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PRATT, William Benjamin
1881 - 1960 (79 years) Has 15 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1854 - 1931 (77 years)-
Name PRATT, William Benjamin Birth 22 Mar 1881 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 13 Dec 1960 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I1789 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 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 EYRE, Mabel, b. 1878, Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1929, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 51 years) Marriage 1904 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. PRATT, Walter, b. 21 Feb 1905, Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk d. 1973, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PRATT, Vera, b. 20 Oct 1906, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk d. 1997, Fenland Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F957 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM BENJAMIN PRATT 1881-1960
The birth of William Benjamin PRATT was registered in 1881. According to the 1881 census which was enumerated on 3 April he was 13 days old, giving a date of birth of 22 March 1881.
(GRO June Q 1881 [EDGOOSE] Wisbech 3b 630)
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)
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)
The marriage between William Benjamin PRATT and Mabel EYRE was registered in 1904.
(GRO December Q 1904 Wisbech 3b 1343)
From the 1911 census of Walpole Cross Keys, Near King's Lynn, Norfolk:
*William Benjamin PRATT, head, aged 30, married 7 years, 2 children of whom 2 are living, farmer, born at Wisbech;
Mabel PRATT, wife, aged 32, married, born at Tydd St. Giles;
Walter PRATT, son, aged 6, school, born at Walpole St. Andrews;
Vera PRATT, daughter, aged 4, born at Walpole St. Peters.
(RG14/9304)
The death of William B. PRATT aged 79 was registered in 1960.
(GRO December Q 1960 Wisbech 4a 348)
William Benjamin PRATT of Whitecroft, Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, died on 13 December 1960. Probate was granted at Norwich on 20 February 1961 to National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £3818 13s. 10d.
(National Probate Calendar 1961)
(revised 16.06.2012)