excerpt from "The Lapraths of America"
Heinrich Wilhelm Andreas LaPrath, known as Henry, was born on the Nebraska prairie in a sod hut near Osmond, in July 14, 1891, the second child and first son of Mathias and Anna Laprath. Osmond is given on the birth certificate, which is held by his granddaughter Sandra Farmer. Henry gave the location to his children as "Warsaw". As this was spoken, and such a town does not exit in Nebraska, he most likely was indicating Wausa, NE, which is eleven miles north of Osmond. In the sparsely populated area of Northeast Nebraska, children were born on their farms that were near locations. Osmond was probably the nearest town of size, Wausa the nearest in distance or the one that Henry identified with as a boy. Today both are small hamlets of less than twenty streets and similar in size. By the age of eleven the family had moved to Elma, Washington.
Two the three sons of Henry, Edward and William, served in World War II, flying in bomber squadrons out of England over the country their grandfather had left just 70 years before as a teenager. At best Edward and William would have been just out of their teens. William lost an arm in the war and Edward was shot down in the May of ‘44 on his what was planned to be his last mission, 22 days before D-day. He had been scheduled to return to the States. Henry took the loss of his son very hard and would never speak about it. His third son Jack was fortunately too young to serve, but was in the Coast Guard during the post war period, stationed in Seattle.
In the 1910 Census, Henry was working as a cook for a local restaurant in Elma and still living with his mother and family. In 1913 he married Mary Martha Bell in Tacoma and by 1920 they were living in Greenlake on Wallingford Avenue next door to Henry’s sister, Louise Brown. From here they went to Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. The son, Bill, was born here and Henry tried farming. Eleanor and Lee, her sister, played with the two pigs as pets, riding them around the sty area. They then returned to Seattle, where Ed was born and then moved to California. For a short time they went to Arizona, where the last son, Jack, was born, but soon returned to California. Henry was a chef. In Los Angeles he worked for several movie studio, cooking for their cafeterias. Over the course of the years he had several different cafes of his own at one time or another, being helped by his wife and children. At one point they ran a mobile food stand. Then he moved to Glendale, Oregon about 1942. Here he tried farming and sometimes worked with the sawmills. Henry last lived in Glendale Oregon, dying there on March 14, 1973 at the age of 82.
His wife, Mary Bell LaPrath, died at Rest Harbor Care Center in Gresham, OR. She was buried Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. She lived in Glendale for 31 years before moving to Portland in 1973. She was a member of the Englewood Christian Church, Zulelma Temple #13, daughters of the Nile, Order of the Eastern Star and a Gold Star Mother.
Stories remembered by his descendants:
From Sandra Farmer (granddaughter): “Uncle Eddie lied about his age joining the Army Air Corp when he was just 17. Granddad Henry was angry when he found out and always blamed President Roosevelt for Ed’s death. In Henry’s eyes it was Roosevelt’s War and his government that allowed Ed to be in that war. Henry became a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and would NEVER hear a good word about any democrat”’
Henry was in near Osmond, Pierce Co., NE, and died March 14, 1973 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He married MARY MARTHA BELL July 03, 1913 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, daughter of ROBERT BELL and ELLA DOWNING. She was born April 02, 1892 in Spangle, Spokane Co., WA, and died February 21, 1977 in Gresham, Multnomah Co., OR.
Father of:
1. Eleanor Mary Laprath
2. Leora Louise Laprath
3. William Howard Laparth
4. Edward Laprath
5. Jack Leroy Laprath
Heinrich Wilhelm Andreas LaPrath, known as Henry, was born on the Nebraska prairie in a sod hut near Osmond, in July 14, 1891, the second child and first son of Mathias and Anna Laprath. Osmond is given on the birth certificate, which is held by his granddaughter Sandra Farmer. Henry gave the location to his children as "Warsaw". As this was spoken, and such a town does not exit in Nebraska, he most likely was indicating Wausa, NE, which is eleven miles north of Osmond. In the sparsely populated area of Northeast Nebraska, children were born on their farms that were near locations. Osmond was probably the nearest town of size, Wausa the nearest in distance or the one that Henry identified with as a boy. Today both are small hamlets of less than twenty streets and similar in size. By the age of eleven the family had moved to Elma, Washington.
Two the three sons of Henry, Edward and William, served in World War II, flying in bomber squadrons out of England over the country their grandfather had left just 70 years before as a teenager. At best Edward and William would have been just out of their teens. William lost an arm in the war and Edward was shot down in the May of ‘44 on his what was planned to be his last mission, 22 days before D-day. He had been scheduled to return to the States. Henry took the loss of his son very hard and would never speak about it. His third son Jack was fortunately too young to serve, but was in the Coast Guard during the post war period, stationed in Seattle.
