Henry Clive Shrake 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 11 June 1902, Trempealeau, WI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
- Died: 8 September 1971, La Crosse, WI at age 69 4 5 6
- Buried: 11 September 1971, Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI 5 6
 Another name for Henry was Henry J. Shrake.7 8
General Notes:
TREMPEALEAU
Henry and Vincent Shrake left Tuesday morning for La Crosse with their corn popping machine where they expect to make their headquarters for the coming summer.
(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 19 Apr 1922, Page 11)
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Henry's middle initial was sometime shown as "J" and sometimes as "C". It is not known for sure which was correct. His gravestone indicates Henry C. Shrake.
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Death Notes:
Name: Henry Shrake
Given Name: Henry
Surname: Shrake
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Sep 1971
Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Event Place (Original): Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Age: 69
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1902
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRPJ-KM4 : 4 December 2020), Henry Shrake, Sep 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. 1
1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 88, Line 45
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned with mortgage
Henry Shrake..Son..3..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. 2
1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, Roll 1739, District 173, Family 55
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned with mortgage
Henry C. Shrake..Son..7..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winona, MN on 16 January 1920. 7
1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, Roll 865, District 203, Household 208
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
Henry J. Shrake..Lodger..17..WI..Bell Boy, Hotel
(Living in a hotel.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1930. 3
1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, Roll 2614, District 0024, Family 130
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Henry Shrake...Son..27..WI..Laborer, Lumber Yard
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 26 April 1940. 8
1940 US Census
Sheet 7B, Roll 4529, District 61-24, Family 162
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned, value $800
Residence in 1935: Same House
Henry J. Shrake..Head..38..WI..8th grade..Laborer for WPA..earned $300 in 1939
Mamie S. Shrake..Sister..39..WI..10th grade
Margaret M. Cowan..Sister..34..WI..12th grade
Lloyd A. Cowan..Brother-in-Law..24..IL..8th grade..Farm Laborer..earned $350 in 1939
Margaret M. Cowan..Niece..2..WI
Ellen L. Cowan..Niece..1..WI
(Henry was listed as the head of the household and had his unmarried sister, Mamie, and his married sister, Margaret, and her family living with him.
Lived next to Hubert Drugan and his family.
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• His obituary was published in the La Crosse Tribune on 9 September 1971 in La Crosse, WI.
6 Henry J. Shrake, 69, of Trempealeau died Wednesday, Sept. 8, in a La Crosse hospital.
Services will be at 10 AM Saturday in Saint Bartholomew's Catholic Church. Rev. Walter Brey will officiate, and burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 PM Friday at the Smith Mortuary in Galesville.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Cowan and Mamie Shrake of Trempealeau and one brother, Leon of Winona.
He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shrake June 11, 1902, in Trempealeau.
(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Thursday, September 9, 1971, page 10)
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• He was buried on 11 September 1971 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.
Find A Grave Memorial #95033678
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