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PRATT, Mary Serena
1878 - 1946 (67 years) Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1857 - 1942 (85 years)-
Name PRATT, Mary Serena Birth 14 Jul 1878 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 1946 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Person ID I1788 Edgoose Last Modified 11 Jul 2026
Father PRATT, William, b. 14 Mar 1857, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 9 Oct 1942, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 85 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Selina Mary, b. 1 Aug 1854, West Walton, Norfolk d. 13 Sep 1931, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 77 years) Marriage 18 Jan 1878 Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Family ID F243 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ELMER, Henry Alfred d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1901 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F956 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY SERENA PRATT 1878-1946
The birth of Mary Serena PRATT was registered in 1878. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 11 July 1878.
(GRO September Q 1878 [EDGOOSE] Wisbech 03B 620)
At the time of the 1881 census William PRATT, a 24 year old railway horseman born at Terrington in Norfolk, was living at 1 Trafalgar Row, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire. In the same house were:
Serena PRATT, his wife, aged 26, born West Walton in Norfolk;
*Mary Serena PRATT, daughter, aged 2, born Wisbech;
William Ben PRATT, son, aged 13 days, born Wisbech;
Patience EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, widow, aged 64, born West Walton;
John Stanton BATTERHAM, boarder, aged 23, coal merchant, born West Walton.
(RG11/1696/54/1)
In 1891 John Stanton BATTERHAM was living at 1 Trafalgar Row, Wisbech St. Peter, with his 33 year old West Walton born wife Hannah and their eight year old son Walter E. BATTERHAM (RG12/1305/52/19). The PRATT family was living at Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
William PRATT, head, aged 34, self employed cow keeper, born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Serena PRATT, wife, aged 36, born at West Walton;
William B. PRATT, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*Mary C. (sic) PRATT, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Wisbech.
(RG12/1306/66/4)
She married Henry Alfred ELMER in 1901.
(GRO March Q 1901 Wisbech 3b 774)
The 1901 census returns for the Rose and Crown Inn, Old Marsh, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk:
William Benjamin PRATT, head, aged 44, a farmer and inn keeper, employer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
Serena Mary PRATT, wife, aged 46; born at West Walton, Norfolk;
William B. PRATT, son, aged 20, farmer's son, worker, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*Mary S. ELMER, daughter, aged 22, married, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG13/1557/24/5)
From the 1911 census of West Drove, Walton Highway, Norfolk:
William PRATT, head, aged 54, married, 2 children of whom 2 living, farmer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Serena PRATT, wife, aged 56, married, assisting in house, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Mary Serena ELMER, daughter, aged 32, married 10 years, no children, assist in house work, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/9307)
From the 1939 Register of Bellamy's Lane, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
William PRATT, born 14 March 1857, farmer (retired), widowed;
Mary ELMER, born 11 July 1878, housekeeper domestic, widowed.
(RG101/6566H/005/25 & 26)
The death of a Mary ELMER aged 68 was registered in 1946.
(GRO September Q 1946 King's Lynn 4b 367)
NOTES & QUERIES:
No further trace has been found of her husband Henry Alfred ELMER.
(revised 06.07.2018)