Name Info

Richard Pratt Garrett 1877-1972
Fathers:Joseph

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09121848
Age............94y 3m 0d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...widowed

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......1
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......5
#Children......0

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Joseph McElroy Garrett, male, born:1844-12-17 Louisville (Jefferson) Kentucky, died:1888-07-27 (43y 7m 10d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:George Garrett, Mom:Ann Pratt, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  2. Parent: Louisa B. WILSON, female, born:1843-02-19 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1933-05-15 (90y 2m 26d) Oakland (Alameda) California, Dad:Benjamin Franklin WILSON, Mom:Elizabeth Eliza Atkinson, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. Sibling: Richard Pratt Garrett
  4. Sibling: Wilson Brockway Garrett, male, born:1872-06-18 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1962-07-04 (90y 0m 16d) Redwood City (San Mateo) California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  5. Sibling: Richard Pratt Garrett
  6. Sibling: Richard Pratt Garrett
  7. Sibling: Joseph Atkinson Garrett, male, born:1887-08-12 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1980-01-13 (92y 5m 1d) Orange county California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1920-06-22 Chicago Creek (Cook) Illinois
  2. Spouse: Ruth Nugent, female, born:1895 ?Illinois, died:1915-1985 (20y 0m 0d) , #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1877-10-01, Age:94y 3m 0d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Census
: 1880 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Richard age 2 living with his parents
Education
: 1896 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan High School, Role:graduate, high
Census
: 1900 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Richard age 22 b.IL Oct. 1877 single student living with his mother.
Census
: 1910 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Chicago Creek, Cook county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Richard age 32 single lawyer with a general practice, living at 6258 Jackson Park Ave.
Census
: 1920 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Chicago Creek, Cook county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Richard age 43 single lawyer living as a boarder.
Married
: 1920-06-22, Age:94y 3m 0d, Chicago Creek, Cook county, Illinois, Role:groom
Death
: 1972 , Age:94y 3m 0d, Evanston, Cook county, Illinois
Job
: ?, Age:94y 3m 0d, attorney, In 1936 his office was located at 1 Seventy Six W. Adams Street in Chicago. In 1955 his office was at 30 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago.

Places In
Chicago Creek (Cook) Illinois
Evanston (Cook) Illinois
Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois

Sources
Letter from Mary Paskevich, Foster City California, May 1999


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched

Historical
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902