The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada

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1 The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4 Telephone (416) CERTIFICATE APPLICATION BRANCH: VANCOUVER Applicant Title Name in full. George Frederick DRAKE February 2012 Maiden Name Address address Married at Husband/Wife Full Name (Names in Full and s) Linda Dianne MACPHERSON, UE Phone Postal Code Son or Dau of Loyalist Ancestor Information Loyalist Ancestor BURHOE, John Military Service (Rank & Regt. If known) Where Settled (date & Location) 12 Jun 1784: listed as a Private on the last muster roll of the Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment (part of Major Hierlihy's Independent Companies who went to PEI June 1778) : granted Lot 32, York River, Prince Edward Island settled on Lot 49 (Alexandra)

2 Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor 2 Loyalist Ancestor BURHOE, John Military Service (rank & regt ) 12 Jun 1784: listed as a Private on the last muster roll of the Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment (part of Major Hierlihy's Independent Companies who went to PEI June 1778) Where Settled (date & Location) 1784: Lot 49, Alexandra, P.E.I. Born (year) Married (year) Died (year) 2. DRAKE, Gordon James QUINN, Freda Lucille Grand DRAKE, George Ackman BINNS, Ethel Blanche st Great Grand DRAKE, Samuel Ellen BOYLE nd Great DRAKE, John BURHOE, Susannah rd Great BURHOE, Robert PRAUGHT, Ann th Great BURHOE, John (Loyalist) DOUGLASS, Jane th Great 6 th Great 7 h Great 8 th Great

3 3 2. DRAKE, Gordon James Son of Calgary, Alberta 23 Apr 1914 Married at New Westminster, B.C. 20 Jan 1942 DRAKE, George Ackman & BINNS, Ethel Residence New Westminster, B.C. Real Estate sales QUINN, Freda Lucille Daughter of Theatre Manager 13 Nov 1982 QUINN, Alfred & HOLMBERG, Gerda New Westminster, B.C. 08 Sept 1916 & spouses Fraserview Cemetery, New Westminster, BC George Frederick (b. 1948) Ronald Gordon (b. 1945) 29 Mar Grandparents DRAKE, George Ackman Son of DRAKE, Samuel & BOYLE, Ellen Lot #32, Meadowbank, PEI 27 Sept 1881 Married at Calgary, Alberta 22 Sept 1911 Residence 506-5th Ave, New Westminster, B.C. Dairy Proprietor Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, B.C. BINNS, Ethel Blanche Daughter of 16 Sept 1942 BINNS, Harry C. & STEWART, Elizabeth M. P.E.I. 16 July 1888 Forest Lawn Cemetery Plot 7 / 210 Timberland, Burnaby, B.C. 29 Jul 1958 Stewart H m. Jean GORDON; Gordon m. Freda QUINN; Wilson B m. Blanche GRAY; Irene m Jack IRONSIDE; Norman m. Florence MAYNARD

4 4. 1 st Great Grandparents DRAKE, Samuel Son of DRAKE, John BURHOE, Susannah Lot # 32, Meadowbank, P.E.I. 14 Dec 1854 Married at West River, P.E.I. 29 Dec 1880 Residence Lot #32, Meadowbank, PEI Farmer Meadowbank, PEI 03 Oct 1920 BOYLE, Ellen Daughter of BOYLE, Michael West River, Prince Edward Island 25 Jun 1856 Prince Edward Island George Ackman m. Ethel B. BINNS; Matilda m. William WEEKS; Emily Pearle m William LUCKY; Susannah H. m. Alfred HYDE Arthur William m. Lydia MOWAT; Harriet m. Purdy SCOTT Ella B. 14 Jan nd Great Grandparents DRAKE, John Dartmouth, England (emigrated late 1820's from Plymouth, England with brother Samuel) Son of 1807 DRAKE, Samuel & COOMBE, Joanna Married at Prince Edward Island 02 Jan 1837 Residence Initially farmed at Lot #48, Prince Edward Island but moved to Cornwall, Lot 32 in 1853 BURHOE, Susannah Daughter of Farmer 28 Nov 1868 BURHOE, Robert & PRAUGHT, Ann (Nancy) Lot #49, Alexandra, P.E.I. 04 Jan 1813 Enoch m. Mary HOWARD; Robert m. Jane BAIN; William m. Margaret HEARNEY; John m. Sarah GODKIN; Henry m Hannah CROSBY; Richard; Hannah m. George BOYLE; James m. Eliza MCCALLUM; Samuel m. Ellen BOYLE; 12 Oct 1886

5 6. 3 rd Great Grandparents BURHOE, Robert Son of P.E.I. 29 Jul 1793 Married at Charlotttown, P.E.I. 18 Feb 1812 BURHOE, John (Loyalist) DOUGLAS, Jane Residence Sqaw Bay, Alexandra, Lot 49; P.E.I. Farmer PRAUGHT, Ann (Nancy) Daughter of Jul 1882 PRAUGHT, Frederick (Loyalist) WAGNER, Susannah 1881 and spouses 1. Susannah ( ) m 1837 John DRAKE ( ) 9 children 2. Ann ( ) m. Benjamin Grey ACORN (son of Loyalist John ACORN) 8 children 3. Jane ( ) m. 13 Mar 1839, James JENKINS ( ) 9 children 4. Mary ( ) m. 06 Dec 1839, William JENKINS 11 children 5. Margaret ( ) m. 20 Feb 1843, William Ryan WOOD; - 10 children 6. Richard ( ) m. 1848, Susannah WOOD (c ) at least 8 children; 7. Elizabeth (11 Jun Feb 1921) m. 31 May 1849, John BURKE (c ) their son, James Richard, persuaded the entire family to move west with him sailing around the tip of South America to Oregon in children; 8. John Robert ( ) m. 02 Jul 1855, Dianna JONES 9 children

