PRAY, Frank Pierce

Abt 1857 - 1897  (40 years)

• Name	PRAY, Frank Pierce  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1857	Boston, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Jul 1860	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Frank P Pray / Age 8 / Sex M / / Birthplace Mass
  Census	9 Jun 1870	Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA   [4]
  	Pray Frank / Age 15 / Male / White / Attended school / Born in Mass-
  Obituary	From the Santa Cruz Surf, 4 Nov 1897: FRANK PRAYS DEATH. Well-Known in Santa Cruz, San Francisco and the West. ) From todays San Francisco Call is quoted the following well-written obituary notice of the late Frank P. Pray, son of Mrs. A. Pray and nephew of Mrs. Louisa Drennan of this city: Frank P. Pray, late of Denver, Colo., but formerly a well-known resident of San Francisco and of Santa Cruz, his early home, died at noon yesterday at the residence of his father-in-law, Captain John Bermingham, 741 Chestnut street, of peritonitis, resulting from a long, heroic and critical surgical operation to which he submitted on Monday last. Mr. Pray was born in Boston, Mass., and at the time of his death was a little over 40 years of age. When a mere child he came with his parents to California in the early 60s and with them settled Santa Cruz, where his aged mother still resides. For a number of years he was connected with the Bancroft Publishing Company in this city. Later he was in the stationery business here with Z. U. Dodge, under the firm name of Dodge Bros. & Pray. Subsequently, for many years, he was a real estate agent, with offices at 310 Pine street. Two years and a half ago, however, he ecame afflicted with appendicitis and was operated upon in this city. His recovery was slow and nevor complete. He closed out his real estate business and, as soon as he was able, moved to Denver, where, for the past two years, be was agent for the California Powder Works. Several weeks ago he returned here in the hope of recuperating from the weakening effect of a large wound that had never healed after it was first made by the surgeons knife. To rectify that surgical misfortune and to save his life the recent operation was decided upon. Frank Pray was physically a very large man, weighing in health 240 pounds. He had a particularly agreeable personality, and was uniformly good natured. He leaves a widow and one child, a little girl 5 years of age. Among the other relatives who survive him are a brother, Fred Pray, the hotel proprietor of Stockton, and two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Hobbs of this city, wife of Captain Hobbs foreman of the Grand Jury, and Mrs. Charles Bancroft, formerly the wife of the late Judge Fawcett of Santa Barbara. The funeral will take place tomorrow forenoon at 10 oclock from the Bermingham residence.  [1]
  Cause of Death	Peritontis  [5]
  Death	3 Nov 1897	741 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA   [5]
  Person ID	I5435	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	PRAY, Amasa,   b. 1817, North Berwick, York, Maine, United States d. 23 Aug 1881, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	FERNALD, Miriam,   b. Nov 1824, Great Falls, Androscoggin, Maine USA d. 11 Aug 1906, 28 Union Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1839	Boston, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  	Scanned/transcribed record in Ancestry lists as 2 Sep 1839, but reviewing book clearly shows chronological order, and that dates go ... 30 Sep ...OCT...1...2...etc
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1857 - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Census - 27 Jul 1860 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Census - 9 Jun 1870 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Death - 3 Nov 1897 - 741 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1281] Frank Pray’s Death. [S1281] Frank Pray’s Death, Mr. Pray was born in Boston, Mass., and at the time of his death was a little over 40 years of age. When a mere child he came with his parents to California in the early 60s. [S1286] Amasa Pray-in the 1860 United States Federal Census, Frank P Pray / Age 8 / Sex M / / Birthplace Mass. [S1308] Amasa Pray in the 1870 Census, Pray Frank / Age 15 / Male / White / Attended school / Born in Mass-. [S1281] Frank Pray’s Death, Frank P. Pray, late of Denver, Colo., but formerly a well-known resident of San Francisco and of Santa Cruz, his early home, died at noon yesterday at the residence of his father-in-law, Captain John Bermingham, 741 Chestnut street, of peritonitis. [S1304] Meriam Fernald-in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.