Fourth Generation

576. Ross MacLeod Pratt was born on 26 August 1899 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. He died on 27 April 1964 at the age of 64 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was buried on 1 May 1964 in Golden Gate National Cemetery. S:PPU P15-28-2

(Note that he has dropped the name of "Pratt" as his last name and use d MacLeod )

New York Passenger Lists
Name: Ross Macleod
Arrival Date: 15 Dec 1938
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Queen Mary
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Birth Location: California
Birth Location Other: Santa Barbara

U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register
Given Name: Ross
Surname: MacLeod
State / District: California
Rank: 2 Lt
Page #: 96
Regiment: 159 Inf
Company: Co D - Berkeley
Birthplace: Calif
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1900

1930 United States Federal Census (census taken April 14, 1930)
Name: Ross Macleod
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1901
Birthplace: California
Relation to head-of-house: Lodger
Race: White
Home in 1930: Berkeley, Alameda, California
Occupation:; Lawyer at a university
Father born in Utah, mother born in Nova Scotia
Married at age 27 (he was age 29 in the census), living as a lodger at t he University of California, without family. He would have been marrie d in about 1926. Possibly diviorced or widowed because he was apparentl y married again in 1954)

Social Security Death Index
Name: Ross Macleod
SSN: 562-58-7166
Last Residence:
Born: 26 Aug 1899
Died: Apr 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1959 )

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: MACLEOD, ROSS
Social Security #: 562587166
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1899
Birthplace: CALIFORNIA
Death Date: 27 Apr 1964
Death Place: SANTA BARBARA
Mother's Maiden Name: MACLEOD

Obituary: Santa Barbara News Press -Tuesday evening, April 28, 1954, p . B 4
"Maj. Ross LacLoed" (Note that he us listed with his middle name, not hi s last name of Pratt- Did the newspaper make an error or did he drop "Pra tt" from his name?).
"Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. tomorrow inthe Welch-Ryce A ssociates chapel for Maj. Ross MacLeod, USAR (ret), 64, of San Marcos tro ut Club, who died yesterday in a local hospital. Rev. Lawrence Fisher o f the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Final rites will be cond ucted in San Francisco Friday. Maj. MacLeod, who was born in San Francis co Aug. 26, 1899 is survived by his wife, Mrs. Isabel MacLeod, whom he ma rried in Carson City, Nev., in 1954; a daughter, Mrs. William Vosburgh, N ew Haven, Conn.; two sisters, Mrs. Laurie Pratt of Los Angeles and Mrs.Ch arles L. Camp [Jessie Margaret Pratt] of Orinda, and two grnadchildren . He was a member of Durant Masonic Lodge 268 in Berkeley and of the Ame rian Legion." Note: His mother's obituary lists his last name as MacLoe d, not Pratt, so he must have dropped the Pratt name. This obituary was i n 1938.

Ross MacLeod Pratt and Isabelle were married in 1954 in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, USA. Marriage year and place per Ross's obituary. Isabelle was born about 1900 in of, , California, USA. S:PPU sp P15-28-2

HER MARRIED NAME WAS "MAC LEOD", NOT "PRATT" ROSS' MOTHER'S OBITUARY I T REFERS TO HIM AS ROSS MAC LEOD, NOT ROSS MACLEOD PRATT. HIS OBITUARY L ISTS HIM AS ROSS MAC LEOD WITH NO MENTION OF THE LAST NAME PRATT. THE SAM E IS TRUE OF ALL THE RECORDS IN HIS NAME.

Ross MacLeod Pratt and Isabelle had the following children: