Proft Genealogy

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Herbert Anthony Proft

Decmber 7, 1901 - October 20, 1966

Walter Leo Proft 10/11/1903 - 12/9/1964 Bertha (Harter) Proft 10/22/1863 - 10/5/1929 Joseph Frank Proft 5/12/1862 - 10/6/1942 Mildred Proft 5/24/1905 - 5/10/1992 Herbert Anthony Proft 12/7/1901 - 10/20/1966 Frank Proft Born 3/14/1897 - 8/22/1975 Josephine Proft 1/11/1893 - 11/6/1921 Adolph Proft 3/13/1890 - 7/25/1961 Katherine Clair Proft 1/5/1895 - 11/30/1965 Wenzel Winnie Proft 10/24/1887 - 5/12/1975 Lawrence Proft 1/21/1900 - 2/14/1973

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Herbert Anthony Proft lived for 64 years, 10 months, 18 days or a total of 23,698 days

Born: Saturday - December 7, 1901 in Merrill, Wisconsin

Lincoln County Birth Record Vol 2 - #1802 or hand written No. 14 indicates a Herbert Anthony Proft, white male born to Joseph Proft and Bertha Harter on Sat Dec. 7th, 1901 10:40 P.M., delivered by Mrs. H.P. Stiefvater, Midwife. Others in household were listed and spelled as Wenzle, Adolf, Clary, Frank, Lorner. Household located in Merrill, Wis. Other Information line indicates Item #1, "Name of Child" was recorded 4-24-43 per letter of "self". This explains the hand printing of his name versus the handscripting of the other record information.

Herbert, Walter and Lawrence Proft

First Communion - Herbert, Walter and Lawrence Proft

Herbert is 3 years old  during this 1905 Wisconsin Census

As a child Herbert would have gone to Merrill's 6th Ward School

Merrill Daily Herald June 3, 1916 - Herbert Graduates St. Francis Xavier School 8th Grade

Residence during 1920 Census

1925 Merrill City Directory Page 139 excerpt containing misspelling  of last name ( l instead of r ).

Married Mary Pfarr June 29, 1927

Worked for State of Ohio Liquor Control

April 7, 1930 Census Herbert, Mary and Shirley resided at 1772 Williams Ave. Hamilton, Ohio


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The 6 Proft Brothers


 Denver 1963 - Mary, Herbert, ? and Winnie


Herbert, Lawrence and Winnie

Thomas at age 42 and Mary at age 80 - 1987 Photo

Resided at: Google Map - 1211 Curtis St., Middletown, Ohio

Died: Thursday - October 20, 1966 at Middletown Hospital

Buried in Woodside Cemetery _ Google Map

Woodside Cemetery just one block south of his previous residence. Section 29, Lot 22, Grave #1

Middletown Journal October 21, 1966 Page 2

Married June 29, 1927 to Mary Pfarr b.6-23-1907 d.1-3-1997

Mary retired from theWilliam Harrison Insurance Agency

Middletown Journal January 5, 1997

Mary was interred in Woodside Cemetery, Section 29, Lot 22-B, Grave #3 on Jan. 7, 1997 at age 87.

Children: Shirley Ramona PROFT (b.3-23-1929 d.1-20-1995 obit page 6C Columbus Dispatch) (sp. Luther Profitt), Sharon Kay PROFT (b.1943) (sp.Robert Sibert), Thomas Herbert PROFT (b.1945) MIDDLETOWN, OH