Where did the Pratts and Ingrahams come from?
It really amazes me to think about all of the events that had to take place in order for you and I to be alive today. I mean, the probability that all of the events needed in order for the people in the tree above me to meet and have babies is so miniscule that is blows my mind. I cannot mathematically process this. So it got me to wonder how all of our ancestors met and where each branch came from. I'm still going down many rabbit holes but one thing stuck out to me in particular. The story I remember being passed down to me is that my grandparents, Albert Pratt and Enga Ingraham, met in Nebraska while my grandfather was working as a telephone pole lineman. Albert was from Ohio, but Enga was born in Colorado and moved to Nebraska at a young age. Their marriage certificate says they were married in Iowa. So where did the two branches come from in order for them to meet in Nebraska? Well, surprisingly enough their families came from the same place, at least once t...