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James Allen Drake 1899 – 1957 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1899

Birth Location: Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA

Death Date: 19 Jul 1957

Death Location: Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: James Drake

Mother: Jessica Leard

Spouse(s): Sarah Haydock

Children(s): Marjorie Drake, Ruth Drake, Lucille Drake

James Allen Drake was born in 1899 in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA, the child of James Henry Drake and Jessica Lenora Leard. James Allen Drake married Sarah Myrtle Haydock, and had children including Marjorie Marie Drake, Ruth Frances Drake, Lucille Edith Drake. James Allen Drake passed away in 1957 in Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • James Allen Drake was born in 1899 in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA, the child of James Henry Drake and Jessica Lenora Leard.
  • James Allen Drake married Sarah Myrtle Haydock, and had children including Marjorie Marie Drake, Ruth Frances Drake, Lucille Edith Drake.
  • James Allen Drake passed away in 1957 in Cook, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Drake
1865 – 1934
Birth Location: Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
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Jessica Leard
1866 – 1902
Birth Location: Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Haydock
1904 – 1984
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
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Children(s)

Marjorie Drake
1923 – 1999
Birth Location: Palmetto, Lee, Mississippi, USA
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Ruth Drake
1929 –
Birth Location: Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA
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Lucille Drake
Birth Location: –
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James Drake's Ancestors

Self
James Drake
1899 – 1957
Birth Place: Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Parents
James Henry Drake
1865 – 1934
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Jessica (Lenora) Leard
1866 – 1902
Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
Grandparents
William (Leftwich) Drake
1822 – 1887
Franklin, Alabama, USA
Eliza (Lillian) Skinner
1827 – 1869
Alabama, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Drake
1789 – 1866
Elizabeth Leftwich
1798 – 1878
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Drake
1748 – 1839
Jane Neely
1750 – 1824

James Drake's Descendants

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James (Allen) Drake (19 May 1899 – 19 Jul 1957) m. Sarah (Myrtle) Haydock (3 Mar 1904 – 24 Oct 1984)
  1. 1. Marjorie (Marie) Drake (14 May 1923 – 14 Jan 1999) m. Andrew (Leon) Curran (25 Jan 1919 – 26 Jan 1999)
    1. 1. Linda (Sue) Curran (17 Nov 1948 – )
  2. 2. Ruth (Frances) Drake (1929 – ) m. Samuel (Smythe) Young (18 Nov 1919 – 6 Mar 2008)
  3. 3. Lucille (Edith) Drake m. Harry (Jack) Hillensbeck (6 Oct 1924 – 19 Oct 2002)
    1. 1. Harry (Jack) Hillensbeck m. Sherry (Ruth) Cossitt
      1. 1. Deborah (Lynn) Hillensbeck (9 Sep 1960 – )

James Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1899
19 May 1899
Birth of James Allen Drake in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
1957
19 Jul 1957
Age 58
Death of James Allen Drake in Cook, Illinois, USA
Cook, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1899
    Event Place: Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1957
    Event Place: Cook, Illinois, USA
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