In the 1910 Census, Henry was working as a cook for a local restaurant in Elma and still living with his mother and family. In 1913 he married Mary Martha Bell in Tacoma and by 1920 they were living in Greenlake on Wallingford Avenue next door to Henry’s sister, Louise Brown. From here they went to Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. The son, Bill, was born here and Henry tried farming. Eleanor and Lee, her sister, played with the two pigs as pets, riding them around the sty area. They then returned to Seattle, where Ed was born and then moved to California. For a short time they went to Arizona, where the last son, Jack, was born, but soon returned to California. Henry was a chef. In Los Angeles he worked for several movie studio, cooking for their cafeterias. Over the course of the years he had several different cafes of his own at one time or another, being helped by his wife and children. At one point they ran a mobile food stand. Then he moved to Glendale, Oregon about 1942. Here he tried farming and sometimes worked with the sawmills. Henry last lived in Glendale Oregon, dying there on March 14, 1973 at the age of 82.
His wife, Mary Bell LaPrath, died at Rest Harbor Care Center in Gresham, OR. She was buried Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. She lived in Glendale for 31 years before moving to Portland in 1973. She was a member of the Englewood Christian Church, Zulelma Temple #13, daughters of the Nile, Order of the Eastern Star and a Gold Star Mother.
Stories remembered by his descendants:
From Sandra Farmer (granddaughter): “Uncle Eddie lied about his age joining the Army Air Corp when he was just 17. Granddad Henry was angry when he found out and always blamed President Roosevelt for Ed’s death. In Henry’s eyes it was Roosevelt’s War and his government that allowed Ed to be in that war. Henry became a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and would NEVER hear a good word about any democrat”’
Henry was in near Osmond, Pierce Co., NE, and died March 14, 1973 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He married MARY MARTHA BELL July 03, 1913 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, daughter of ROBERT BELL and ELLA DOWNING. She was born April 02, 1892 in Spangle, Spokane Co., WA, and died February 21, 1977 in Gresham, Multnomah Co., OR.
Father of:
1. Eleanor Mary Laprath
2. Leora Louise Laprath
3. William Howard Laparth
4. Edward Laprath
5. Jack Leroy Laprath
excerpt from "The Lapraths of America"
Heinrich Wilhelm Andreas LaPrath, known as Henry, was born on the Nebraska prairie in a sod hut near Osmond, in July 14, 1891, the second child and first son of Mathias and Anna Laprath. Osmond is given on the birth certificate, which is held by his granddaughter Sandra Farmer. Henry gave the location to his children as "Warsaw". As this was spoken, and such a town does not exit in Nebraska, he most likely was indicating Wausa, NE, which is eleven miles north of Osmond. In the sparsely populated area of Northeast Nebraska, children were born on their farms that were near locations. Osmond was probably the nearest town of size, Wausa the nearest in distance or the one that Henry identified with as a boy. Today both are small hamlets of less than twenty streets and similar in size. By the age of eleven the family had moved to Elma, Washington.
Two the three sons of Henry, Edward and William, served in World War II, flying in bomber squadrons out of England over the country their grandfather had left just 70 years before as a teenager. At best Edward and William would have been just out of their teens. William lost an arm in the war and Edward was shot down in the May of ‘44 on his what was planned to be his last mission, 22 days before D-day. He had been scheduled to return to the States. Henry took the loss of his son very hard and would never speak about it. His third son Jack was fortunately too young to serve, but was in the Coast Guard during the post war period, stationed in Seattle.
In the 1910 Census, Henry was working as a cook for a local restaurant in Elma and still living with his mother and family. In 1913 he married Mary Martha Bell in Tacoma and by 1920 they were living in Greenlake on Wallingford Avenue next door to Henry’s sister, Louise Brown. From here they went to Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. The son, Bill, was born here and Henry tried farming. Eleanor and Lee, her sister, played with the two pigs as pets, riding them around the sty area. They then returned to Seattle, where Ed was born and then moved to California. For a short time they went to Arizona, where the last son, Jack, was born, but soon returned to California. Henry was a chef. In Los Angeles he worked for several movie studio, cooking for their cafeterias. Over the course of the years he had several different cafes of his own at one time or another, being helped by his wife and children. At one point they ran a mobile food stand. Then he moved to Glendale, Oregon about 1942. Here he tried farming and sometimes worked with the sawmills. Henry last lived in Glendale Oregon, dying there on March 14, 1973 at the age of 82.
