Third Generation

90. Margaret Phelps Pratt (N.D.) was born on 5 Oct 1873 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah. She was baptized into the LDS Church in 1876. She died on 24 Aug 1951 in Miami, Dade, Florida. She was endowed on 13 Apr 1960 in the Salt Lake LDS temple. She was buried in Miami, Dade, Florida. She was sealed to her parents. Note: Pratt Association records say she was born in 1868, the death cert. says 1873 (both have Oct. 5)

Obituary-The Miami Herald, Sunday, August 26, 1951, Page 8-B
"Mrs. Margaret Pratt Armstrong, 77, of 535 SW Eighth Ave., died Saturday. Services will be at 1 p.m. in the Tracy Chapel with burial in Miami Memorial Cemetery. She came to Miami in 1925 from Evanston, Ill. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. William L. Shiverech, Salt Lake City,Utah."

Death Certificate in possession of Paul DeBry (January, 2006)
Name of decedent: Margaret Pratt Armstrong
White female
Born October 5, 1873, Fillmore, Utah
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Housewife
Social Security number: none
Parent's names: Orson Pratt and Juliaette Phelps
Died: August 24, 1951, age 77
Place of death Miami, Dade County, Florida
Lived in Miami, Florida, 26 years (from about 1925)
Died in Jackson Memorial Hospital, 535 S. W. 8th Avenue, Miami Florida
Buried: August 27, 1951, Miami Memorial Park, Miami, Dade, Florida,
Informant: G.E. Tracy (probably from the funeral home since the funeral director was V.A. Tracy)


Florida Death Index,
Name: Margaret Pratt Armstrong
Death Date: 1951
County of Death: Dade
State of Death: Florida
Other Death Place Information: Miami
Race: White
Gender: Female

William Lavin was born about 1875 in Of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. COULD THIS BE OUR GUY???
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William T Lavin Jr.
Home in 1900: Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake, Utah
Age: 25, occupation: Bookkeeper
Estimated birth year: 1875
Birthplace: Utah, Father born in New York; mother born in England
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Lodger

White was born about 1868 of Utah.

James Armstrong was born about 1868 of Utah.