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Anna Attwood Tibbets

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George Watson Pratt had married Anna Attwood Tibbets on 31 May 1855. Anna was an Albany native, born 6 September 1833. The Pratts had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy, George Seamon Pratt, was born 23 August 1856, but died on 30 May 1867, when he was ten years old. Elizabeth Bleecker Tibbets Pratt, their daughter, was born 27 January 1860. She married a Frenchman, the Comte de Gasquet-James of Dinard, France. They remained in the United States for many years, with their children born in various locales: Elizabeth Bleecker in New Orleans in 1882; Victoire Louise in Islip, Long Island in 1883; George Watson Pratt in Esopus, NY in 1885 and. Andree Pauline in Esopus, NY in 1887. Anna Pratt maintained her permanent residence on the Esopus property and remained there until after the turn of the century. She then moved to France to live with her daughter who had moved with her husband to Dinard. Anna died 8 December 1921 in Dinard. Elizabeth's first husband Comte de Gasquet-James died in 1903. She then married as her second husband Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 14 June 1911 in Dover, England. They were divorced in 1913. Elizabeth died in Ponovich, Yugoslavia in November 1928 [The information about Elizabeth was received on 26 June 2010 from Allan Raymond atraymond-monarchies@yahoo.com.uk .]