Sarah Anne DRAKE (Ducky)
also known as Miss DRAKE
Life History
24th Jul 1803 |
Born in Norfolk, Skeyton.1,2,3,4 Father - John Drake - farmer |
31st Jul 1803 |
Baptised in Norfolk, Skeyton.2,4 From the Parish Register :- |
between 1831 and 1847 |
Occupation Botanical illustrator.2,5 Her plant illustrations appeared in :- |
6th Jun 1841 |
Recorded in census in Brentford, Acton (Acton Green).6 John Lindley - 40 - Ind |
30th Mar 1851 |
Occupation Farmer's daughter.7 |
30th Mar 1851 |
Recorded in census in Depwade, Stratton (Fritton, Near Common).7 Head of household - Daniel Drake |
23rd Nov 1852 |
Married John Sutton HASTINGS in Depwade, Fritton Parish Church.12,1,13,14 From the Marriage Certificate :- |
9th Jul 1857 |
Died in Mitford (Longham, The Hall).1,8,2,3,9,10 Diabetes - certified |
Jul 1857 |
Buried in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter.2,11 Buried alongside her husband and his two other wives. |
2000 |
Memorial in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter.3 Memorial plaque erected |
Notes
- For further information see :-
Lawrence Dutton
"Drake, Sarah Anne (1803-1857)"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Online edn. Oxford University Press, May 2009
www.oxforddnb.com
Accessed 11 Jan 2010
The Longham Community Website
Sarah Anne Drake : Botanical Illustrator, 24 July 1803 - 9th July 1857
www.longham.org.uk/drake.asp
Accessed 18/02/2010
Ian Jackson
Review (untitled)
Reviewed work : "Miss Drake"- Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1855), the botanical Artist: Biographical Details and Finding-Lists of Her Works by R. M. Hamilton : Lawrence Dutton
Source :
"Taxon", Vol. 49, No. 4, Golden Jubilee Part 2 (Nov., 2000), pp. 841-842
Published by: International Association for Plant Taxonom (IAPT)
www.jstor.org/stable/1223996
Accessed 02/02/20101,2,5
Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sarah Anne Drake
- 2. Longham Community Website - Sarah Anne Drake
- 3. www.norfolkchurches.com - Sarah Anne Drake
- 4. Norfolk Baptisms - Sarah Ann Drake - 1803
- 5. Review - untitled - Sarah Anne Drake
- 6. Census 1841 Brentford HO107/687, F2/8, P10 - DRAKE - Sarah Anne Drake
- 7. Census 1851 Depwade HO107/1821, F593, P14 - Sarah Anne Drake
- 8. BMD Death Index - HASTINGS - Sarah Ann Hastings
- 1857, Q3, Sarah Ann Hastings, Mitford, 4b, 199
- 9. Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald - Deaths - Sarah Anne Hastings - was Drake
- Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmonds), Tuesday, July 14, 1857; Issue 3916
- 10. Death Certificate - HASTINGS - Sarah Ann Hastings - was Drake - 1857
- Sarah Ann Hastings, 9 July 1857, Death Certificate, Mitford, East Dereham
- 11. National Burial Index for England & Wales - Sarah Ann Hastings - was Drake - 1857
- 12. BMD Marriage Index - HASTINGS & DRAKE - 1852
- 1852, Q4, John Sutton Hastings, Depwade, 4b, 605
- 13. Ipswich Journal - Marriages - John Sutton Hastings, Sarah Anne Drake
- Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Saturday, December 4, 1852, Issue 5926
- 14. Marriage Certificate - Hastings & Drake - 1852
- John Sutton Hastings, 23 November 1852, Marriage Certificate, Depwade