Ancestry of
Louie Anderson

Comedian and Game Show Host

James Franklin Prouty

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• • Great-grandfather of Louie Anderson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Aldolphus Prouty 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Ann Alderman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Apr 1849 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ohio 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Apr 1922 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson, South Dakota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Catharine Chaffin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Dec 1879 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Story County, Iowa 
  • Children:
  
  

  Charles Milton Prouty (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  Frank Henry Prouty

  Joseph Ervin Prouty

  Leslie Adelbert Prouty

  Emaline M. Prouty

• Sources for James Franklin Prouty

  • ¹ Federal Census, SD, Hanson County, 1900, Rosedale, E.D. 175, Sheet 5A, Image 3 of 7.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/24/2022).
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940, Delayed birth certificate for daughter Leslie Adelbert Prouty.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for James F Prouty and Catharine Chaffin.
  • ⁵ South Dakota State Historical Society Cemetery Record Search, Cemetery record for Charles F Prouty, (accessed 12/24/2022).
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son Charles Milton Prouty.
  • ⁷ Parker, William Alderman, Aldermans in America, Raleigh, North Carolina: Edwards and Broughton Co. (1957), 495.

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