I am Charlie Pruden's Great Granddaughter. He arrived in Colorado in 1882 with his wife Jennie, infant daughter Odessa and recently widowed mother Amelia Maria Ruby Pruden. After 2 years in Golden they settled on a 180 acre ranch in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. They engaged in ranching activities and Charlie was hired to do maintenance on the Community Ditch which crossed his ranch property and carried water for the Denver Water Board. Jennie ran a boarding house for workers constructing the Moffat Railroad during the early 1900's. In the 1920's they became snowbirds spending winters in San Diego leaving the daily working of the ranch to their daughter and her husband J.T. Moore. They eventually moved to San Diego full time in late 1920's and lived there till Charlie's passing in the summer of 1940. Charlie was cremated in California and Jennie brought his ashes back to Colorado after his death. She returned to the ranch and lived there with her daughter and son in law till her death in January, 1946. It is believed (but isn't proven)the she had Charlie's ashes interred with her in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado however there are no Cemetery records reflecting this
I am Charlie Pruden's Great Granddaughter. He arrived in Colorado in 1882 with his wife Jennie, infant daughter Odessa and recently widowed mother Amelia Maria Ruby Pruden. After 2 years in Golden they settled on a 180 acre ranch in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. They engaged in ranching activities and Charlie was hired to do maintenance on the Community Ditch which crossed his ranch property and carried water for the Denver Water Board. Jennie ran a boarding house for workers constructing the Moffat Railroad during the early 1900's. In the 1920's they became snowbirds spending winters in San Diego leaving the daily working of the ranch to their daughter and her husband J.T. Moore. They eventually moved to San Diego full time in late 1920's and lived there till Charlie's passing in the summer of 1940. Charlie was cremated in California and Jennie brought his ashes back to Colorado after his death. She returned to the ranch and lived there with her daughter and son in law till her death in January, 1946. It is believed (but isn't proven)the she had Charlie's ashes interred with her in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado however there are no Cemetery records reflecting this
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