Margaret Ann Drugan

Margaret Ann Drugan
(1872-1938)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry William Shrake

Margaret Ann Drugan ² ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: 26 August 1872, Trempealeau, WI ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹
Marriage (1): Henry William Shrake on 28 November 1896 in Trempealeau, WI ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Died: 19 April 1938, , Trempealeau County, WI at age 65 ⁸
Buried: 22 April 1938, Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ⁸

bullet Other names for Margaret were "Maggie" Drugan ³ ⁵ ⁹ and Margarita Drugan.¹

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• 1875 Wisconsin State Census: Wisconsin State, June 1875, Trempealeau, WI. ¹⁰ 1875 Wisconsin State Census
Line number 63, Image 56
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
A. Drugan:
Females: 4 = (Mary Gilroy-Drugan, wife; Mary, daughter; Margaret, daughter)
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ⁹

1880 US Census
Page 29A, District 72, Family 300, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Maggy Dougan..Daughter..7..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ¹¹

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 1, Line 17
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Andrew Drugan:
Females: 2 = (Mary Gilroy-Drugan, wife; Margaret, daughter)

(Living with parents.)
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• She 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
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 3 years
Margaret A. Shrake..Wife..Aug 1872..27..WI..2/2

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Trempealeau, WI on June 1905. ³

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 88, Line 45
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Maggie A. Shrake..Wife..32..WI

(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She 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
Margaret A. Shrake..Wife..37..WI..6/6

(Living with husband and 6 children.)
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• She 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
Maggie A. Shrake..Wife..47..WI

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She 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
Margaret Shrake..Wife..57..WI

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 20 April 1938 in Winona, MN.

⁷ Mrs. Margaret Shrake, 65, died Tuesday morning at her home here after a long illness.

Mrs. Shrake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Drugan, was born August 26, 1872, in the village of Trempealeau just a short distance from the place where she died. Her girlhood was spent here and November 28, 1896, she was married to Henry Shrake. Their life was spent on a little farm at the edge of town. There were six children, all of whom survive. They are Leon, Winona; Vincent and Henry, at home; Mrs. Frank (Edith) Plate, Winona; and Mrs. Lloyd (Margaret) Cowan and Mamie, Trempealeau. There are seven grandchildren and three brothers, Charles Drugan, Winona; Andrew Drugan, Whitehall, Wis., and Joseph Drugan of Trempealeau. Her husband died September 29, 1934.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Bartholomew church, the Rev. John Murphy officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The rosary will be said at the Shrake home Thursday evening.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Wednesday, 20 Apr 1938, page 4)
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• She was buried on 22 April 1938 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Plot: Row 3, Lot 70, Grave 2
Find A Grave Memorial #71174398
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Margaret married Henry William Shrake, son of William Allen Shrake and Hannah Catherine Moughmer, on 28 November 1896 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ (Henry William Shrake was born on 13 March 1866 in Galesville, WI,² ³ ⁴ ⁶ ¹² ¹³ died on 29 September 1934 in , Trempealeau County, WI ⁷ ¹³ and was buried after 29 September 1934 in Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ¹³.)

bullet 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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bullet 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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1 "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708704 : accessed 6 Nov 2014), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKY-K71 : 30 January 2020), Margaritta Drugan in entry for Henry Shrake, 1896.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, p. 6A, dwelling 145, family 146, Henry William Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Apr 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 463, family 88, line 45, Henry W. Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1443899 : accessed 5 Feb 2013); citing FamilySearch.org.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 2B, family 55, Henry William Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1739.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 219, sheet 5A & 5B, family 134, Henry William Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan; index and images (accessed 6 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 2018.

6 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 0024, sheet 5A, family 130, Henry William Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2614.

7 "Obituary," Winona Republican-Herald, 20 Apr 1938, p. 4; digital images(accessed 8 Feb 2013).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 27 March 2019), memorial page for Margaret Ann Drugan Shrake (26 Aug 1872\endash 19 Apr 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 71174398, citing Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA

9 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 292, family 300, Andrew Drugan Str and Mary Elizabeth Gilroy; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1448.

10 1875 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. Image 56, line 63, Andrew Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 18 Sep 2010); citing FamilySearch.org.

11 1895 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 1, line 17, Andrew Drugan; digital images, FamilySearch.org(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712 : accessed 21 Mar 2014); citing Ref 17, Historical Society, Madison.

12 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 27 Apr 2013).

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 27 March 2019), memorial page for Henry William Shrake (13 Mar 1866\endash 29 Sep 1934), Find A Grave Memorial no. 71174367, citing Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA

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