Emma Amy (Drake) Card (1848 - 1936)

Born 27 Mar 1848 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Sherman Eber Card — married 25 Dec 1867 in Leon, Goodhue, Minnesota

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1936 at age 88 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Birth

Amy was born March 27, 1848 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Early Life

In 1856 Amy at age 7, was living in Clay, Jones County, Iowa. With her grandparents Joseph and miranda Drake, her three uncles Christopher, Abraham and simon. her three sister were there also. Lavinia, Mary and amanda @<1yr. ^[10]

In 1860 Emma A. Drake age 13 was living in Clay, Jones, Iowa. With Marinda Drake age 46 washer woman, Lavinia age 15, who had $20 dollars in personal property, Mary age 10, Amanda age 4, Sarah Stearns age 19 and two drakes Abraham Drake age 19, Laborer 50 Per Day and Christopher S Drake age 26 and a Pauper; Canton Post Office ^[1]

Marriage

25 Dec 1867 Amy Drake age 19 was married to Sherman Card age 24. ^[5]

Marriage Certificate for Sherman Card and Emma Drake. I hereby certify that on 25th day of December in the year of our lord One Thousard Eight Hundred and sixty seven. At the house of E. Card in leon County, In said County, I the undersigned justice of the peace did join in the Holy bond of matramony, according to the laws of the state. Sherman Card of the county of Goodhue and state of Minnesota and Emma Drake of the county of Goodhue and state of Minnesota. In presence of Simon Drake and Stephen A. Penny. FREDERICK MILLER

Children

They had nine children in 24 years.

1. Mary Emma ^{[2] [11] [3]}
2. Martha Alice ^{[11] [3]}
3. Edith Drucilla ^{[11] [3] [4]}
4. Ida Eleanor ^{[3] [4]}
5. Sherman Goaldin ^{[3] [4]}
6. Ira James ^[4]
7. ELiza May
8. Benjamin Harrison ^[4]
9. Myrlin Raymond. ^[4]

Home Life After Marriage

In 1870 Emma Card at age 22, was living in Belle Creek, Goodhue, Minnesota. With Mary Card age 3 months. ^[2]

In 1875 Emma Card age 26 was living in Belle Creek, Goodhue, Minnesota with her husband Sherman age 32. Children Maryana age 5, Martha A age 3 and Edith D. @<1yr. ^[11]

On June 16,1880, Amy Card age 32 was keeping house in Beaver, Winona, Minnesota, with her husband Sherman age 32,there five children Mary age 9, Martha age 7, Edith age 5, Ada age 4, Goaldin age 1, and Sherman 23 year old brother Samuel Card. ^[3]

On January 12, 1888, Amy Emma drake may have been one of thousands of people trapped by the deadly Schoolhouse Blizzard in Whitewater, Minnesota.

Amy Emma drake may have suffered from the economic distress caused by the Panic of 1893 while living in Whitewater, Minnesota.

In 1894, Amy Card is listed as owning two 120 acre parcels near the town of Beaver, Minnesota, USA. ^[12]

In 1895 Amy Card age 47, was living in Whitewater township, Winona, Minnesota with her husband Sherman age 53, and there six children. Edith age 20, Ida age 19, Goldie age 16, Ira age 13, Benjimin age 6 and Myril age 6 months. ^[4]

On June 23, 1900, Amy Card was listed as wife to head of household at age 52. She was living in Whitewater Township, Winona, Minnesota with her husband Sherman Card age 58, five children Mary age 30, Golaie age 21, Ira age 19, Benjamin age 11, Myrl age 6 and Sherman's neice Livey Mchugh age 18. On a farm that was owned. ^[5]

The foreign performers, trained animals, and incredible stunts of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus probably awed Amy Emma drake of Whitewater, Minnesota, in 1905.

In 1905 Amy card was 57 living in Whitewater/Beaver, Winona county, Minnesota, USA ^[13] with her husband Sherman and two sons Benjamin and Merl. Living next door to her sister Alice Hancock.

On April 15, 1910, Amy A. Card was listed as wife to head of household at age 62. She was living in Whitewater, Winona, Minnesota with her husband Sherman age 66, two children Benjamin age 20 and Merle age 15. One Grandson named Floyd Rogers age 12 was also living with the family. ^[6]

In 1913, Amy Emma drake was living in Whitewater, Minnesota when a devastating storm furiously slammed the Great Lakes.

When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Amy Emma drake was probably living in Whitewater, Minnesota.

On April 18,1917 Amy Card receved a Pension in Minnesota from the goverment as her husband was in Hatches Batallion, Minnesota Calvary from 1864-1866 and the state malitia in 1862. ^[14]

Her husband Sherman Card, died on Nov 25, 1917 in St.Paul Minnesota, USA.

From 1918-1919 Amy Card was a widow living at 444 Herschel in St.Paul, Minnesota, with her two sons Ben and Myrlin. ^{[15] [16]}

In 1919, Amy Emma drake may have witnessed one of the “Palmer Raids” while living in St.Paul, Minnesota, during the first “Red Scare.”

In 1920, Amy Emma drake may have voted for the first time while she was living in St.Paul, Minnesota.

In 1921 she moved with her son Myrlin, with whome she had been living with since her husbands death to Long Beach, Califorina.