His wife, Mary Bell LaPrath, died at Rest Harbor Care Center in Gresham, OR. She was buried Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. She lived in Glendale for 31 years before moving to Portland in 1973. She was a member of the Englewood Christian Church, Zulelma Temple #13, daughters of the Nile, Order of the Eastern Star and a Gold Star Mother.
Stories remembered by his descendants:
From Sandra Farmer (granddaughter): “Uncle Eddie lied about his age joining the Army Air Corp when he was just 17. Granddad Henry was angry when he found out and always blamed President Roosevelt for Ed’s death. In Henry’s eyes it was Roosevelt’s War and his government that allowed Ed to be in that war. Henry became a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and would NEVER hear a good word about any democrat”’
Henry was in near Osmond, Pierce Co., NE, and died March 14, 1973 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He married MARY MARTHA BELL July 03, 1913 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, daughter of ROBERT BELL and ELLA DOWNING. She was born April 02, 1892 in Spangle, Spokane Co., WA, and died February 21, 1977 in Gresham, Multnomah Co., OR.
Father of:
1. Eleanor Mary Laprath
2. Leora Louise Laprath
3. William Howard Laparth
4. Edward Laprath
5. Jack Leroy Laprath
Heinrich Wilhelm Andreas LaPrath, known as Henry, was born on the Nebraska prairie in a sod hut near Osmond, in July 14, 1891, the second child and first son of Mathias and Anna Laprath. Osmond is given on the birth certificate, which is held by his granddaughter Sandra Farmer. Henry gave the location to his children as "Warsaw". As this was spoken, and such a town does not exit in Nebraska, he most likely was indicating Wausa, NE, which is eleven miles north of Osmond. In the sparsely populated area of Northeast Nebraska, children were born on their farms that were near locations. Osmond was probably the nearest town of size, Wausa the nearest in distance or the one that Henry identified with as a boy. Today both are small hamlets of less than twenty streets and similar in size. By the age of eleven the family had moved to Elma, Washington.
Two the three sons of Henry, Edward and William, served in World War II, flying in bomber squadrons out of England over the country their grandfather had left just 70 years before as a teenager. At best Edward and William would have been just out of their teens. William lost an arm in the war and Edward was shot down in the May of ‘44 on his what was planned to be his last mission, 22 days before D-day. He had been scheduled to return to the States. Henry took the loss of his son very hard and would never speak about it. His third son Jack was fortunately too young to serve, but was in the Coast Guard during the post war period, stationed in Seattle.
In the 1910 Census, Henry was working as a cook for a local restaurant in Elma and still living with his mother and family. In 1913 he married Mary Martha Bell in Tacoma and by 1920 they were living in Greenlake on Wallingford Avenue next door to Henry’s sister, Louise Brown. From here they went to Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. The son, Bill, was born here and Henry tried farming. Eleanor and Lee, her sister, played with the two pigs as pets, riding them around the sty area. They then returned to Seattle, where Ed was born and then moved to California. For a short time they went to Arizona, where the last son, Jack, was born, but soon returned to California. Henry was a chef. In Los Angeles he worked for several movie studio, cooking for their cafeterias. Over the course of the years he had several different cafes of his own at one time or another, being helped by his wife and children. At one point they ran a mobile food stand. Then he moved to Glendale, Oregon about 1942. Here he tried farming and sometimes worked with the sawmills. Henry last lived in Glendale Oregon, dying there on March 14, 1973 at the age of 82.
His wife, Mary Bell LaPrath, died at Rest Harbor Care Center in Gresham, OR. She was buried Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. She lived in Glendale for 31 years before moving to Portland in 1973. She was a member of the Englewood Christian Church, Zulelma Temple #13, daughters of the Nile, Order of the Eastern Star and a Gold Star Mother.
Stories remembered by his descendants:
From Sandra Farmer (granddaughter): “Uncle Eddie lied about his age joining the Army Air Corp when he was just 17. Granddad Henry was angry when he found out and always blamed President Roosevelt for Ed’s death. In Henry’s eyes it was Roosevelt’s War and his government that allowed Ed to be in that war. Henry became a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and would NEVER hear a good word about any democrat”’
Henry was in near Osmond, Pierce Co., NE, and died March 14, 1973 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He married MARY MARTHA BELL July 03, 1913 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, daughter of ROBERT BELL and ELLA DOWNING. She was born April 02, 1892 in Spangle, Spokane Co., WA, and died February 21, 1977 in Gresham, Multnomah Co., OR.
Father of:
1. Eleanor Mary Laprath
2. Leora Louise Laprath
3. William Howard Laparth
4. Edward Laprath
5. Jack Leroy Laprath
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