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David PRATT (1855 - 1949)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Joanna McDonald PRATT (1880 - 1883) William David PRATT (1882 - 1929) Mary Ann Gould Gold PRATT (1884 - 1962) Finlay Dingwell PRATT (1886 - 1946) Jane Rhind PRATT (1887 - ) Helen PRATT (1889 - 1983) Isabella PRATT (1891 - 1956) Christina PRATT (1893 - 1989) David PRATT (1896 - 1917) Duncan PRATT (1897 - 1973) Johanna McDonald (Hannah) PRATT (1898 - 1983) Thomasina PRATT (1901 - 1902)	David PRATT (1855 - 1949) + Isabella DINGWELL (1857 - 1941)	William PRATT
		Mary GOLD

b. 1855 at Kings Kettle, Fife, Scotland

m. 1877 Isabella DINGWELL (1857 - 1941)

d. 1949 at Mackay, Queensland, Australia aged 94

Near Relatives of David PRATT (1855 - 1949)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Finlay DINGWELL
Mother in Law	Johanna MCDONALD
Father	William PRATT
Mother	Mary GOLD
Self	David PRATT	1855	Kings Kettle, Fife, Scotland	1949	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	94
Wife	Isabella DINGWELL	abt 1857	Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland	1941	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	84
Daughter	Joanna McDonald PRATT	1880	Scotland	1883	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	3
Son	William David PRATT	1882	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1929	Sydney, Queensland, Australia	47
Daughter	Mary Ann Gould Gold PRATT	1884	Queensland, Australia	1962	Queensland, Australia	78
Daughter	Finlay Dingwell PRATT	1886	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1946	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	60
Daughter	Jane Rhind PRATT	1887	Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Daughter	Helen PRATT	1889	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	94
Daughter	Isabella PRATT	1891	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1956	Queensland, Australia	65
Daughter	Christina PRATT	1893	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1989	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	96
Son	David PRATT	1896	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1917	Belgium	21
Son	Duncan PRATT	1897	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1973	Queensland, Australia	76
Daughter	Johanna McDonald (Hannah) PRATT	1898	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	85
Daughter	Thomasina PRATT	1901	Queensland, Australia	1902	Queenland, Australia	1
Daughter in Law	Isabell JOHANSEN			1984	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Arthur Henry MUSSETT			1905	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Christain Petersen MAU
Son in Law	Ingeborg Christine MAU			1960	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	William John O'BRIEN
Son in Law	Henry Goodam JOHANSEN	1884	Queensland, Australia	1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Son in Law	Hans Frederick PETERSEN
Son in Law	Henry George ROBERTSON	1891	Queensland, Australia	1935	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	44
Son in Law	Kaj SPROGOE			1977	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in David PRATT (1855 - 1949)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1855		David PRATT was born	Kings Kettle, Fife, Scotland	see obit
1877	22	Married Isabella DINGWELL (aged 20)		Note 1
1880	25	Birth of daughter Joanna McDonald PRATT	Scotland	1881 census - 9mo old
1882	27	Birth of son William David PRATT	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Family arrived Australia 1883
1883	28	Death of daughter Joanna McDonald PRATT (aged 3)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18
1884	29	Birth of daughter Mary Ann Gould Gold PRATT	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18
1886	31	Birth of daughter Finlay Dingwell PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1887	32	Birth of daughter Jane Rhind PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
1889	34	Birth of daughter Helen PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Ancestry trees
1891	36	Birth of daughter Isabella PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1893	38	Birth of daughter Christina PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
1896	41	Birth of son David PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	18
1897	42	Birth of son Duncan PRATT	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	18, 52
1898	43	Birth of daughter Johanna McDonald (Hannah) PRATT	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
1901	46	Birth of daughter Thomasina PRATT	Queensland, Australia	Note 11	18
1902	47	Death of daughter Thomasina PRATT (aged 1)	Queenland, Australia	Note 12	18
1917	62	Death of son David PRATT (aged 21)	Belgium	Note 13	52
1929	74	Death of son William David PRATT (aged 47)	Sydney, Queensland, Australia	Note 14
1941	86	Death of wife Isabella DINGWELL (aged 84)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 15	52, 60
1946	91	Death of daughter Finlay Dingwell PRATT (aged 60)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	52
1949	94	David PRATT died	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 17	60

