Born in Macon, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Arthur Alexander Drake
and Margaret Cordelia (Dills) Drake
Sister of
William Claude Drake, Odell Drake, Mildred (Drake) Phillips, Ralph Alexander Drake, Unnamed Infant Drake, Elmo Glenn Drake, Helen Drake and Clyde Calvin Drake
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Rabun, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2014
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Biography
Gretchen was born on 2 May 1910 in Macon County, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Arthur Drake and Margaret Dills. She passed away on 19 December 1996 in Rabun County, Georgia[1] and is buried in Rabun Memory Park Cemetery, Tiger, Rabun County.[2]
Gretchen married Jay Wood.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSY6-S36 : 20 May 2014), Gretchen D Wood, 19 Dec 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #123993079
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZDV-SZM : accessed 29 May 2020), Gretchen Woods in household of Mrs. B J Woods, Hiawassee, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1A, line 33, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 388; FHL microfilm 2,340,123.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PR-7VC : 22 January 2020), Gretchen Woods in household of Jay Woods, Militia District 990, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139-4, sheet 14B, line 44, family 233, 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 715.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 May 2020), memorial page for Gretchen Drake Wood (1910–19 Dec 1996), Find a Grave Memorial no. 123993079, citing Rabun Memory Park Cemetery, Tiger, Rabun County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Past Hunter (contributor 47743752) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gretchen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Gretchen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gretchen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Gretchen:
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