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George Prate 1891 - 1978

George Prate of Piffard, Livingston County, NY was born on October 28, 1891 in Italy, and died at age 86 years old on February 21, 1978 in Piffard. George Prate was buried at Saint Marys Cemetery in Geneseo.

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Piffard, Livingston County, NY 14533
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October 28, 1891
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February 21, 1978
Piffard, Livingston County, New York, 14533, United States
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  • Introduction

    George Prate was born on October 28th, 1891 in Italy to Josephine Loope, born 1866 and Rosario Prate. His mother was born in Italy, as was his father. He immigrated to the United States in 1915, at the age of 24. George married Marionna "Mary" Pisarro, born 1898, on April 25th, 1915 in Livingston, New York , Mary was 18 and George was age 23. They had nine children: five daughters and four sons. He was survived by four daughters and three sons. George Prate died at the age of 86 in Piffard, New York and he is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. See George Prate: Obituary.
  • 10/28
    1891

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    October 28, 1891
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    Italy
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    George was Caucasian, of Italian heritage on his maternal line. His father was unknown but also was reported as having been born in Italy.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born and raised in Italy, George arrived in the United State in 1915 at the age of 24. He lived in Livingston County, New York, the rest of his life, where he died at the age of 86. He is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York.

  • Early Life & Education

    When George was 47 years of age, he said that he had completed the third grade.

  • Religious Beliefs

    George's Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Lucy's Church in Etsof, New York.

  • Military Service

    George, aka Giorgio, served in the Italian Army as a soldier for three years.

  • Professional Career

    In 1920, when George was 29 years old, he was living in York, New York, and was working as a laborer in the salt block industry. Twenty years later, in 1940, George was also a laborer. By 1950, when he was 58 years old, George said that he was working as a section hand on the railroad.

  • Personal Life & Family

    On his June, 1917 World War I draft card, George was described as being of medium build with brown eyes and brown hair. His was said to have been married with one child at the time and his draft card also said that he had been a soldier in the Italian army for three years. George was survived by daughters Delia, Mary, Josephine, and Gloria and sons Ross, Frank, and George. He was also survived by "many grandchildren and great-grandchildren" according to his obituary. See George Prate: Obituary.
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    1978

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    February 21, 1978
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    Piffard, Livingston County, New York 14533, United States
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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  • Obituary

    PRATE, GEORGE PIFFARD: Fewbruary 21, 1978, at age 86 years. Survived by four daughters, Miss Delia Prate of Rochester, Mrs. Louis (Mary) Lincoln and Mrs. Anthony (Josephine) Cardone, both of Irondequoit; and Mrs. Eugene (Gloria) Oropalio of Indiatlantic, Florida; 3 sons, Ross Prate of Hornell, Frank Prate of Brighton, George Prate of Rochester; one nephew, Ross Prate of Hornell; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Calling hours will be Thursday, 7 - 9 and Friday, 2 -4, 7 -9 at the Rector-Hicks Funeral Home in Geneseo where a vigil service will be Friday at 3:30 p.m. Prayer service Saturday at 9 a.m. from the funeral home and 9:30 from St. Lucy's Church in Etsof where a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Geneseo. -Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) Thursday, February 23, 1978 on page 20.
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In 1901, at the age of just 10 years old, George was alive when the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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