| NAME |
Copley, Adaline E.
(Miss) |
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| PLACE |
Lowell, MA |
| AGE
IN 1850 |
21 |
| MAIDEN
NAME |
Adaline E. Copley |
| PARENTS |
Harvey Copley (c. 1795-c. 1854) and Ruth Emerson (1795-1890) |
| BORN |
29
September 1829
in VT |
| DIED |
11
December 1899
in Richland
County,
WI
at the age of 70 |
| BURIED |
Thompson’s
Mayfield
Cemetery,
Orion
Township,
Richland
County,
WI |
| MARRIED |
Samuel E. Drake, between 1850-1854. He was born 03 December 1825 in Ohio, and died 27
April 1889 in Wisconsin.
Samuel E. Drake served in Company E of the 18th Wisconsin
Infantry, and Company B of the 36th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. He applied for an invalid’s pension in 1878,
and Adaline applied for a widow’s pension in June 1889, shortly following his death. |
| CHILDREN |
1.
George Edward Drake, b. 09 August 1855
in Wisconsin, d. 08 December 1932, m. Mary E. Ripley, 02 November 1885.
2.
Mary Drake, b. about 1858.
3.
Ada Drake, b. about 1871.
4.
Ella Hanna Drake, b. 27 May 1875, d. 10
April 1898. |
| FEDERAL
CENSUS RECORDS |
1830 |
Goshen,
Addison
County,
VT. The Harvey Copley household consists of one male
between the ages of 30-40, one female 30-40, one female 5-10, and one female under 5. |
| 1840 |
Goshen,
Addison
County,
VT. The Harvey Copley household consists of one male
between the ages of 40-50, one male 10-15, two males 5-10, one female 40-50, one female
15-20, two females 10-15, and two females 5-10. |
| 1850 |
Lowell, Essex County, MA. Enumerated on August 15, 1850, Hannah (26), Lois
(24), Adeline (20), and Mary (16) Copley are living in the boarding house of “L.
Crawford.” Miss Lucy Crawford ran a
boarding house for the Merrimac Manufacturing Corporation in Lowell, which means that the
Copley sisters likely worked there. Incorporated
in 1822, it was the earliest and the largest textile mill in town. In 1851, they employed 1,633 female and 622 male
workers. The entire town of Lowell had a
population of some 33,000. Their boarding
house serviced about 50 young women.
Howland, Trumbull
County,
OH. Future husband Samuel Drake (24) is living with
brother Edward (26) and sister Rowanna (25). |
| 1860 |
Washington,
Sauk
County,
WI. Adaline Drake (31 VT) is living with her husband
Samuel (34 OH) and their two children: George (5 WI) and Mary (2 WI). Samuel is a farmer with $1,200 in real estate
value. |
| 1870 |
Washington,
Sauk
County,
WI. “Addeline” (40) is living with her
husband Samuel (44) and their children George (14) and Mary (11). The local school teacher, Emma M. Bacon, boards
with them. Real estate $1,200. Personal estate $875. |
| 1880 |
Orion,
Richland
County,
WI. Adeline (50) and Samuel Drake (53) are living with
daughters Mary (21), Ada
(9), and Ella (5)—all born in Wisconsin. Samuel’s father and mother were both born in
PA. |
| NOTES |
Daughter of “Mrs. Ruth
Copley,” and sister of “Miss Hannah Copley,” “Miss Lois A.
Copley,” and “Miss Mary J. Copley.”
Worked
in the textile mills of Lowell,
MA
in 1850.
Edward
Drake, husband of Adaline Copley, and Samuel Drake, husband of Hannah Copley, were likely
brothers. |
