Brief Life History of Martha Freeman
When Martha Freeman Drake was born on 30 March 1880, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, her father, Stewart Webster Drake, was 34 and her mother, Sarah C Mackey, was 35. She married Lucius S Hubbard on 5 March 1905. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Arcata, Humboldt, California, United States in 1930 and Union Township, Humboldt, California, United States in 1940. She died on 22 July 1965, in Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Humboldt, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (19)
- Mattie F Hubbard, "United States Census, 1920"
- Martha Drake, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Martha F Drake, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1857–1942 Male
1880–1965 Female
Children (3)
1905–1982 Female
1909–1946 Male
1909– Female
Parents and Siblings
1845–1900 Male
1844–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
1867–1932 Female
1874–1941 Female
1880–1965 Female
1884–1947 Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 11
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English drake, either ‘drake, male duck’ (compare Duck ) or ‘dragon’ (Old English draca ‘snake, dragon’ or the cognate Old Norse draki), including an emblematic dragon on a flag (compare Dragon ). Both the Old English and the Old Norse forms are from Latin draco ‘snake, monster’; its sense as a nickname is unclear but it may have had the sense ‘standard bearer’. The name was taken to Ireland in the 13th century and reinforced by later English settlers in the 17th century.
German: from Low German drake ‘dragon’, familiar as image on signboards, hence a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with such signboard.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized and Flemish, of Draak, a cognate of 2 above, from draak (Middle Dutch drake) ‘dragon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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