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Joseph DRAKEFORD
1918 - 2003 (85 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Joseph DRAKEFORD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 24 Mar 1918 Longton, Staffordshire, England 
- Joseph was most likely born in Stoke on Trent Reg District. The birth registrations index (on FreeBMD, 2 Sep 2016) shows only 2 Joseph Drakefords born there - one registered 1849, clearly not the right one, the other 1918 i.e. close to Vera in age. I suspect this birth was his.
GRO ref: Drakeford, Joseph q2 1918 mother's maiden name: Beech q2 1918 Stoke T. RD 6b 410.
No other marriage found that looks likely to be this Joseph (from the location)
Actual date from death registration index, place from the 1921 census
Gender Male Died 9 May 2003 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: DRAKEFORD, Joseph reg May 2003 dob 24 3 1918 Stoke on Trent RD; District number: 7371B; Register number: B78F; Entry number: 177
Actual date from FindAWill website
Probate 25 Jun 2003 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - Entry on FindAWill website, shows Joseph DRAKEFORD died 9 May 2003, grant and will.
Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas DRAKEFORD, b. 30 May 1882, Pontefract Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England, d. Mar Q 1961, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 78 years) (Father) 
Anne Elizabeth BEECH, b. 15 Jul 1884, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, d. Sep Q 1960, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years) (Mother) Notes - Two people with his parents closed in the 1939 registration (as at 28 May 2023), of whom Joseph may have been one, though assuming his brith was recorded as being in 1918 it should have been opened 100 years on from this, so it's unlike he was one of these; I suspect they were his younger brothers.
Person ID I303143 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 23 Nov 2023
Father Thomas DRAKEFORD, b. 30 May 1882, Pontefract Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England , d. Mar Q 1961, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 78 years) Mother Anne Elizabeth BEECH, b. 15 Jul 1884, Hanley, Staffordshire, England , d. Sep Q 1960, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years) Married Sep Q 1909 Civil Register, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: DRAKEFORD, Thomas to BEECH, Anne Elizabeth q3 1909 Stoke T. RD 6b 415
Civil register from Staffordshire BMD website.
By the time of the 1911 census Thomas and Anne had had two children, but both had died.
Although the 1939 register only shows that 5 out of their other 7 children were then with them the death registration index (on FreeBMD, viewed 14 Oct 2017) suggests that by then no others had died.
Family ID F300975 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Freda Louvaine CLARKE, b. 11 Mar 1915, d. Sep Q 1972, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 56 years)
Other Partners: James VANN m. Sep Q 1935Married Jun Q 1964 Barton Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: DRAKEFORD, Joseph to VANN, Freda L q2 1964 Barton RD 10B 389
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301521 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Vera GOTHAM, b. 22 Sep 1916, Stone Reg Sub-Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Jun Q 1985, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 68 years)
Other Partners: Samuel DEAVILLE m. Sep Q 1945Married Sep Q 1973 Holy Evangelist Church, Normacot, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: DEAVILLE, Vera to DRAKEFORD, Joseph q1 1973 STOKE/T RD 9B 1754
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300974 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Joseph was most likely born in Stoke on Trent Reg District. The birth registrations index (on FreeBMD, 2 Sep 2016) shows only 2 Joseph Drakefords born there - one registered 1849, clearly not the right one, the other 1918 i.e. close to Vera in age. I suspect this birth was his.