Notes for Agnes Irene Drake: Bill Herlihy's May 24, 1987 History of Agnes Irene Drake Herlihy, Page 1:
Nickname: Snooks, origin unknown; Father: John Foster Drake, Sergeant in the Coast Artillery at Fort Totten; Mother: Agnes Irene Snyder Drake, homemaker. Mom did not graduate from High School; instead she attended a trade school for beauticians sometime in the 1920's. From 1927 (?) until 1931 she and another girl were partners in a beauty salon, right across the street from City Hall in New York City. An indication that the customers were well-to-do is a small oil painting signed "R. Gallo 1927," which was given to Mom by one of her clients at the beauty salon. It is a lovely nature scene...it hangs in my living room.... My parents met because both of their fathers worked at Ft. Totten, NY. Grandfather Herlihy was the Post Plumber from1908?-1910 until his death in 1931. The job entitled him to living quarters on the Post. Grandfather Drake was a Master Sergeant who was stationed for many years in the 101st Co. of the Coast Artillery.
More About Agnes Irene Drake: Burial: Unknown, Hillcrest Memorial Garden Cemtery, Las Cruces, NM.
More About Agnes Irene Drake and Francis William Herlihy: Marriage: 14/July/1929, St. Andrew Abellino R. C. Church, 35-60 158th St., Flushing, NY.176
Marriage Notes for Agnes Irene Drake and Francis William Herlihy: From Bill Herlihy's November 21, 1987 History of Francis William Herlihy, Page 7: "In November 1939 my parents moved into a house built by their contractor friend, N. Ivey Moore. It was the first house they owned. The house was financed by the FHA. Dad bought the lot from a Mr. Cunningham, who lived diagonally in back. When Dad told him that he would need to pay off the lot before getting approval for his FDA loan, Mr. Cunningham simply gave him a signed deed and told him to finish paying it off as he could. Dad always joked that Mr. Cunningham had added, " If you don't pay it off, I'll know where to find you." At this house at 2220 Park Drive, about 1940 Dad made all the window screens. The next year he made the storm windows. A year or two later he floored the attic, which accumulated a Large amount of junk and possessions in the 11 yrs. we lived there. Dad was a good amateur carpenter and plumber, fairly good at tinkering with cars, and a better than average handyman. This house had dark green ornamental shutters at the front windows. After an exterior paint job in the late 1940s, the shutters were painted gray, nicely different from the mostly green shutters on other wood-sided homes. My parents had a good-sized garden at this house. Page 8 Two things probably relieved the family financial crunch in the 1939-1945 years. Mom went back to work. The inflation of the WW2 yrs. would have eased the burden of the monthly house mortgage payments. Even with hard times, my parents were quite generous with toys and games at Christmas."
Page 10: " Dad always sat at the dining room table. I thought the dining room wooden chairs were hard and uncomfortable, but Dad had an intense dislike for sitting on soft living room chairs. From his dining room chair, he could see the tv set in the living room. He gradually moved his 'office from the spare bedroom onto the dining room table."
Children of Agnes Irene Drake and Francis William Herlihy are:
Agnes Irene Drake (b. 28/March/1905, d. 11/November/1969)
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