Birth

6 Aug 1824
Acle, Norfolk, England (or at sea)

Death

3 Feb 1885
Pinetown, Natal, South Africa

Biography

Spencer French Drake was born on 6 Aug 1824 at Acle, Norfolk, England (or at sea).

He was the son of Spencer Drake and Eliza Mary French.

He married Mary Elizabeth Sanders on 21 Feb 1842 at Cape Town, South Africa.

They had 6 children: Eliza Elizabeth Drake, Spencer Rudrum Drake, Leonard French Drake, Fredrick William Drake, Charlotte Henriette Drake and Ellen Sophia Drake.

He married Emma Eliza Gillitt on 25 Jan 1853 at Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Emma Eliza was the daughter of William Gillitt and Maria. She was born in Sep 1831 at Emberton, England. She died on 3 Aug 1916 at Acre Cottage, Sarnia, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa.

They had 12 children: Emma Drake, Mary Ann Drake, Kate Drake, Agnes Drake, William Henry Francis Drake, Alice Maud Mary Drake, Francis Henry Drake, Sabrina Louisa Drake, Henry Percy John Drake, Arthur William Drake, Edith Fanny Drake and Edward Enfield Drake.

He died on 3 Feb 1885 at Pinetown, Natal, South Africa at the age of 60.

He was buried on 4 Feb 1885 at St John's, Pinetown, Colony of Natal.