George O Drake Jr (1869 - 1885)

Born 25 Oct 1869 in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Oct 1885 at age 15 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

George O Drake Jr is a part of US Black heritage.

George O was born about 1870. He was the son of George Orrin Drake and Sarah A Butterfield.

In the 1880 census George (age 10), School, was the son of George B. Drake in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.^[1]

George, son of George O Drake & Sarah A Butterfield, died from typhoid fever (age 15) on 14 October 1885 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States.^[2]

Research Notes

George's race was mainly recorded as white, however the 1880 census records he and his father and siblings as "mulatto". Her father had African-American ancestry; her mother appears to have been white.

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: 767; Page: 87d; Enumeration District: 203
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #16422229 (accessed 12 March 2024)
   George O W Drake (10), single son, School, in household of George B. Drake (53) in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Born in New Hampshire.
2. ↑ Death: "New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947"
   Original data: “New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5242 #186105 (accessed 12 March 2024)
   George O Drake Junior death 14 Oct 1885 (age 15), son of George O Drake & Sarah A Butterfield, in Dover, New Hampshire, USA.