While under the family group sheets that I've checked out of John Stout Drake and Lucia Cahoon, there are 11 children listed. There is an Alfred B Drake born 1859 and a Bird A Drake, born 1857. But lately I've found references to an Alfred Bird Drake and a Bird Alfred Drake. Another conundrum. I have found Alfred B Drake married to an Ella Conway Ryan. And I have a Bird A Drake married to Eugenia Priestly.
The 1860 and 1870 Federal Census adds to the confusion. In the 1860 Federal Census, Alfred B Drake was listed as 4 years old. Bird A Drake isn't on that census at all. In the 1870 Federal Census Alfred is listed as 11 years old. If he was 4 in 1860, then he should be 14 in 1870. Also in the 1870 Federal Census Bird is also listed, and it says that he is 13 years old, which is closer to14 years that Alfred is supposed to be. However, 1970 is where "Elinor" shows up as the wife. Maybe she didn't know.
Another thought is "Was Bird a child of Elinor's who John Stout Drake adopted?"
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