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George David Prack

George David Prack

Male 1900 - 1944  (44 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George David PrackGeorge David Prack was born on 22 Jul 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (son of George Washington Prack and Lillian Anderson); died on 6 Nov 1944 in Contra Costa County, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, Granite City Ward 2, Madison, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1930, By Point, Contra Costa, California, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    2503 N. 12th St; his birth record (see Meida Gallery) gives 1900; his death records give 1901

    Family/Spouse: Alice M (married Prack). Alice was born about 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Washington Prack was born on 4 Jul 1874 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Johann Georg John George Prack and Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis); died on 21 Feb 1922 in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, St Louis Ward 18, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, USA; NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SAME BOY PRACK BORN 4 JUL 1874 in CHICAGO BUT WWI DRAFT REG ALSO GIVES 7 JUL 1874
    • Residence: 1910, Granite City Ward 2, Madison, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA; WWI Draft Reg; 2437 24th; Superintendent Bricklayer at N E & S Co at 20th and I in Granite City; relative: wife Lillian at same address; 5' 11 1/4", 179 lb, blue eyes, black haird

    Notes:

    Birth:
    line 8; 212 W. Lake St in Ward 11; mother Mathilda Prack, born Gelis in Germany; father John G. Prack, born Germany, shoemaker; midwife M. V. Horn; reported 8 Jul 1874

    Died:
    Death Certificate 3600021 -- see http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html

    George married Lillian Anderson in 1899. Lillian (daughter of Anderson and Hansen) was born on 15 Feb 1878 in Illinois; died on 6 May 1968 in El Dorado, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lillian Anderson was born on 15 Feb 1878 in Illinois (daughter of Anderson and Hansen); died on 6 May 1968 in El Dorado, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, St Louis Ward 18, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Granite City Ward 2, Madison, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA; widowed after 20 years of marriage; living with son Chester Prack's family

    Notes:

    Died:
    Soc Sec says El Dorado 6 May; CA Death Index says Roseville 15 May

    Children:
    1. Living Prack
    2. 1. George David Prack was born on 22 Jul 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Nov 1944 in Contra Costa County, California, USA.
    3. Chester Lantz Prack was born on 4 Feb 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died in Oct 1980 in Williamsville, Wayne, Missouri, USA.
    4. Kenneth Prack was born on 16 Jan 1908 in Illinois; died in Nov 1979 in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Johann Georg John George Prack was born in Aug 1834 in Germany; died between 1910 and 1920 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1864
    • Arrival: 1868
    • Residence: 1900, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Los Angeles Assembly District 74, Los Angeles, California, USA; shoemaker

    Notes:

    Died:
    living in Los Angeles in 1910 census, with daugher Catherine Elizabeth & William Buehrle; not with them in 1920

    Johann married Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis in 1861. Elise (daughter of Georg Moritz Gelis and Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne) was born on 26 Mar 1835 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 31 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie GelisElise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1835 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany (daughter of Georg Moritz Gelis and Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne); died on 28 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 31 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1868
    • Residence: 1900, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery

    Died:
    age 72 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11015-128949-14?cc=1463134

    Notes:

    Married:
    married 39 years in 1900 census

    Married:
    married 39 years in 1900 census

    Children:
    1. Catherine Elizabeth Lizzie Prack was born in Jun 1863 in Germany.
    2. Ferdinand Prack was born in Feb 1864 in Germany; died on 21 Jun 1943 in Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Charles Prack was born on 12 Oct 1872 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Jul 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. 2. George Washington Prack was born on 4 Jul 1874 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Feb 1922 in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA.
    5. Tillie Prack was born on 3 Mar 1876 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  Anderson

    married Hansen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hansen
    Children:
    1. 3. Lillian Anderson was born on 15 Feb 1878 in Illinois; died on 6 May 1968 in El Dorado, California, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Georg Moritz GelisGeorg Moritz Gelis was born on 18 Sep 1790 in Ostendorf, Schaumburg, Germany (son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Gelis and Sophie Christine Wegener); died on 5 Feb 1878 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Georg married Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne on 7 Mar 1813 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany. Florentine (daughter of Carl Ludwig Rinne and Wilhelmine Charlotte Hohmeier) was born on 18 Mar 1795 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 31 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Florentine Wilhelmine RinneFlorentine Wilhelmine Rinne was born on 18 Mar 1795 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany (daughter of Carl Ludwig Rinne and Wilhelmine Charlotte Hohmeier); died on 28 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 31 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 22 Mar 1795, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Children:
    1. Christine Wilhelmine Gelis was born on 19 Jul 1813 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died in 1826 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    2. Georg Wilhelm Gelis was born on 1 Jul 1815 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 15 Jan 1862 in Wickbolsen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    3. Justine Wilhelmine Gelis was born on 2 Dec 1817 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 27 May 1834 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    4. Friedrich Carl Charles Gelis was born on 21 May 1820 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Nov 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Friedrich Carl August Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Georg Heinrich Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1825 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    7. Ernestine Caroline Gelis was born on 4 Nov 1828 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    8. Friedrich Moritz Gelis was born on 1 May 1831 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died in 1832 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    9. Heinrich Wilhelm Gelis was born on 24 Nov 1832 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    10. 5. Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1835 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 31 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    11. Wilhelmine Philippine Charlotte Gelis was born on 18 Apr 1837 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.