Drake

[BallyaltikilliganG]

I hope I have the right message for you.
archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NIR-DOWN/2007-02/1171392542
At the tender age of 14 in 1949 I joined the schools Combined Cadet force and immediately came under the towering influence of a giant ex RSM Percy Drake and still have all my teeth [well almost at 72] to  prove it Actually he was a gentle giant but he could be the reason I have become slightly hard of hearing nowdays!  Sometime let me know the oldest Gracey connection in your history
Jim

[havenchris]

Thanks for that Jim, Ive mailed the person in question.

Regarding Graceys, I have a Robert and Mary A Gracey from Co Down born late Eighteen thirties and emmigrated to Whitehaven in Cumbria
Their Daughter Catherine lived until she wa sabout 108 i believe !

[epat]

Have a small knowledge of drakes killyleagh. Will  have a look for it. I am researching drakes in Downpatrick.

[havenchris]

That would be great, Cheers

[epat]

29 Jun 1921
patrick SMYTH
sarah maria DRAKE
Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
Killyleagh
Downpatrick
Down

08 Mar 1921
george DRAKE
mary SMYTH
Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
Killyleagh
Downpatrick
Down

30 Nov 1917
andrew DRAKE
rosena MURPHY
Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
Killyleagh
Downpatrick
Down

03 Nov 1910
thomas DEMPSTER
mary DRAKE
Lissara Presbyterian Church
Kilmore
Downpatrick
Down

02 Nov 1906
hugh DRAKE
agnes RILEY
Raffrey Presbyterian Church
Killinchy
Downpatrick

24 Sep 1905
john MURRAY
ellen DRAKE
Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
Killyleagh
Downpatrick
Down

04 Nov 1898
thomas FRIARS
margaret ann DRAKE
Kilmore Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Kilmore
Downpatrick
Down

06 Dec 1887
william DOBBIN
jane DRAKE
Spa Presbyterian Church
Magheradrool
Downpatrick
Down

01 Feb 1878
hugh DRAKE
margaret MCMULLAN
Lissara Presbyterian Church
Kilmore
Downpatrick
Down

18 Jun 1876
robert DENVIR
elizabeth DRAKE
Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
Killyleagh
Downpatrick
Down

22 May 1852
james DRAKE
margaret WHITE
Downpatrick Civil Registrars Office
Down
Downpatrick
Down

09 Jun 1848
robert MCCAMMON
eliza DRAKE
Downpatrick Civil Registrars Office


1901 census Killyleagh Parish,Killinchy in the Woods.....(between Killyleagh and Crossgar)  Eliza Drake 1 room house with 4 persons. The electoral division is Crossgar although the parish is Killyleagh.

You may have these but if you get a connection to Downpatrick give me a shout

[havenchris]

Cheers for those, Mine are bit further back to about 1820-1830
But looks like plenty Drakes in the area after that time.

Any idea when Killyleagh Roman Catholic Church
was built ? and if there was no church there in 1820 would they have gone to Crossgar ?

[BallyaltikilliganG]

The history of the Killyleagh Roman Catholic Churches are on Ros Davies website under churches, then by civil parish. So there you will find a record of Killyleagh people walking to and from mass in Crossgar in 1824, but there was an earlier catholic church. her notes are good, Jim

[TheWhuttle]

Capt. Jim,

Reckon that Percy Drake took you for an impostor and was trying to knock your middle "T"s in to proper shape!

His family married in to ours.
I'll put you in contact with our "ould fella" who will enjoy swapping boxing stories with you.

Cheers & Vermouth, Ho!

Capt. Jock

[Glenrosa19]

Thanks for that Jim, Ive mailed the person in question.

Regarding Graceys, I have a Robert and Mary A Gracey from Co Down born late Eighteen thirties and emmigrated to Whitehaven in Cumbria
Their Daughter Catherine lived until she wa sabout 108 i believe !

Hi there,
I'm researching an Andrew Drake, from around 1890-1930, from the Killyleagh/Crossgar/Kilmore/Tullykin area of County Down. His son, Henry "Harry" Drake was born in 1917. Harry served with The Irish Guards  in the 1930s, but "disappeared after discharge in 1947, until his death was recorded in Glasgow 1960. Harry's burial is being sought by a descendant, who believes it may bee around the Crossgar/Kilmore area, in an unmarked or overgrown grave, but he is struggling to find any record or reason why this information was recorded as it is. Andrew's great grandson, Rob Drake, in The States is seeking any information.

Just as a complete by-the-way, I see one of your ancestral names is Tate, a variation on my name  (Tait), I know of connections in Glasgow/Edinburgh/Inverness-shire, wonder if there's a connection - all reivers! Any DNA stat available on your side?
Ken