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to find Robert James Arthur Francis Drake ??

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Mavis

Mavis Report 5 Jun 2018 11:20


Marriage in Homerton ,Shoreditch 16 Sep 1867 --

R J A F Drake F/A -- Farmer -- 13 Queens rd - Robert Drake - Farmer

Charlotte Marsh F/A --- unsure of address --- James Marsh - Publican
wit William Graham - neighbour and Charlotte Marsh mth

birth cert of daughter 5 Feb 1869 Leyton - West Ham - Essex

Agnes Charlotte Drake -father R J A F Drake - clerk in Docks mth Charlotte Drake was Marsh no address just Leyton

no other children don't think they ever lived together --- Have all the Marsh family and Charlotte Drake with Agnes through census

unable find anyone with that full name --- Can anyone try and see if they come up with the same answer that I think he may be


thanks Mavis

Catherine

Catherine Report 5 Jun 2018 11:36

Name: Robert James Arthur Francis Drake
Gender: Male
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1867
Marriage Place: St Barnabas, Homerton, Hackney, England
Father: Robert Drake
Spouse: Charlotte Marsh
Register Type: Parish Register

malyon

malyon Report 5 Jun 2018 11:43

Name: Robert James Arthur Francis Drake
Sex: Male
Wife: Charlotte
Daughter: Agnes Charlotte Drake
Other information in the record of Agnes Charlotte Drake
from England Births and Christenings

Name: Agnes Charlotte Drake
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 25 Apr 1869
Christening Date (Original): 25 APR 1869
Christening Place: Leyton, Essex, England
Father's Name: Robert James Arthur Francis Drake
Mother's Name: Charlotte

malyon

malyon Report 5 Jun 2018 11:55

Robert F. Drake
Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
Name: Robert F. Drake
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Sep 1915
Event Place: Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birthplace: London, England
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836

greyghost

greyghost Report 5 Jun 2018 12:06

As an aside I think that address for Charlotte is 3 Marsh Hill, you can google and Marsh Hill, Homerton can be pinpointed

greyghost

greyghost Report 5 Jun 2018 12:20

For info - I know you have this
1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Street Coach and Horses, Leyton, West Ham, London & Essex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Charlotte Marsh Head - Female 53 1818 - Glamorgan, Wales
Charlotte Drake Daughter - Female 24 1847 - Berkshire, England
James Marsh Son - Male 23 1848 - Kent, England
Thomas Marsh Son - Male 21 1850 - Kent, England
Jane Drake Granddaughter - Female 2 1869 - Essex, England

1861 - family also in Leyton, to try and get an idea of where Robert may have been for them to have met

Mavis

Mavis Report 5 Jun 2018 12:28


I think that his full name is a bit of a red herring as is father -------- I tried just

Robert Drake at roughly the same age as Charlotte with no father in the search

came up with some in area where dock workers may have lived 1861 and
1871 from which I think I may have the answer


Mavis

greyghost

greyghost Report 5 Jun 2018 12:41

Mmmm. Farmer in 1867 to Clerk in the Docks 1869 seems a bit of a change doesn't it!

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Jun 2018 11:46

When Agnes married, she named her father as 'John' - and knocked a few years off her age

Name: Agnes Charlotte Drake
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1876
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1906
Marriage Place: St Giles, Camberwell, Southwark, England
Father: John Drake - Farmer
Spouse: William Richard Cooper
Register Type: Parish Register

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Jun 2018 11:56

13 Queens Street seems an unlikely address for a farmer - and in 1861, there was no such address on the census, as far as I can see. The highest number I can find is 11

malyon

malyon Report 6 Jun 2018 13:38

There is a queens road I lived off it

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 6 Jun 2018 19:07

Does the original of any of these records say 'farmer'?

I have seen a farrier translated as farmer sometimes.

Mavis

Mavis Report 6 Jun 2018 20:41



don't think Agnes ever knew her father probable never spoke of

this is how I solved R J A F Drake

1851 18 Thomas st. - Mile end old town
Drake family

Thomas 48y dock lab Nfk
Susanna 36 y Woolwich
Robert 7y Poplar
Susanna 5y Poplar
Thomas 3y Stepney
Jane 11 mth Stepney

Drake family 1861 - 13 St Thomas St. Mile end old town
Lucy 25y shirt maker Gibralter [ this this is Susanna]
Robert 17y Dock messenger Poplar
Jane 10y Stepney

Drake family1871 102 Augusta St. East side .Poplar

living with married daughter Susanna Middleton
Susannah Drake wd 56y shirt maker Giberalter
Robert Drake mar 27y Platter[Plater] Poplar


not found 1881

1891 46 Howards Rd .West ham

Robert Drake 47y Cooper Poplar
Mary A Drake 44 ----------- Hants
New wife
have sent for marriage cert to see if a widower

in 1911 37 Southern Road Plaistow
West ham no children


any opinions wecomd

safc

safc Report 6 Jun 2018 21:10


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
79, St Dunstans Road, Mile End Old Town, London & Middlesex, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Louisa Drake Head Widow Female 68 1813 - -
Transcription
Robert Drake Son Single Male 38 1843 Stepney, Middlesex, England Cooper

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 6 Jun 2018 22:50

In answer to Gwyn's question:
yes it definitely looks like "farmer" in this record, originally poasted by Catherine, but copied again below.
His father is also a farmer.

If it's meant to be farrier, then the writer has put in an extra downstroke. Twice.


Robert James Arthur Francis Drake
in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Name: Robert James Arthur Francis Drake
Gender: Male
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1867
Marriage Place: St Barnabas, Homerton, Hackney, England
Father: Robert Drake
Spouse: Charlotte Marsh
Register Type: Parish Register