6 4 th Great Grandparents 7. BURHOE, John Son of BURHOE / BREHAUT Married at Guernsey, Channel Islands (Forebearers were Huguenots who fled to Guernsey in the Channel Islands during religious persecution in France) Frenchfort Creek, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Residence Lot 49, Alexandra, PEI DOUGLAS, Jane (widow of Captain Thomas Mellish and perhaps Mr. Gratto / Gretteau) 02 Feb Nov 1787 Daughter of 1856 Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1758 DOUGLAS, William (Captain) d. Plains of Abraham Sep Jan 1854 Lot 49, Pownal, PEI 1. Susannah ( ) m. 08 Oct 1808, Robert WOOD: John (m. Elenor JENKINS) - 10 sons, 5 daughters; Mary ( ); Elizabeth ( ) m. Henry WADMAN; Robert ( ); Robert ( ) m. Mary WISE ( ) - 6 daughters; 6 sons; William (c ) m. Bridget Ann Acorn JUDSON) - 5 daughters, 5 sons Richard ( ) m. Sarah YOUNG Jane (c ) m. Robert Peel JONES ( ) 3 sons, 1 daughter Samuel (died 1898) Thomas ( ) m. Ann MacDONALD ( ) 2 sons, 4 daughters Joseph ( ) m. Mary Ann JENKINS (moved to the United States) Henry (d. 1918) Charles ( ) 2. John (b. 1790) m. Sarah HENSLEY: John H. (school teacher, d. age 23) James (c ) m. Mary WOOD 4 sons, 1 daughters Thomas (m. Maria SENTNER) Sarah (m. James SENTNER) Elizabeth (m. George SENTNER) William ( ) m. 1840, Jane WOOD ( ) Robert (m Annie McPHERSON Jane (m Theophilus WOOD) Martha (died 8 years of age) 3. Robert ( ) m. Ann (Nancy) PRAUGHT (subject of this application) 4. William (was in the military, left the Island at an early age) 5. Richard (c ) m. Sarah YOUNG: John Y. ( ) m Thankful WOOD ( ) 9 sons, 3 daughters 6. James m. Christina ROSS (2 daughters)

7 PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT 1. Applicant DRAKE, George Frederick, the son of Gordon James DRAKE 1. Record (names father) 2. Parent DRAKE, Gordon James, the son of George Ackman DRAKE 3. Grandparent 2a. Death Certificate (names father) Reg. No ; GR-2951, Volume 018A; British Columbia. Vital Statistics Agency. Death registrations to ; 1982; Victoria, B.C. 2b. Census 1916 (names father) Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; Calgary West; Sub District No. 55; Enumeration District 4; Pg 15 DRAKE, George Ackman, the son of Samuel DRAKE 3a Census (names father) Census Place: Lot 32, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll: T-6384; Family No: 108 3b. Death Record (names father) Reg. No 5617; Gr 2951; Volume 611; British Columbia. Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria, B.C. Death Registrations to st Great Grandparent DRAKE, Samuel, the son of Susannah BURHOE 5. 2 nd Great Grandparent 4a Census (lives with mother, Susannah DRAKE) Census Place: Lot 32, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13163; Page: 34; Family No: 132 4b. Marriage Record (name change of mother from BURHOE to DRAKE) Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, Vital Statistics, Marriage Registers Vol. 1; (MN1#1) Accession No. RG19, Item S3SS3, page 221 BURHOE, Susannah, the daughter of Robert BURHOE 5a. "An Island Refuge: Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on the Island of Saint John" (Susannah, daughter of Robert BURHOE married John DRAKE) 5b. Marriage Record of John DRAKE and Susannah BURHOE; Vital Statistics Marriage Records; Marriage Register Vol.1: pg rd Great Grandparent BURHOE, Robert, the son of John BURHOE 6a. Record; BURHOE, Robert; Record Book #: 3, Page: 20; son of John BURHOE & Jane DOUGLASS; St. Paul s Anglican Church, Charlottetown, P.E.I th Great Grandparent BURHOE, John (Loyalist) 7a. Ward Chipman Papers; Muster Roll of the following Disbanded Officers and Soldiers with their respective families being a party of the late Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment, that are settled at the Island of Saint John taken by order of Major General Campbell this 12 th dayof June 1784 ; MG 23 D1, Series 1, volume 24, page 98 7b. Land Grant, 1788 Registry Office Conveyances , Vol/4 2; F367. Accession # RG16, Item # Reel #2, 7c. "An Island Refuge: Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on the Island of Saint John"; published by the United Empire Loyalist Association, Abegweit Branch; 1983; printed by Williams & Crue Ltd. Charlottetown, PEI 7d. Census 1798 A Return of Inhabitants on the Island of St. John taken April, 1798, by order of His Excellency Govenor Fanning ; Copies of the transcribed 1798 census from Duncan Campbell's History of Prince Edward Island (may be seen at the PEI Public Archives and Records,having disappeared some time following Campbell's transcription); Lot 49 John BURHO (shows name change evolving) 7e. Marriage Record: BURHOE John to GREAHOE; RG 19, item S3, Ss1; Vital Statistics, Marriage Records Cash Books, Colonial Secretary Vol: ;