Kennedy Family Tree » John Simpson Drake (1907-1988)

Personal data John Simpson Drake 

Source 1
  • He was born on October 21, 1907 in Kingston.
  • He died August 1988 in Sheppey, he was 80 years old.

Household of John Simpson Drake

He is married to Violet May Leppenwell.

They got married in the year 1931, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Alan John Drake  1936-1981

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Simpson Drake

John Simpson Drake
1907-1988

1931

Violet May Leppenwell
1908-1977

Alan John Drake
1936-1981

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Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1907

  • The temperature on October 21, 1907 was between 10.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
    • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
  • 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
  • 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
  • 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
  • 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
  • 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)

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