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- H. John Drake1826 - 1913
- W. Elizabeth Colman1828 - 1897
m. 25 Jul 1846
Facts and Events
| Name |
Elizabeth Colman |
| Gender |
Female |
| Christening[1] |
20 Jan 1828 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, England |
| Census[2] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, EnglandFrog Street, Bere Alston |
| Marriage |
25 Jul 1846 |
Devonport, Devon, EnglandStoke Damerel
to John Drake |
| Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, England56 Pepper Street, Bere Alston |
| Census[4] |
7 Apr 1861 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, EnglandPepper Street, Bere Alston |
| Census[5] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, EnglandPepper Street, Bere Alston |
| Census[6] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, EnglandPepper Street, Bere Alston |
| Census[7] |
5 Apr 1891 |
Bere Ferrers, Devon, England41 Pepper Street, Bere Alston |
| Death[8] |
1897 |
Plymouth, Devon, England |
Elizabeth Colman was baptised on 20th January 1828 at Bere Ferrers in Devon, daughter of a miner named John Colman and his wife Elizabeth. The family's abode on her baptism record was given as St Hilary in Cornwall, some seventy miles or so to the west, although this was probably the clerk's way of recording the family's place of legal settlement - her siblings born earlier in the 1820s are similarly described and it seems unlikely that the family would have been regularly travelling between St Hilary and Bere Ferrers. Certainly Elizabeth always claimed to have been born at Bere Ferrers rather than anywhere else.
The 1841 census finds Elizabeth living at Frog Street in Bere Alston, the largest village in Bere Ferrers parish, where she was a servant.
In 1846, aged 18, Elizabeth married a shoemaker named John Drake. He was also from Bere Ferrers, but they married in the nearby town of Devonport, at Stoke Damerel parish church. After their marriage they returned to Bere Ferrers, where they lived on Pepper Street in Bere Alston in each census from 1851 to 1891. They appear to have had at least eight children together.
Elizabeth died in Plymouth in 1897, aged 69. John outlived her by sixteen years.
References
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Bere Ferrers. (Exeter: Devon Heritage Services).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Beer Ferris n[ea]r Tavistock in the County of Devon in the Year 1828 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parents' Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 889 | 1828 January 20th | Elizabeth Daughter of | John and Elizabeth | Colman | St Hilary, Cornwall | Miner | Henry Hobart |
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 240; Book 2; Folio 13; Page 20, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Frog Street, Beeralstone, Beer Ferris, Devon
Mary Foote, female, 70 [1766-71], Ind[ependent], born in county
Mary Foote, female, 45 [1791-6], not born in county
Elizabeth Westlake, female, 25 [1811-16], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
Elizabeth Colman, female, 13 [1827/8], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
- ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1883; Folio 40; Page 24, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: 56 Pepper Street, Beeralstone, Beerferris, Devon
John Drake, head, married, male, 24 [1826/7], Shoemaker, b. Beeralston, Devon
Elizebeth Drake, wife, married, female, 22 [1828/9], b. Beeralston, Devon
William Drake, son, male, 3 [1847/8], b. Beeralston, Devon
John Drake, son, male, 1 [1849/50], b. Beeralston, Devon
- ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG9; Piece 1457; Folio 14; Page 22, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: Pepper Street, Beeralston, Beerferris, Devon [listed next to Cornish Inn]
John Drake, head, married, male, 34 [1826/7], Shoemaker, b. Beerferris, Devon
Elizebeth Drake, wife, married, female, 32 [1828/9], b. Beerferris, Devon
William H. Drake, son, male, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
John Drake, son, male, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Elizebeth Drake, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Edward Drake, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Letitia Drake, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Francis Drake, son, male, 9mo [1860], b. Beerferris, Devon
- ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG10; Piece 2142; Folio 19; Page 11, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: Pepper Street, Beeralston, Beerferris, Devon
John Drake, head, married, male, 48 [1822/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Beerferris, Devon
Elizabeth Drake, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Beerferris, Devon
Bella Drake, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Francis Drake, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Mary A. Drake, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
Emilin Drake, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
~ second household in same house ~
John Drake, head, married, male, 21 [1849/50], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Beerferris, Devon
Elizabeth Drake, wife, married, female, 19 [1851/2], b. Whitchurch, Devon
- ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG11; Piece 2215; Folio 24; Page 5, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: Pepper Street, Bere Alstone, Bere Ferrers, Devon
John Drake, head, married, male, 57 [1823/4], Farm labour[e]r, b. Bere Ferrers, Devon
Elizabeth Drake, wife, married, female, 55 [1825/6], b. Bere Ferrers, Devon
Emily Drake, daughter, female, 15 [1865/6], b. Bere Ferrers, Devon
James H. Drake, grandson, male, 1 [1879/80], b. Bere Ferrers, Devon
- ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG12; Piece 1748; Folio 25; Page 25, 5 Apr 1891.
Address: 41 Pepper Street, Beeralston, Beerferris, Devon
2 rooms occupied
John Drake, head, married, male, 66 [1824/5], General Labourer, employed, b. Beerferris, Devon
Elizebeth Drake, wife, married, female, 63 [1827/8], b. Beerferris, Devon
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Elizabeth DRAKE, December Quarter 1897, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 165, aged 67 [1829/30]
Whilst this death is not in the Tavistock district which covered Bere Ferrers, there appears to be no other plausible death of an Elizabeth Drake between 1891 and 1901, when John was living alone, nor is there any other similarly aged Elizabeth Drake in Devon in the 1891 census who could be this death.
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