Note 1: Obit - married 1877 Ancestry trees - Edinburgh

Note 2: 1883 C2172 Joanna MacDonald Pratt David Pratt Isabella Dingwall headstone

Note 3: 1884 C4857 Marian Gold Pratt David Isabella

Note 4: 1886 C5488 Finlay Dingwall Pratt David Isabella Dingwall Died 1946 - age 60 = c 1886, Mackay - obit

Note 5: 1887 C6254 Jane Rhind Pratt David Isabella Dingwall Marriage cert sighted

Note 6: Isabella Pratt in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Isabella Pratt Birth Date: 22 Mar 1891 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: David Pratt Mother: Bella Dingwall Page Number: 21190 Registration Number: 007953

Note 7: Christina Pratt in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Christina Pratt Birth Date: 15 Mar 1893 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: David Pratt Mother: Isabella Dingwell Page Number: 21186 Registration Number: 007302

Note 8: 1896 C7168 David Pratt David Isabella Dingwall

Note 9: 1897 C7289 Duncan Pratt David Isabella Dingwall Military records Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Duncan Pratt Birth Date 24 Jun 1897 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1897 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father David Pratt Mother Isabella Dingwall Page number 21186 Registration Number 007289 Household Members NameAge NameDuncan Pratt NameIsabella Dingwall NameDavid Pratt

Note 10: Johanna Mcdonald Pratt in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Johanna Mcdonald Pratt Birth Date: 8 Sep 1898 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1898 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: David Pratt Mother: Isabella Dingwall Page Number: 21191 Registration Number: 007377

Note 11: 1901 C7248 Thomasina Pratt David Isabella Dingwall

Note 12: Headstone 1902 C2847 Thomasina Pratt David Pratt Isabella Dingwell

Note 13: David Pratt in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: David Pratt Death Date: 05 Oct 1917 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: David Pratt Mother's name: Isabella Dingwall Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 007176 Page Number: 1634 Daily Mercury (Mackay) IN MEMORIAM. PRATT.— In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private David Pratt, who died of wounds in France, October 5 1917; Aged 21 years. (Inserted by his loving father, mother, sisters and brothers.) nternational, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current View Record Name Private David Pratt Birth Date 3 Apr 1896 Birth Place Queensland, Australia Death Date 5 Oct 1917 Death Place Belgium Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium Has Bio? N URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12071848

Note 14: Died 1929 - age 47 = c 1882 obit

Note 15: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Isabella Pratt Death Date 27 Mar 1941 Death Place Queensland Father's Name Finlay Dingwall Mother's Name Johanna McDonald Registration Year 1941 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 001869 Page number 1891 Mentioned in obit of husband Daily Mercury (Mackay) 28 March 1941 MRS. ISABELLA PRATT. Whilst busily knitting socks for soldiers abroad on the' veranda of her home, in Juliet-street, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. David Pratt, one of the most widely respected Identities of the Mackay district over very many years, suddenly put her knitting down in her lap and passed away peacefully. News of the death of this grand old lady, wife of Mr. David Pratt, shocked the community, for it was utterly unexpected. Only that afternoon Mrs. Pratt had seemed in the most robust Health and had sent for more wool to continue her patriotic work. Mrs. Pratt would have been 84 years of age in July. A little over three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Pratt celebrated their Diamond Wedding at the residence of the Hamilton family, "Iolanthe," James-street. The gathering on that occasion was notable by the fact that four gener ations of the Pratt family, number ing 45, were present and a very large assemblage of representative citizens. It was an outstanding landmark, not only in the lives of the aged couple themselves, but also in the wide spread interest that Mackay and dis trict had in the event. The late Mrs. Pratt leaves a hus band, two sons and five daughters. The eldest son, William, died at Kolijo a few years ago, and another, David, made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. The other members of the family are: Mr. F. D. Pratt, of Kolijo, and Mr. D. Pratt, of Baker's Creek. The daughters are: Mrs. C. P. Mau, Mrs. H. G. Johansen and Mrs. H. Petersen, of Rosella; Mrs. P. Rob ertson, of George-street, Mackay; Mrs. K. Sprogoe, of the Chalet, Eungella. The deceased lady, although not enjoying the best of health for some time past, was not really ill. She was sitting on her veranda knitting, and suddenly was attacked by a seizure about 2 o'clock. Medical assistance was summoned, but life was extinct. Only a brief period previously Mrs. Pratt conversed with a friend, whom she told she was quite well, and requested her girl to bring more wool. In the present as in the last war, Mrs. Pratt did an immense amount of knitting for the soldiers. Married in Scotland on September 30, 1877, with her husband she reached Mackay by the sailing ship Hannah Landells In September 58 years ago. On this vessel also came the late Mr. R. Hamilton, and the families have been close friends over the intervening years. The late Mrs. Pratt's life was marked by a spirit of active charity and loyalty, and many acts of kind ness had been unostentatiously done. Like her husband, the late Mrs. Pratt was held in the highest esteem by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. The couple became engaged in dairying near the Town Common early after their arrival and by Industry went on to success. Her kindly disposition endeared her to all associated with her. but she was one who was always closely attached to her home and family.

