1908, who received his SS# in WV, and who d. 15 Oct 1997 in Raleigh Co., WV.
  3. Nellie Prentice, b. c. 1912, WV.
  4. Alice Prentice, b. c. 1914, WV.
  5. Margaret Prentice, b. c. 1916, WV.
  6. Emily Prentice, b. c. 1918, WV.
  7. (probably) William Prentice, b. 30 Dec 1920 in Newhall, WV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4.1]

4.1 (probably) William Prentice, b. 30 Dec 1920 in Newhall, WV and d. c. 5 May 2007. His obituary of of 17 May 2007 in the Journal & Topics Newspaper, Des Pllaines, IL, reads as follows:

    WILLIAM PRENTICE, JR. Of Des Plaines

    A funeral service and visitation for William Prentice, Jr. of Des Plaines, 86, took place Saturday, May 5 at G.L. Hills Funeral Home in Des Plaines. Interment private. Mr. Prentice was born Dec. 30, 1920 in Newhall, Wv.

    He worked as a research scientist at U.S.G. During his life, the World War II Army Veteran was a master mason and ceramic engineer. He was affiliated with Virginia Poly Tech and served on the Des Plaines Public Library board.

    He passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Mr. Prentice is preceded in death by his brother and six sisters. He is survived by his wife, Josephine nee Whitlock Prentice, five sons, William (Caren) Prentice III, John (Terri) Prentice, Alexander Prentice, Robert (Sue) Prentice, and David Prentice, two daughters, Joyce Howard and Paula (John) Steffan, 22 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.

He m. Josephine Whitlock, living in 2007. Children per obituary:

  1. William Prentice III. He m. Caren.
  2. John Prentice. He m. Terri.
  3. Alexander Prentice.
  4. Robert Prentice. He m. Sue.
  5. David Prentice.
  6. Joyce Prentice. She m. Mr. Howard.
  7. Paula Prentice. She m. John Steffan.

5. Euphemia Prentice, b. c. 1891. She appears appears in the 1921 immigration record, mentioned above, where she is called Clementina's daughter. Euphemia m. James Sinclair who was living in Newhall, W. VA in 1921. Children of Euphemia and James shown in the 1921 immigration record are.

  1. Mary Sinclair, 10, b. c. 1911.
  2. James Sinclair, 8, b. c. 1913.
  3. Margaret Sinclair, b. c. 1916.
  4. Clementina Sinclair, b. c. 1920.

6. David Munro Hamilton Prentice, b. c. 1889, Ashgill, Lanark, Scotland. He emigrated from Scotland aboard the "Caledonia," arriving in NY on 30 Jun 1911.

He m. Anne/Annie "Grannie" Paterson. She was b. 27 Oct 1890 in Ashgill, Larkhall Lankshire, Scotland (per Ancestry.com.

Ellis Island immigration records show that the arrival on 4 Jun 1921 of David's wife, Annie, . She was described as Annie was 4'11", fair with auburn hair and grey eyes. Accompanying Annie was her mother, Annie Paterson, of Meadowbank, Dalserf. They were heading to Newhall, WV where David was then living. Accompanying Annie were her children:

  1. Margaret Prentice, b. c. 1911. She m. Mr. Hudson (per Ancestry.com, above).
  2. Clementina Prentice, b. c. 1919. She m. Mr. Hudson (per Ancestry.com, above).

David Prentice is probably the same person as the David Prentice shown in the SSDI as b. 28 Jun 1888, who received his SS# in WV, and who d. Aug 1969 in Keystone, McDowell Co., WV.

Who are Arthur Prentice's Parents?

For now, we are investigating the identity of Arthur Prentice's parents. Neither Arthur nor Margaret appear in the 1851 or 1861 Scotland census.

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