On January 12,1920 Amy A. card at age 73, was widowed and living in the home of her son Myrlin Card age 24. At 444 Hershel Avenue in Ward#11, St.Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ^{[7] [17]}

In 1924 Amy Card was living at 1207 Hyatt Avenue with her son Ben. ^[18]

In 1926 Amy Card was a widow and living at 626 East L in Wilmington Califorina, USA. Her son Ben was living at 1207 Hyatte ave in same place. ^[19]

Amy Emma drake was living in Wilmington, California when the St.Francis Dam collapsed, inundating the area with 12.5 billion gallons of water in just over 30 minutes.

Amy Emma drake probably used the Pacific Electric car system for local travel while living in Los Angeles, California, in 1930.

On April 8, 1930 Amy A. Card at age 82, was widowed and living in the home of her son Myrlin R. Card age 35, along with his wife Gertrude age 36, and his sister Alice Hancock age 58. ^[8]

Amy Emma drake may have attended the Games of the X Olympiad while living in Los Angeles, CA during the summer of 1932.

Amy Emma drake may have been part of the majority that celebrated in Los Angeles, California when the 21st Amendment ended national alcohol prohibition on December 5, 1933.

The government programs started by the first “New Deal” in 1933 may have assisted Amy Emma drake from Los Angeles, California.

Death

She died on October 14, 1936 ^[20] in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA at the age of 88 years old. ^{[21] [9]} She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA (plot: FLLB Dahlia lot#32, space-K). ^[22]

Research Notes

Drake Name Meaning

English: from the Old English byname Draca, meaning ‘snake’ or ‘dragon’, Middle English Drake, or sometimes from the Old Norse cognate Draki. Both are common bynames and, less frequently, personal names. Both the Old English and the Old Norse forms are from Latin draco ‘snake’, ‘monster’ (see Dragon). English and Dutch: from Middle English drake, Middle Dutch drake ‘male duck’ (from Middle Low German andrake), hence a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a drake, or perhaps a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a drake. North German: nickname from Low German drake ‘dragon’ (see Drach 1).

Research Questions

• 1860 census b: Indiana
• 1870 census b: Indiana
• 1880 census b: Indiana NY/IN
• 1900 census b: Indiana PA/PA
• 1910 census b: Indiana NY/OH
• 1920 census b: Indiana NJ/IN
• 1930 census b: Indiana NJ/IN
• Documents yet to be discovered: Birth records

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census 1860" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M826-ZHP : 28 July 2017) with Emma A. Drake in entry for Marinda Drake, 1860
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "1870 United States Federal Census" of Cannon Falls Post Office, Belle Creek, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA; citing FHL#830424; roll#T132_4; p18; image#301391
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} "United States Census, 1880" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9B-B9Q : 12 Aug 2016) citing FHL#1,254,637; NARA#T9; roll#637; ed#284; sheet#168B; with Amy Card in household of Sherman Card, res: Beaver, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Minnesota State Census 1895" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPRR-MBX : 02 Apr 2016) citing State Library and Records Service in St.Paul, MN; FHL#565,817; p3; line#26; with Amy A. Card in household of Sherman E. Card, res: Whitewater Township, Winona, Minnesota, USA
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census 1900" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Q4-K6H : accessed 10 Aug 2017) citing FHL#1,240,797; NARA#T623; ed#191; sheet#7A; family#127; with Amy Card in household of Sherman Card, res: Whitewater Township, Winona, Minnesota, USA
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census 1910" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2P1-WGT : accessed 10 Aug 2017) citing FHL#1,374,742; NARA#T624; roll#729; ed#191; sheet#1B; family#12; with Amy A. Card in household of Sherman Card, res: Whitewater, Winona, Minnesota, USA
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census 1920" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW17-5VG : accessed 10 Aug 2017) citing FHL#1,820,855; NARA#T625; roll#855; ed#128; sheet#10B; line#73; family#250; with Amy Card in household of Myrlin Card, res: Ward#11, St.Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "United States Census 1930" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZB-4FN : accessed 10 Aug 2017) citing FHL#2,339,888; NARA#T626; roll#153; ed#543; sheet#10A; line#3; family#168; with Amy A. Card in household of Myrlin R. Card, res: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "California Death Index 1905-1939" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-RRBH : 05 Jun 2015) citing 60014, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department in Sacramento, CA; FHL#1,686,048; for Amy Card, d: 14 Oct 1936
10. ↑ Iowa, State Census Collection 1836-1925; p72
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905 p58
12. ↑ U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps 1860-1918 on ancestry.com
13. ↑ Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905 p8
14. ↑ "United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files 1892-1926" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRT-ZVQ : 04 Dec 2014) citing NARA#T318; FHL#821,611; Pension Aplication #11300 Minnesota; with Amy Card in entry for Sherman E. Card, 1917
15. ↑ St.Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1918
16. ↑ St.Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1919
17. ↑ St.Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1920
18. ↑ San Pedro, California, City Directory 1924
19. ↑ San Pedro, California, City Directory 1926
20. ↑ Obituary published in on 15 Oct 1936 on p5 of the "Wilmington Daily Press"
21. ↑ California, Death Index 1905-1939 on ancestry.com for Amy Card, b: c1848; d: 14 Oct 1936 Los Angeles, California, USA @88yrs
22. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #28470954 for Emma Amy (Drake) Card, b: 27 Mar 1848 Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA; d: 14 Oct 1936 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA; buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA; with personal, obit & gravestone images

• Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules 1865-1905; St.Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society 1977; Microfilm Reels 1-47 & 107-164

• Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules 1849-1855. St.Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000 on microfilm

• Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society in St.Paul, MN, USA