Friday 28 May 2010

"Pratt's Depot"

In 1861, John Pratt occ. builder was aged 79 and living with daughter Mary Ann aged 35 on Blind Lane, Sutton Coldfield. Same year, there's another John Pratt occ. builder aged 37 and living with his uncle John Swift at Four Oaks.

This younger John Pratt is the son of the older John Pratt, and they are living together for 1841 and 1851. And again for 1871, when the older is "former builder" and the younger is "builder" and still unmarried.

By 1881, neither John Pratt is in Sutton Coldfield.

The older John Pratt (b. 1782) is the son of James & Elizabeth Pratt, and has brothers James 1773; William 1775; Thomas 1778 (who m. Sarah); Abraham 1788; Joseph 1791. Of these brothers, only Abraham is in Sutton Coldfield for the 1841 census and is working as a shoe maker.

It looks like the Pratt builders were the two John Pratt generations, and maybe the name "Pratt's Depot" continued beyond their lifetimes.

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