Note 16: Name Finlay Dingwall Pratt Death Date 14 Feb 1946 Death Place Queensland Father's Name David Mother's Name Isabella Dingwall Registration Year 1946 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 000745 Page number 1831 Daily Mercury (Mackay) 15 Feb 1946Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 MR. F. D. PRATT The death occurred suddenly yesterday afternoon of Mr. Flnlay Dlngwell. Pratt, wellknown farmer, of Calen, at the age of 60. Mr. Pratt lay down for his cus tomary afternoon rest, and evi- dently died In his sleep, for when Mrs. Pratt called him later she got no response and found him dead. Born in Mackay, Mr. Pratt was a son of Mr. David Pratt, and had spent all his life in the district. He leaves one son, Arnold, who was farming with him at Calen, and one daughter. Mrs. R. Wil liams, of Conlngsby. One brother, Mr. Duncan Pratt, of Mackay, and four sisters, Mrs. O. p. Mau (Homebush), Mrs. H. F. Petersen (Homebush), Mrs. H. G. Johansen (Rosella), and Mrs. K. Sprogoe (Dalrymple Heights), also survive him.

Note 17: Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Jun 1949 MR. DAVID PRATT DIES, AGED 94 TEN days after the celebration of his 94th birthday, Mr. David Pratt of Juliet-street passed away at his residence in the early hours of Saturday morning. One of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Mackay and district, the late Mr. Pratt was particularly prominent in bowling circles. Annual competitions fare held for the Pratt Diamond Wed ding Cup.' Born at King's Kettle, Scotland, on May 25, 1855, the late Mr. Pratt lost his father when he was a young child. He had to start work at an early age, when most boys are In the early stages of their school life. He often stated that his schooling was very brief. In one of his reminiscences of his early days, the late Mr. Pratt recalled the jubilation and festivi ties associated with the wedding of King Edward VII. He was then a lad about six years. There was a bonfire and the foundation stone of Arthur's Seat was laid amid popular acclaim. He remembered It was at that festive occasion he first tasted meat. LEFT SCHOOL AT TEN Leaving school at the age of 10 he went to work on a farm doing what was known in those days as "rodding wheat," and following the harvesters, earning 7d. a day at this occupation. When he was about 19, the late Mr. Pratt went to Edinburgh, but did not do very well in that city. He later found work on the docks at Leith, and subsequently on the railway, where he remained for 10 years, rising to the position of guard. It was while he was em ployed on the railway that he met with an accident to both legs, causing periodical trouble. Effects of this injury caused him to relinquish the game of bowls, of which lie was very fond, a num ber of years ago. Following his accident the com pany gave him an office position. Some friends suggested that he should go to Queensland. ON SAILING SHIP In the meantime he married Miss Isabella Dingwall, ot Even- tun, Ross-shire, and together they sailed for Queensland from Glas gow on "Hannah Landles" on June 6, 1883, reaching Mackay on Sep tember 11. Mackay was then a small place. Soon after arriving he lost his eld est girl, Johanna. He managed to secure a house near the town common, with four acres of land, and started dairy farming, between carting wood and doing odd jobs. By dint of hard work he made a great success of this venture and he sold the property. He then purchased an area of five acres where he continued dairying, with a milk run. This business was continued profitably for 17 or 18 years, and he also grew cane on a block adjacent to the Town Common. The late Mr. Pratt then pur chased what was known as the Homebush Terminus, near Baker's Creek, where he grew cane and carted for Homebush mill. Later McLennan's farm of 2000 acres was purchased, and a large crop was harvested in 1908. In 1911 he visited his home land, but remained there only six months. Mrs. Pratt died about eight years ago, at the ripe age of 84 years. The late Mr. Pratt is survived by one son. Mr. Duncan Pratt, of Baker's Creek, and five daughters — Mrs. C. P. Mau, of Homebush - road, Mrs. H. G. Johansen, of Rosella, Mrs. Hans Petersen, of Homebush-road, Mrs. G. H. Rob ertson, of Mackay, and Mrs. Kay Sprogoe, The Chalet Eungella. There are 22 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

