Thake

 


The Thake Family has been traced back to Widford, Hertford England. Joseph Thake, born abt 1770, married Mary Wrenn 24th March 1799, then on the 9th February 1800 their son was born whom they also named Joseph, he married Lettice [Letty] Morrill on the 30th November 1822, The International Genealogical Index has recorded that they had four children.

William Thake, [b] 21st September 1823

Charles Thake, [b] 6th February 1825.

John Thake, [b] 24th December 1826.

Sarah Thake, [b] 4th January 1829.


William Thake married Ann Woodley in Hertford on the 23rd May 1843, they had a son they named George who was born on the 4th February 1844.

On the 5th November 1864, George married Emily Cowling from Ashdon, Essex England, they are listed as having ten children, { Male [b] between 1864 and 1866 } Clara [b] 1867, Elizabeth Ada [b]1869, then twins Ernest William and George Herbert in 1872, Emily Mary [b] 1876, Emma Priscilla [b] 1879, Ellen Maud [b] 1881, Alice Louisa [b] 1888 and then Charlotte Ann [b] 1889.


George Thake passed away on the 21st September 1903,age 61 years, and he is buried at the Toowong Cemetery Brisbane. Emily remarried and became Emily Parks, she passed away on the 31st July 1922, at the age of 76 years.

Alice Louisa Thake married Joseph Stephen Kantor in Brisbane Queensland on the 10th December 1910,

 

 

 

 

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