Polly Mae Drake married her first cousin Edward Everett Drake, hence the same birth names
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M937-D34 : accessed 20 November 2018), Polly Drake in household of D W Drake, Dover Township, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 2B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,778.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X38K-Q7K : accessed 20 November 2018), Polly M Drake in household of Edward E Drake, Oronoco, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 9B, line 63, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1110; FHL microfilm 2,340,845.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSVG-D3T : 14 March 2018), Polly Mae Drake, Ward 1, Rochester, Rochester City, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-19D, sheet 9A, line 5, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1944.
"Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V47G-1WN : 4 December 2014), Polly Mae Johnson, 16 Mar 1955; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Olmsted, Minnesota, record 1269200, certificate number 010924, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis. Mother's maiden name Coger.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly: