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THE PRATT FARM HISTOHY Lot 25, Con 9, was granted by the Crown on April 7, 1616. This consisted of 200 acres and Was first registered to Mr. Thomas Proctor, who was from the (2own- _ 'ship of Yonge, in the District of Johnstown. The propwrty changed hands on the following years. 1540 - Brinton Payne Brown 1656 - Edward F. Brown 1657 - Edward F. Brown Sold 100 acres which was the north half of Lot 25, Con 9. 1866 - Jacob Potts and Lansing Biddleman 1670 - Robert Miles _ 1904 w Edmund miles 1905 w Frederick W. Pratt leased the land from Edmund Miles 1910 - Frederick W. Pratt Bought the property. The Pratt Family Frederick W. Pratt was born in Mitchell, Perth County. His wife Susan Robertson was born in dawanosh, Huron County. They were married in Dereham in 1884. They had three sons, Ernest, Carman and Fred Earl. Ernest died in 1897. Carman married Ida Nant in 1915. They resided on this farm until 1918. Susan Pratt died in 1915 and Frederick W. died in 1925. f n _ - Fred Earl married Beatrice Woolley in 1918. They had two i, rc' " - children, maurice and Audrey. Maurice married Gladys 'n ‘ - " Fewster of Corinth in 1946. Audrey married Robert Putnam >g_ "' in 1955 and moved to Lyons. Fred and Beatrice moved to . - . ,3 Brownsville in 1948, when Maurice took over' the farm. L"ap: “d':ff Maurice and Gladys had 2 children, Carolyn and Wayne. ... u f“;£; _ a - _ .. '5 s, "\~$‘ W, - . . ‘_J_ , 'Ir.', Fn.'" ». . ah' t «d t .. Ig -- MP' T', " V , " I _ - t v--', 2 gi h' t i t. jr! r Iss", ‘ mm, " I D . ii ll F . T \ Fl \ . ' . Fg _ , l (ta Pd JP' _ y -_---- " tflll _ f a M _ _ . 'N, _ M ilh ici'?'.'.?, . Fred E. Cr, Beatrice J X. _ ‘3 E tilrr& T8ll . l C "Mt. ' - t / 1( "-:BY A 3 A o - a I f :,.3 ”via B 'iilM ". a r {we - ' x . _/i';'?," i"ii'c'cii', , - x I" _i)& Loo","" 'l _iNiiil, " It . / , r _"' t ,3 . ce I w, 3 L IdladySa Wayne, Carolyn and Jaurice Pratt I951} Carolyn married David Leggett of Oakville in 1972 and Wayne married Linda Ormeroi of Mt. Elgin in 1972. Jayne attended Fanshaw College in London for 2 years. He graduated in 1971 and moved to Toronto, where he worked as Inspector for the Department of Transportatio and Communication. In 1975 he moved back to the home farm with Linda and daughter Tracy Lynn. Maurice and Gladys moved to the village of Culloden in 1975. " Wayne omel Linda . I fit“ "Peer; “I, _ , 3i . -Pt asr=s. - . ' ' I, - -. " l dotiHeL 77.ch Lynn 331. Qll r " 3 "* l ‘ Bt _ _ ' q " llltl. '3' 3 ‘ Tg LI - a “1' -' tit = - . , i 'u1t t' e.! Illiillll git Genemtmn ll ' Let ilE . 1.tf3" B_llllIl5iietS. , i.‘ I, May, H73 f “‘31. 7 a J tF “w _ ri? "r/Tr,'," Q J, iii, w ttIll! T'TT.) Ch, ‘ ii., ' q ' " , _ 'i:,_?s'ls'_'t',.i,,i,tb., is Tit lr,'rtA, l __ - ii]