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Generation
No. 1
Known and verified information
on my family line:
1.
FIELDING B. DRAKE was born Abt. 1824 Shelby Co. OH,
and died July 03, 1899 in Leesburg, Koscuisko, IN.Occupation:
Boot and shoemaker. He married
JANE (&OR) ELIZABETH HARTMAN September 12, 1848
in Sidney, Shelby, Co., OH.
1840: Unable to locate
in census
1850: The 1850 census
shows that Fielding was 25 years old (born in 1825?) and his
wife Jane was 22 years. They lived in Sidney Township, Shelby
Co., Ohio. His occupation was listed as a "Shoemaker"
and they had 1 child, Mary E., just 4 months old. Living with
them was his (brother?), William, 21 years, Harvey Libner,
21 years, from Ohio and Thomas Clegg 21 years from England.
All three young men were listed as shoemakers also and may
have worked for Fielding Drake. Fielding has OH as his birthplace,
unk which county.
1850-1860, Moved from Sidney OH to Koskuicko Co., IN
1860: The 1860 Census
has Fielding now living with his growing family in Oswego
Villa (poss. village), Kosciusko County, Indiana. Oddly, the
census lists him now 39 years old and Jane as 32. It also
shows them having 4 children; Mary 8, Catherine 10, Florence
5 and Daniel 1. It appears that they just reversed the ages
for Mary and Catherine. The 2 younger children were born after
they arrived in Indiana so they must have lived there for
at lease 5 years by 1860. Fielding is still in the same business
only now listed as a "Boot and Shoemaker".
1870: Found in Kosciusko
Co. IN
1880: Found in Kosciusko Co. IN
Census shows Fielding as a widower. b. OH, Father b. PA, Mother
b. PA. His children show their Mother (Jane E. Hartman Drake)
b. PA
Shelby Co, OH Death Recs
Bk1 1867-1881
Drake, Jane E. d. 19 Nov, 1879 in Green Twp. Miscarriage age:39-3-28
No 11 pg. 69. unk if our Jane.
Dingman connection: Records
show an Effie Drake from Shelby Co. OH married an Abraham
Goble in . She lists her parents as William Drake and Elizabeth
Dingman. Unk if our family, but time period right. They later
moved to the same area as Fielding Drake in IN.
Children
of FIELDING DRAKE and JANE HARTMAN:
i.
MARY E. DRAKE, b. October 26, 1849;
d.January 21, 1914; m. ABBOTT.
ii. CATHERINE J. DRAKE,
b. May 01, 1852;
d. July 1926; m. STAMITS.
iii. FLORENCE
SOVELLEI DRAKE, b. March 23, 1855.
iv. DANIEL BOONE DRAKE,
b. May 21, 1859.
v. LILLIE
ROSE DRAKE,
b. November 15, 1862.
vi. FRANCES ANNA ALICE
DRAKE,
b. November 29, 1866, Oswego, IN;
d. October 09, 1921, Los Angeles, CA
Generation
No. 2
2.
LILLIE ROSE 2 DRAKE (FIELDING B.1) was born November 15, 1862.
She married GEORGE W. STARR March 11, 1885 in Leesburg, IN.
Notes for LILLIE ROSE DRAKE:
Aunt Lil also had a cottage at Smalley Lake. Her other home
was in Ligonier.
Notes
for GEORGE W. STARR:
Moved to Ligonier, November 6, 1902.
Child
of LILLIE DRAKE and GEORGE STARR is:
i. FREDDIE EARL3 STARR, b. February 19, 1886; d. February
15, 1928; m. GLADYA R. CARR, November 10, 1909, Ligonier,
IN.
Notes
for FREDDIE EARL STARR:
Erma Wilkinson Barber writes:
Fred had a wife named Glada. Both of their children were retarded
and Phillip was institutionalized. However, Roberta was constantly
tutored and given special training and was eventually about
to get a job in a factory. She remained single until her mother
died and she married to everyone's surprise. I think she was
just "Slow" and she was never allowed out of her
mother's sight. Erma saw her in the late 1980's and she was
still happily married although ailing. She had arthritis very
bad. She and her husband had remained in her mother's house
which was near aunt Lil't in Ligonier, IN.
3.
FRANCES ANNA ALICE 2 DRAKE (FIELDING B.1) was born November
29, 1866 in Oswego, IN, and died October 09, 1921 in Los Angeles,
CA. She married (1) UNION UNIE CLARK in Elkhart, IN. She married
(2) CHARLES (CHARLEY) C. WILKINSON March 13, 1884 in Elkhart,
IN, son of WILLIAM WILKINSON and ELIZABETH MCLINTIC.
