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PRATT, Robert
1859 - 1908 (49 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1826 - 1907 (81 years)-
Name PRATT, Robert Birth 1859 Wingland, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death 4 Aug 1908 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I8303 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father PRATT, Robert, b. Abt 1824, West Walton, Norfolk d. 19 Jan 1915, Wingland, Lincolnshire (Age 91 years) Mother ULYAT, Elizabeth Ann, b. Abt 1826, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk d. 1907, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 27 Apr 1849 Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk Family ID F3019 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family OFFLEY, Elizabeth, b. 1857, West Walton, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1879 Wisbech Registration District Family ID F3020 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT PRATT 1859-1908
The birth of Robert PRATT was registered in 1859.
(GRO June Q 1859 [ULYATT] Wisbech 03B 625)
The marriage between Robert PRATT and Elizabeth OFFLEY was registered in 1879.
(GRO December Q 1879 Wisbech 3b 1320)
From the 1891 census of Mill Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
*Robert PRATT, head, married, aged 30, farmer, employer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth PRATT, wife, married, aged 32, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert E. PRATT, son, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Sidney PRATT, son, aged 7, scholar, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Edward C. PRATT, son, aged 6, scholar, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Grace PRATT, daughter, aged 4, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Hilda PRATT, daughter, aged 2, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mabel PRATT, daughter, aged 7 months, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mrs. STOCKDALE, mother [-in-law], widow, aged 66, living on own means, born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Anna TAYLOR, servant, single, aged 18, domestic servant, born at Leverington, Cambridgeshire;
Rode HENFORD, servant, single, aged 16 [remainder of line blank].
(RG12/1306/67/6)
NOTE: Susanna OFFLEY married Benjamin STOCKDALE in 1867 (GRO June Q 1867 Wisbech 3b 1041)
From the 1901 census of Avenue Villa, Clarkson Avenue, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*Robert PRATT jr, head, married, aged 42, farmer & potato merchant, employer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth PRATT, wife, married age 42, born at Terrington St. John, Norfolk;
Robert E. PRATT, son, single, aged 19, farm manager, worker, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Sidney PRATT, son, single, aged 17, butcher, worker, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Edward C. PRATT, son, single, aged 15, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Grace L. PRATT, daughter, single, aged 14, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Hilda PRATT, daughter, single, aged 12, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mabel PRATT, daughter, single, aged 10, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth STOCKDALE, M-in-Law, Widow, aged 71, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Mary HARNWELL, servant, single, aged 19, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG13/1556/94/16)
His death aged 49 was registered in 1908.
(GRO September Q 1908 Wisbech 03B 289)
"DEATH OF A NORFOLK FARMER
The interment took place at West Walton on Thursday of the late Mr. Robert PRATT, of The Grange, who died on Tuesday at the age of 49 years after an illness lasting eight weeks. The deceased had been for seven years the tenant of the Corporatioon Farm. He was one of the first to start potato growing on a large scale in the district, and was a partner for some years with Mr. W. WING, of Walpole, as potato merchants, the firm being well known in London and other markets. As a farmer he had been a tenant of the Trafford Estate for nearly 30 years, and employed a good deal of labour in the district. As a sportsman he was well known to the Downham Harriers whom he had entertained on more than one occasion when their runs had been in the neighbourhood of West Walton. For some years he was an overseer of the parish of West Walton. He always drove a good horse, and before his death he expressed the wish that the black mare that he had driven for fifteen years should take the heires [sic] to the graveside. He leaves a widow, three sons, and three daughters."
(Eastern Daily Press?)
PRATT Robert of The Grange West Walton Norfolk farmer died 4 August 1908 Probate Norwich 21 October to Elizabeth PRATT widow Walton [sic] PRATT and Robert Ernest PRATT farmers. Effects £7023 8s.
(National Probate Calendar 1908)
"Grange Farm, in West Walton, comprising farm-house and 161 acres of land, in the hands of Mr. PRATT's Executors, made £19,400. Mr. B. EDGOOSE becoming the purchaser"
(Farmer and Stockbreeder and Chamber of Agriculture Journal, Monday 7 July 1919. The University of Illinois Library)
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