Henry William Shrake ^{1 2 3 5 6 8}

   Another name for Henry was "Herman" Shrake.⁴

  General Notes:

A very serious accident happened to Julius Kramer last Saturday. While cutting brush for Henry W. Shrake in some way he got near to Joe Drugan who is also cutting brush for Shrake and got his foot cut so bad that (Mr. or Dr. ?) Hutchins had to take fourteen stitches to sew up the wound. This will lay up Mr. Kramer for at least two months.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican, Winona, Minnesota, Oct 08, 1924, Page 11)

(NOTE - Joe Drugan was a brother-in-law to Henry Shrake who had married Margaret Drugan. Although Julius Kramer was not directed related to Joseph or Margaret Drugan, he was related to another side of the Drugan family that descended through Patrick Drugan. Joseph Drugan descended through Andrew Drugan, a brother to Patrick.
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  Death Notes:

The obituary for his wife who died 19 Apr 1938 says that Henry died 29 Sep 1934.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 9 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 137, Family 146
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Owns Home with mortgage
Married 3 years
Henry Shrake..Head..Mar 1866..34..WI..Laborer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ³

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 88, Line 45
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Henry W. Shrake..Head..39..WI

(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 173, Family 55, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 13 years
Herman W. Shrake..Head..44..WI..Laborer, General work

(Living with wife and 6 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 10 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 219, Family 134, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
132 Main Street; home owned
Henry Shrake..Head..52..WI..General Laborer

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 13 Mar 1866, then his age should have been 53 instead of 52.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 24, Family 130, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Henry Shrake..Head..63..WI..Laborer, Gov't Work

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He has alternate death information of 29 September 1933 and , Trempealeau County, WI. ¹⁰

• He was buried after 29 September 1934 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Plot: Row 6, Lot 70, Grave 1
Find A Grave Memorial #71174367
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 6 October 1934 in Winona, MN.

Henry Shrade [sic, Shrake], who died last Saturday, was buried Tuesday. Services were held at St. Bartholomew's church at 9:30 a.m., Father O'Tool of Wausau, Wis., single the solemn requiem mass. The Ettrick choir sang the funeral hymns. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Shrake was about 68 years old and was born in this community and lived here all his life. He leaves his wife, three sons, Leon, Vincent and Henry and three daughters, Margaret, Mamie and Mrs. Frank Plait.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 6 Oct 1934, page 10)
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Henry married Margaret Ann Drugan, daughter of Andrew Drugan Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Gilroy, on 28 November 1896 in Trempealeau, WI.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} (Margaret Ann Drugan was born on 26 August 1872 in Trempealeau, WI,^{2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12} died on 19 April 1938 in , Trempealeau County, WI ¹² and was buried on 22 April 1938 in Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 9 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 137, Family 146
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Owns Home with mortgage
Married 3 years
Henry Shrake..Head..Mar 1866..34..WI..Laborer
Margaret A. Shrake..Wife..Aug 1872..27..WI..2/2
Vincent L. Shrake..Son..Oct 1897..WI
Mamie S. Shrake..Daughter..Apr 1899..WI
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• They appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ³

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 88, Line 45
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned with mortgage
Henry W. Shrake..Head..39..WI
Maggie A. Shrake..Wife..32..WI
Vincent O. Shrake..Son..7..WI
Mamie Shrake..Daughter..6..WI
Leon W. Shrake..Son..4..WI
Henry Shrake..Son..3..WI
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 173, Family 55, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned with mortgage
Married 13 years
Herman W. Shrake..Head..44..WI..Laborer, General work
Margaret A. Shrake..Wife..37..WI..6/6
Vincent L. Shrake..Son..12..WI
Mamie S. Shrake..Daughter..10..WI
Leon W. Shrake..Son..9..WI
Henry C. Shrake..Son..7..WI
Margaret E. Shrake..Daughter..4..WI
Edyth C. Shrake..Daughter..3m..WI
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 10 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 219, Family 134, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
132 Main Street; Home owned
Henry Shrake..Head..52..WI..General Laborer
Maggie A. Shrake..Wife..47..WI
Vincent L. Shrake..Son..22..WI..General Laborer
Margaret E. Shrake..Daughter..14..WI
Edith C. Shrake..Dau..10..WI

(Living next door to Mary and (son) Joseph Drugan, and father, William Shrake.)
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 24, Family 130, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Henry Shrake..Head..63..WI..Laborer, Gov't Work
Margaret Shrake..Wife..57..WI
Vincent Shrake..Son..32..WI
Mary Shrake..Daughter..31..WI
Henry Shrake...Son..27..WI..Laborer, Lumber Yard
Margaret Shrake..Daughter..24..WI
Edith Shrake..Daughter..20..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Henry Shrake
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 Nov 1896
Event Place: , Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tremp., Wis.
Father's Name: William Shrake
Mother's Name: Hanna Maugh...
Spouse's Name: Margaritta Drugan
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birthplace: Trempealeau
Spouse's Father's Name: Andrew Drugen
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Gitoray

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKY-K71 : 16 March 2018), Henry Shrake and Margaritta Drugan, 28 Nov 1896; citing , Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,577.
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Because of the gross errors created by the Catholic church of the burials in the Old Catholic Cemetery, the actual locations of Henry Shrake and Margaret Drugan may be a mystery.

Researcher Dale Ebersold provides the following information:
Gravesite mystery:

Row 6, the far right (east) row has a more complicated arrangements of lots and graves than the other 5 rows. Row 6 starts as a two grave wide row at the top (north) end beginning with Lot 62 working down toward the bottom (south) end of the row where the last two lots, 69 & 70, become single grave wide lots. As of this update, Lots 69 & 70 are both covered with trees, brush and high weeds. The old database Lot Map shows Lot 69 contains 4 parallel grave sites and Lot 70 contains 2 parallel grave sites. The old database List of Lot Owners show Lot 69 to be owned by Henry Shrake and Lot 70 shown as "Empty."

Now begins some unresolved accounting issues. The old database List of Burials show Matt Frasch [1858-1937] to be buried in Lot 69, grave 1 and his wife Mary (Stiller) [1868-1928] buried in Lot 69, grave 2 and no one buried in graves 3 & 4. But according to the old database List of Owners, this lot is owned by Henry William Shrake. The old database List of Burials show Henry William Shrake [1866-1934] to be buried in Lot 70, grave 1 and his wife Margaret Ann (Drugan) Shrake buried in Lot 70, grave 2. But according to the old database List of Owners, this lot is shown as "Empty."

The individual grave markers for the Frasch's and the combined single grave marker for the Shrake's are still very easy to read and are located in the open maintained section of the cemetery, not in the overgrown area of Lots 69 & 70. When the lot markers 68, 69 & 70 were uncovered in October 2012, it was clear that the Frasch's grave markers and the Shrake's combined grave marker are located in Lot 68 which according to the old database List of Owners is owned by Edmund Drugan. The old database Lot Map shows Lot 68 to be a two graves wide lot containing 14 grave sites, 1-7 on the left and 8-14 on the right. The old database List of Burials does not shown anyone buried in any of the 14 grave sites.

So, are the remains under their respective grave markers or were the grave markers moved to an open area of the cemetery? Other errors and omissions have been found in the old database. Hopefully this mystery can be solved.
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