Anna Amelia Pratt (1876-1926)

)Anna Amelia Pratt (1876-1926)

Grandmother of US 2012 Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney

Vital Stats

 * Son of Helaman Pratt (1846-1909) and Anna Johanna Dorothea Wilcken (1854-1929)
 * 1876-May-06 : Birth in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, USA
 * 1895-Feb-20 : Marriage to Gaskell Romney (1871-1955 in Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. She is the grand daughter of Mormon Pioneer Parley Pratt.
 * 1912-July : Mexican Revolution forces family to relocate to USA
 * 1926-Feb-04 : Died in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park

Biography
Gaskell Romney (1871-1955) was born in St. George, Utah, the son of Miles Park Romney and Hannah Hood Hill. He married in 1895 to Anna Amelia Pratt in Colonia Dublán, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 20, 1895. He was the father of five sons: Maurice, Douglas, Miles Pratt Romney, George W. Romney, Lawrence and Charles. Gaskell would be a candidate for County Commissioner 1931 as a Republican. He passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 7, 1955 and is buried Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in the city.

As the Mexican Revolution broke out, the Romneys headed back North to Idaho and Utah, the five-year old George W. Romney in tow. The Mexican connection didn't come to an end. Twenty-six years later, in 1938, the family's lawsuit "Gaskell Romney v. the United States of Mexico" finally was heard, and Gaskell was awarded $9,163, which gave him a leg up. He gave half of the award to his son George.

Children of Gaskell and Anna Romney

 * 1) Gaskell Maurice Romney (1897-1972) - m. Genevieve Katherine Wallis
 * 2) Douglas Pratt Romney (1899-1928) - m. Viola Schwendiman
 * 3) Miles Pratt Romney (1903-1980) - m. Janice Cahoon
 * 4) George Wilcken Romney (1907-1995) - 43rd Governor of Michigan, CEO of AMC Motor Company. m. Lenore LaFount
 * 5) Lawrence Romney (1909-1921) - died young - was born on 21 August 1909 in Colonia Dublan, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico. He died on 12 February 1921 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA.
 * 6) Charles Wilcken Romney (1912-1969) - m. Bessie Poulson
 * 7) Meryl Romney (1917-1996) - m. LaVell Ward in 1938 at the LDS Salt Lake Temple