{"id":5096,"date":"2014-04-05T18:18:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/?p=5096"},"modified":"2014-04-05T18:53:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T01:53:34","slug":"who-was-paul-gores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/who-was-paul-gores\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Paul Gores?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Prettyman side of my family, Paul Gore’s name keeps coming up, but I know next to nothing about him. I have no identified photos of him, and I’ve heard only a couple of snippets of stories about his life, so I’m writing this post in the hopes that someone among my Prettyman relatives might be able to identify him and tell me more about him.<\/p>\n

The name he went by as an adult was Paul N. Gores, according to\u00a0my grandfather, William Prettyman (Paul’s nephew), and he was born Paul Nicholas Gores. Paul was born on June 7, 1898, in Wadena, Minnesota, probably the youngest of 6 (or possibly 7) children born to my great-great-grandparents, Judge Fredrick Eugene Gores and Veronika Evertz (also spelled Everts, Ewertz, or Eberts):<\/p>\n

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  1. Frank H. Gores (1887\u20131919)<\/li>\n
  2. Maggie Gores (ca 1890\u2013before June 1900)<\/li>\n
  3. Rosa (“Rose”) Cecilia Gores (1892\u20131945)<\/li>\n
  4. Peter F. Gores (1893\u20131911)<\/li>\n
  5. Marie Gores (1896\u2013?)<\/li>\n
  6. Paul Nicholas Gores (1898\u20131965)<\/li>\n
  7. ?unknown Gores (?\u2013before 1900)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Four of the seven Gores children died young: Frank (died at 32 years), Maggie (?10 years old), Peter (17 years old), and unknown (prob. ?10 years old). Rose, Marie, and Paul were the only ones to live a relatively full life (although Rose died tragically at 53<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    Below are the only photos I have that may be of Paul (the last three are not yet positively identified, so if you can confirm that the man is (or isn’t) Paul Gores, please let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    \"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n\"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Above: Modern caption identifies him as Paul Gores.\u00a0Based on his age (estimated at 14), this photo dates to 1912.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n\"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Above:\u00a0No information on back of photo.\u00a0I believe that this is Paul in his college years.\u00a0I’m guessing that the pennant is from\u00a0Creighton University<\/a>, a Catholic,\u00a0Jesuit university in Omaha, Nebraska.\u00a0Based on his age (estimated at 18), this photo dates to 1916.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n\"Photo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Above:\u00a0Inscription on back: “I suppose you can\u00a0recognize this animal”. If this is Paul, and\u00a0if he is about 25\u201330 years old, then this\u00a0photo dates to 1923\u20131928.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"I<\/a><\/td>\n\"I<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Above:\u00a0No information on back of photo. My mother\u00a0thinks this may be Paul, as she remembers\u00a0that Paul was stricken by rheumatoid arthritis. This man seems to be at least 45 years\u00a0old. As Paul died in 1965, if this is Paul,\u00a0this photo dates to 1943\u20131965.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    A few tidbits about Paul:<\/p>\n