Ann (Dalgleish) Drake (1847 - 1876)

Born 16 May 1847 in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia

Wife of David Drake — married 1863 (to 5 Jun 1876) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died 5 Jun 1876 at age 29 in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

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Care should be taken to not confuse this Ann Dalgleish with the Ann Dalgleish who died in Hobart in 1850, aged two months, who was actually Ann's younger sister Margaret, misnamed on the death registration.

Biography

Ann (Dalgleish) Drake was born in Van Diemen's Land (1826-1856)

Ann Dalgleish was born on the 16th May 1847, at Frederick Street, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, the eighth known child, fourth daughter of Scottish-born stonemason, William Dalgleish, and his Scottish-born wife Isabella "Isabel" Short.^[1] Ann was not yet named at the time her birth was registered. In February 1850, a younger sister, Margaret, was born, but sadly died two months later of "debility".

Ann (Dalgleish) Drake has Scottish Ancestors.

Ann's father died of haemoptysis, in Hobart, on the 29th May 1862, aged 55 years.^[2]

Ann and David Drake, already a budding shipbuilder for the Colony, were married in 1863, in Sydney,^[3] subsequently having six known children, four daughters, and two sons :

1. William (1864–1950)
2. Isabella Dalgleish (1867–1914)
3. Ann (1869–1959 (Cragg))
4. ⛼ Elizabeth (1870–1872)
5. ⛼ Daniel Cameron Dalgleish (1872–1880)
6. Alexina Elizabeth (1874–1957)

Sadly, the baby Elizabeth died on the 21st June 1872, aged just two years five months, in the same year Ann gave birth to her second son, Daniel.

Ann Drake née Dalgleish passed away on the 5th June 1876, in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, aged just 29 years,^[4] and was buried in the Balmain Cemetery, Balmain,^[5] where her infant daughter, Elizabeth, and her brother-in-law: Alexander McKay Drake, had already been laid to rest; and where her son Daniel would also come to lie in just four short years.^[6]
In July 1880, David applied to administer Ann's "goods, chattels, credits, and effects", such to be granted after 14 days.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth — Archives, Libraries Tasmania, Names Index online search Births: Name: Dalgleish, Given Name Not Recorded; Record Type: Births; Gender: Female; Father: Dalgleish, William; Mother: Short, Isabella; Date of birth: 16 May 1847; Registered: Hobart; Registration year: 1847; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:951870; Resource: RGD33/1/3/ no 11
2. ↑ Death of Father — https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-6$init=RGD35-1-6P209 Archives, Libraries Tasmania, Names Index online search Deaths:] Name: William Dalgleish; Record Type: Deaths; Gender: Male; Age: 55; Date of death: 29 May 1862; Registered: Hobart; Registration year: 1862; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1224373; Resource: RGD35/1/6 no 3346
3. ↑ Marriage — New South Wales State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Marriage Registration details: Registration Number: 879/1863; Groom's Family Name: DRAKE; Groom's Given Name(s): DAVID; Bride's Family Name(s): DALGLEISH; Bride's Given Name(s): ANN; District: SYDNEY
4. ↑ Death — New South Wales State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Death Registration details: Name: DRAKE ANN; Registration Number: 1266/1876; Father's Given Name(s): WILLIAM; Mother's Given Name(s): ISABELLA; District: SYDNEY
5. ↑ Burial Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/152064320/ann-drake : accessed 22 May 2021), memorial page for Ann Drake (unknown–5 Jun 1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #152064320, citing Pioneers Memorial Park, Leichhardt, Inner West Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Christina (contributor 46772328).
6. ↑ Burial Records for children and brother-in-law — Central Coast Family History Society, East Gosford, NSW. Balmain Cemetery Records, 1868-1912. Central Coast Family History Society, East Gosford, NSW.
7. ↑ Probate — "ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION." New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) 16 July 1880: 3749. Web. 24 May 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223773139>.

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