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Thomas DRAKE
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b. abt 1794
Hartshead, Yorkshire, Eng
d. 1865?
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Father: ?
Mother: Eleanor Drake?
 1st Married
7 Jan 1813,
Mirfield, Yorkshire		 b. ?
Mirfield, Yorkshire
d. 1851-1861
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Father: ?
Mother: ?

  Notes:
  • Thomas doesn't appear to know his father's name on his second marriage cert. It is this that leads me to believe he was the base born son of Eleanor Drake of Hartshead.
  • Eleanor had 4 base born children in Hartshead between 1794 & 1804, before she finally appeared to married in 1805, to a Mark OATES.
     
  • 1841 census:
    Blackers(?) Arms, Thornhill
    Thomas Drake, 45, publican, Y
    Mary, 55, Y
    Thomas, 20, Y
    Miles, 15, Y
    Mary, 15, Y
     
  • 1851 census:
    Address unreadable, Thornhill, Yorkshire
    Thomas Drake, Head, mar, 69(?), Inn Keeper, b. Heartshead, Yorkshire
    Mary, wife, 58(?), b. mirfield yorkshire
    Mary, dau, unw, 25, Barr maid, b. Mirfield, Yorkshire
    Martha, Gdau(?), 12, servant, b. Dewsbury
    John, Gson, 9, errand boy, b. thornhill (name should have been Howker but listed as a Drake)
     
  • 1861 census:
    Thornhill, York (address too hard to read):
    Thomas Drake, Head, mar, 66, Innkeeper, b. hartshead
    Ann, wife, mar, 51, b. york, ?o??ttown
    John Howker, grandson, unm 19, Iron miner, b. thornhill lees york
    James Raw, boarder, mar, 24, coal miner, b. thornhill lees york
    Elizabeth Raw, grandau, mar, 20, b. thornhill lees york
    Fanny Oates, Niece, 12, house servant, b. mirfield york
    Sarah Ann Drake, grandau, 11, visitor, b. wosberdale, york
    1. John DRAKE, bap. 19 May 1814, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. after 1881 - m. abt 1835 to Ann ?
      Children:
      • Mary DRAKE, b. abt 1836, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. ?
      • Martha DRAKE, bap. 9 Sep 1838, Dewsbury, Yorkshire - d. after 1851
      • Sarah DRAKE, b. abt 1841, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. after 1851
      • Thomas DRAKE, b. abt 1842, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. after 1881 - m. ? to Eliza ?
      • Nancy DRAKE, b. abt 1845, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. after 1861
      • Ann DRAKE, b. abt 1848, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. after 1901 - m. 1876, Dewsbury to William GLEDHILL
        Children:
        • John GLEDHILL, b. abt 1877, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. after 1901
        • Walter GLEDHILL, b. abt 1881, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. after 1901
           
      • Jane DRAKE, b. abt 1851, Thornhill, Yorkshire - d. ?
         
    2. Nancy DRAKE, bap. 7 May 1816, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. ?
       
    3. Thomas DRAKE, bap. 26 Oct 1817, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. after 1841
       
    4. Ellen DRAKE, bap. 31 Oct 1819, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. after 1871 - 1st m. ? to Michael HOWKER (b. abt 1815 - d. 1843)
       
      Children:
      • Elizabeth HOWKER, b. 1840, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. after 1871 - m. 1860, Dewsbury to James RAW
      • John HOWKER, b. abt 1841, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. after 1881 - m. 1864, Dewsbury to Ann OLDFIELD and he 2nd m. 1878 to Mary A. SHAW
      • Michael HOWKER, bap, 3 Mar 1843, Thornhill by Dewsbury - d. before 1851?
         
      And Ellen 2nd m. 1846, Dewsbury to Charles ANDERSON
       Children:
      • Thomas ANDERSON, b. abt 1847, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. ?
      • William ANDERSON, b. abt 1848, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. ?
      • Henry ANDERSON, b. abt 1850, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire - d. ?
      • Miles ANDERSON, b. abt 1854, Bramley, Yorkshire - d. after 1881 - m. 1880, Bramley to Hannah GOODSON
      • Mary Drake ANDERSON, b. abt 1857, Bramley, Yorkshire - d. ? - m. 1878, Bramley to Thomas LINDSEY
      • Charles ANDERSON, b. abt 1861, Bramley, Yorkshire - d. ?

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    5. William DRAKE (query), b. abt 1822, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. after 1881 - m. ? to Ann ?
      Children:
      • Thomas "Tom" DRAKE, b. abt 1842, Barnsley, Yorkshire - d. after 1861
      • Sarah Ann DRAKE, b. 1850, Wosbrodale, Yorkshire - d. after 1851
         
    6. Miles DRAKE- m. 1845, Yorkshire to Ann FOSTER
       
    7. Barnard DRAKE (query), bap. 30 May 1824 (same day as Miles), Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. ?
       
    8. Mary Ann DRAKE, bap. 13 Jan 1826, Mirfield, Yorkshire - d. after 1851
       

     
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    shim Ann OATES nee Pawson
    2nd Marriage
    3 Apr 1859,
    Birstall, Yorkshire
    b. abt 1810
    Yorkshire
    d. after 1861,
    ?

    Father: John Pawson
    Mother: ?

      Notes: Ann was previously married to Henry Oates on the 11 Mar 1830, Birstall
    Ann doesn't appear to have had any children with either husband.
     
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