Theresa Janet (Proper) Drake (1849 - 1926)

Born 1849 in Ulster, New York

Ancestors

Died 1 Oct 1926 at about age 77 in Port Ewen, Ulster, New York

Biography

Theresa was born in 1849. She is the daughter of George Proper and Catherine C. 1855 census notes BP as Ulster.

She was the 2nd wife of James O. Drake. They lived in Port Ewen, Esopus, Ulster, NY. where she was often visited by her nephew Carlton Proper Jr. and his family, according to social tidbits from local newspapers of the time.^[1]

Theresa died 1 Oct 1926. Her obituary read:

"Theresa Janet, wife' of the late James O. Drake, died today at -her home on Falen street, Port Ewen. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs; John Maloney of Nutley, N. j. , and Mrs. Ira LeFever of Brooklyn, N. Y.; four nephews. George Proper of Port Ewen, Daniel Proper of Melbourne, Fla'.\ Clarence Proper of Brooklyn and Carlton Proper of Oyster Bay. She was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Ewen. Funeral from her late residence on Monday afternoon at 2-30 o'clock with interment in the Port Ewen Cemetery"^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ fultonhistory.com
2. ↑ Obituary

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYF-673 : 12 April 2016), Theresa Proper in household of George Proper, Cairo, Greene, New York, United States; citing family 1476, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q4-W67 : 13 March 2018), Terrissa Proper in household of George Proper, E.D. 2, Rochester, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. , line #29, family #284, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 842,647.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQC-1VK : 12 December 2017), Theresa Proper in entry for George Proper, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KY-LLS : 12 April 2016), Teressa Propper in household of George Propper, New York, United States; citing p. 224, family 2625, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,604.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57J-YXR : accessed 25 October 2018), Theresa J Drake in household of James O Drake, Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1084; FHL microfilm 1,375,097.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVS5-JDX : accessed 25 October 2018), Theresa J Drake in household of James O Drake, Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States; citing ED 146, sheet 4A, line 18, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1270; FHL microfilm 1,821,270.

Obituary. Kingston Daily Freeman, 1 Oct 1926. [1] fultonhistory.com.