John Drake 1773, help needed!

[Tessa King]

Hi,
I too am researching John Drake and his family, specifically his son William Henry Drake who married Elizabeth Lucy Wood (his second marriage to the much younger lady). Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1841 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (known as the Cape Colony in those days). She married William Henry Drake (as his second much younger wife) on 1 Sept 1863 in Grahamstown. their children were:

1. Ella W b. 1865 New Zealand d. bet Jul-Sept 1945 Honiton, Devon, England. Married an unknown Codrington.

2. Henry G b. bet Jul-Sept 1866 at Ryde, Isle of Wight d. bet Jul-Sept 1910 Honiton, Devon, England.

3. Lucy Beatrice b. 1869 Dublin, Ireland d. ?? Married Capt S C F Jackson 3 Jan 1898 at St. Mary's, Poona, Maharashtra, India.

4. William Barnard b. bet Oct-Dec 1871 London, Middlesex, England d. bet Jan-Mar 1930 Newton Abbott, Devon.

5. Kate Alice b. bet Jan-Mar 1876 London, Middlesex, England mar Dudley Frederick Nevill bet Jul-Sept 1899 at Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

If anyone can add any information to this family I would be love to hear from you.

Thanks
Tessa

[gothitjulie]

William Barnard Drake:

St Mark, Regent's Park.

Baptised 6th January 1872. No. 1015. Page. 127.

Parents: William Henry & Elizabeth Lucy Drake

Abode: 41 Regents Park Road

Father's Trade: K.C.B. Director of Stores & Transport

Born November 3rd 1871
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[gothitjulie]

Kate Alice Drake:

St Matthew, Bayswater.

Baptised 19th February 1876 . No. 747. Page. 94.

Parents: William Henry & Elizabeth Lucy Drake

Abode: 15 Clanricarde Gardens, (Bayswater)

Father's Trade: Knight Commander of the Bath

Born January 16th 1876
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[Tessa King]

Thank you so much gothitjulie. In the past three days I have been sent so much information from a friend who has Ancestry and now have full names, dates and some marriages and deaths for all William's children, which is wonderful.

Ella W is Ella Wood who married Alfred Edward Caldecott and then Richard Percy John Codrington.
Henry is Henry George.
Lucy Beatrice mar Capt S C F Jackson
William Barnard & Kate Alice you have posted details.

William's children from his first marriage to Louisa Purkis who he married on 23 Sept 1833 in Perth, Australia are:

Louisa Maria Drake b. 18 July 1836 Perth
John b. 15 Sept 1834 Perth
Laura Mary b. 1 June 1843 Perth
Emily Caroline b. 28 Feb 1845 Perth

Between 1834 and 1843 there were probably more children but as I don't know where he was during this time period I haven't come across them. The above info was sent to me by my friend Sue.

How are you connected to this family?

Tessa

[megstev]

Hi Tessa

I am also a descendant of William Henry Drake, but from his first wife, Louisa Purkis.

In 2001 I graduated with my MA in history - my thesis was entitled, Civilians at War: William Henry Drake and the Commissariat in the Crimean War. I have had access to some letters he and Louisa wrote during the Crimean War as well as a transcript of the Journal he kept around this time. From his Journal I can tell you that Ella Wood Drake was born in Grahamstown before 24 Oct 1864, before he went to New Zealand.

I would like to do more research into him and other commissaries of the time - and am slowly getting to it.

I would also like to publish the Crimean letters and hopefully part of his Journal as well, as there are many students of the Crimean War who are interested in the role of the Commissariat during that time. I am therefore trying to contact descendants of his second family in the hope of tracing the original Journal. You can't help with that in any way, can you?

All the best
Megan

[Foehn]

I Know this post is now getting older, but a response re Ella Drake. Ella Wood Drake was born in new Zealand on 3 September 1864.
Her NZ birth registration is 1864/24912   Drake   Ella Wood   Elizabeth Lucy   William Henry