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Source References:

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- Notes: Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Jun 1949 MR. DAVID PRATT DIES, AGED 94 TEN days after the celebration of his 94th birthday, Mr. David Pratt of Juliet-street passed away at his residence in the early hours of Saturday morning. One of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Mackay and district, the late Mr. Pratt was particularly prominent in bowling circles. Annual competitions fare held for the Pratt Diamond Wed ding Cup.' Born at King's Kettle, Scotland, on May 25, 1855, the late Mr. Pratt lost his father when he was a young child. He had to start work at an early age, when most boys are In the early stages of their school life. He often stated that his schooling was very brief. In one of his reminiscences of his early days, the late Mr. Pratt recalled the jubilation and festivi ties associated with the wedding of King Edward VII. He was then a lad about six years. There was a bonfire and the foundation stone of Arthur's Seat was laid amid popular acclaim. He remembered It was at that festive occasion he first tasted meat. LEFT SCHOOL AT TEN Leaving school at the age of 10 he went to work on a farm doing what was kown in those days as "rodding wheat," and following the harvesters, earning 7d. a day at this occupation. When he was about 19, the late Mr. Pratt went to Edinburgh, but did not do very well in that city. He later found work on the docks at Leith, and subsequently on the railway, where he remained for 10 years, rising to the position of guard. It was while he was em ployed on the railway that he met with an accident to both legs, causing periodical trouble. Effects of this injury caused him to relinquish the game of bowls, of which lie was very fond, a num ber of years ago. Following his accident the com pany gave him an office position. Some friends suggested that he should go to Queensland. ON SAILING SHIP In the meantime he married Miss Isabella Dingwall, ot Even- tun, Ross-shire, and together they sailed for Queensland from Glas gow on "Hannah Landles" on June 6, 1883, reaching Mackay on Sep tember 11. Mackay was then a small place. Soon after arriving he lost his eld est girl, Johanna. He managed to secure a house near the town common, with four acres of land, and started dairy farming, between carting wood and doing odd jobs. By dint of hard work he made a great success of this venture and he sold the property. He then purchased an area of five acres where he continued dairying, with a milk run. This business was continued profitably for 17 or 18 years, and he also grew cane on a block adjacent to the Town Common. The late Mr. Pratt then pur chased what was known as the Homebush Terminus, near Baker's Creek, where he grew cane and carted for Homebush mill. Later McLennan's farm of 2000 acres was purchased, and a large crop was harvested in 1908. In 1911 he visited his home land, but remained there only six months. Mrs. Pratt died about eight years ago, at the ripe age of 84 years. The late Mr. Pratt is survived by one son. Mr. Duncan Pratt, of Baker's Creek, and five daughters — Mrs. C. P. Mau, of Homebush - road, Mrs. H. G. Johansen, of Rosella, Mrs. Hans Petersen, of Homebush-road, Mrs. G. H. Rob ertson, of Mackay, and Mrs. Kay Sprogoe, The Chalet Eungella. There are 22 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

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