Family:Francis Herlihy and Agnes Drake (1)
Parents: William Hearlihey and Hannah Johnson
Francis William Herlihy
b. 3 Sep 1900 Manhattan, New York, United States
d. 29 Dec 1982 Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States
Parents: John Drake and Agnes Snyder
Agnes Irene Drake
b. 28 Mar 1905 Fort Totten, NY
d. 11 Nov 1969 Las Cruces, NM
m. 14 Jul 1929 Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2] 14 Jul 1929 Flushing, Queens, New York, United StatesSt. Andrew Abellino R. C. Church
Other? Daughter-in-law: Jay Amberg (1)
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Robert Drake Herlihy
18 Dec 1937 VA
25 Oct 1997 El Paso, TX
Add child

From Bill Herlihy's November 21, 1987 History of Francis William Herlihy, Page 7: "In November 1939 my parents moved into a house built by their contractor friend, N. Ivey Moore. It was the first house they owned. The house was financed by the FHA. Dad bought the lot from a Mr. Cunningham, who lived diagonally in back. When Dad told him that he would need to pay off the lot before getting approval for his FDA loan, Mr. Cunningham simply gave him a signed deed and told him to finish paying it off as he could. Dad always joked that Mr. Cunningham had added, " If you don't pay it off, I'll know where to find you."

At this house at 2220 Park Drive, about 1940 Dad made all the window screens. The next year he made the storm windows. A year or two later he floored the attic, which accumulated a Large amount of junk and possessions in the 11 yrs. we lived there. Dad was a good amateur carpenter and plumber, fairly good at tinkering with cars, and a better than average handyman.

This house had dark green ornamental shutters at the front windows. After an exterior paint job in the late 1940s, the shutters were painted gray, nicely different from the mostly green shutters on other wood-sided homes. My parents had a good-sized garden at this house.

Page 8 Two things probably relieved the family financial crunch in the 1939-1945 years. Mom went back to work. The inflation of the WW2 yrs. would have eased the burden of the monthly house mortgage payments. Even with hard times, my parents were quite generous with toys and games at Christmas."

Page 10: " Dad always sat at the dining room table. I thought the dining room wooden chairs were hard and uncomfortable, but Dad had an intense dislike for sitting on soft living room chairs. From his dining room chair, he could see the tv set in the living room. He gradually moved his 'office from the spare bedroom onto the dining room table."

References
  1. ↑ History of Francis William Herlihy, November 21, 1987
    pages 1 & 5.

    "Dad's Witness was John 'Jack' Rapp. Mother's Witness was Marie Carbine" (p5)
    "Married: Agnes Irene Drake, July 14, 1929, St. Andrew Abellino R. C. Church 35-60 158th St., Flushing 58, NY" (p1)

  2. ↑ Herlihy, William "Bill" Foster: Family File.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Francis_Herlihy_and_Agnes_Drake_%281%29"