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Notes
for FRANCES ANNA ALICE DRAKE:
After Frances was divorced from Charley Wilkinson she ran
a boarding house in Elkhart. My dad's cousins say that their
mother Ethel told them that she was a very vain woman. She
dressed immaculately and always wanted her girls to brush
her hair for her. They also expressed a sadness that she didn't
pay much attention to them or dress them well when they were
small. Ethel relates that she was always sending them out
of he house during the day which made them feel abandoned.
Later
after she married Pockie (Uni Clark) they came to live in
Los Angeles with Aunt Ethel Wilkinson (Shaw) and Grandma Ilah
Wilkinson (Weiser). Might have been born in Concord TWP, Elkhart,
IN
More
About FRANCES ANNA ALICE DRAKE:
Occupation: Ran boarding house
Buried: March 12, 1884, Grace Lawn Cemertary, Elkhart, IN
Fact : Found in Koskiyusko Co. Marriages-Brides Book G, Pg.264
Fact : 1921, Married Unie (Pockie) Clark (e?) in Elkhart,
IN
Fact : Death Certificate lists Elizabeth Hartman as her mother
Cause of Death: Nephritis and paranoia
More
About UNION (UNIE) CLARK:
Occupation: Coal Business owner, real estate, teacher
Buried: Grace Lawn Cemetary, Elkhart, IN
More
About CHARLES (CHARLEY) C. WILKINSON:
Occupation: Night Watchman in Merchant Police Buried: Elkhart,
IN
Fact 5: Lived w/Uni Clark, 2nd husband of Frances Drake in
Los Angeles, CA prior to deat
Fact 6: Had a 1/2 sister named Alwilda Wilkinson Willets
Child
of FRANCES DRAKE and UNION CLARK is:
i. JOY HORACE3 CLARK, b. 1898; d. 1900, Elkhart, IN.
Buried: Grace Lawn Cemetary, Elkhart, IN
From
Erma Wilkinson Barber to Harold F. Wiser January 25, 1986:
Her brother Robert Wilkinson found the grave markers for Uni
Clark (Frances' 2nd husband), their son Horace Joy Clark (1898-1900),
Frances A. Clark (Drake, Wilkinson), Halley M. (Wilkinson)Johnson
and Sgt. Arthur O. Johnson (Hallie's husband). He also found
markers for some other Drakes in another area of Grace Lawn.
Erma also has a picture painted by grandma (Frances Drake)that
was treasured by her dad (Fielding Boone Wilkinson). Erma
also mentions that one of Frances' husbands was in the coal
business in Elkhart, IN. This would be Uni Clark (Pockie).
ii.
ILAH MAY3 WILKINSON,
b. April 21, 1884, Kosciusko Co, IN;
d. September 24, 1963, Monterey
Park, CA;
m. HARRY ROBERT (WEISER) WISER, April 08, 1911, St. Joseph,
MI.
iii. HALLIE MAE WILKINSON, b. April 09, 1885; d. 1916, Elkhart,
IN;
m. ARTHUR O. JOHNSON.
Buried: Grace Lawn Cemetary, Elkhart, IN
More About ARTHUR O. JOHNSON:
Buried: Grace Lawn Cemetary, Elkhart, IN
iv.ETHEL MAUDE WILKINSON,
b. January 21, 1888, Curubusco, IN;
d. May 19, 1966, Hammond, LA;
m. ARTHUR JAMES SHAW, January 21, 1914.
Buried: Bredenton, FL
v. FIELDING BOONE WILKINSON,
b. May 25, 1890;
d. 1965; m. AGNES MELISSA GRADY.
Generation
No. 3
Notes
for ILAH MAY WILKINSON:
My grandmother was the sweetest person I ever knew. She never
had a cross word to say. She would be in the kitchen for hours
making homemade dishes such as noodles (from scratch) and
dumplings, pies, and pickled eggs and beets.She had an old
treadle Singer sewing machine. She and my grandfather always
enjoyed sitting in their huge oak rocking chairs that my grandfather
made and visiting with all of us.
The
papers that Harry and Ilah filled out for their cemetary plots
indicate that Ilah was born in Leesburg, IN. She was of Protestant
faith.
More
About ILAH MAY WILKINSON:
Occupation: Secretary, homemaker
Buried: Rose Hills Cemetary, Whittier, CA
Fact : Member El Monte, CA Navy Mothers Club #203
Fact : 1963, Bd: Rose Hills Mem Park, Whittier, CA-1212 Vista
Lawn #2
Cause of Death: Colon Cancer/Diabetis
Notes
for FIELDING BOONE WILKINSON:
Erma says that she and her brother Robert were not very close,
although after their dad (Fielding Boone Wilkinson) died,
they did become closer and that their family was not a very
loving/touching family. He lived most of the time in Chicago,
IL working on the railroad while the rest of the family lived
in Elkhart. Their mother worked and Erma looked after Robert.
Robert married 5 times. Erma says that some relative had told
her that our Grandmother Frances Anna Alice Drake was related
to Sir Francis Drake....Rumor or fact?
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