ABAAAB. Robert (Porter) Dake
Robert (Porter) was the son of Joshua F. Dake and Marbry E. Clark born on May 20, 1840 at Knoxville, Tioga, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family when he was about 14 to first Fondulac, then Fremont and then to what is now Rural Twp., Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin. He lived in the Rural area all his life with the exception of his time in the service and about four years in Colby, Clark, Wisconsin. In the 1860 census he was listed as a 20-year-old farmer living in Dayton, Waupaca Co., WI. He married Harriet Shell on Feb. 11, 1861 at Waupaca, WI, just before he enlisted for the Civil War. (Not sure what happened to Harriet Shell but she may have gone by the name Hattie.. A Hattie E. Redfield of Omaha, NE filed a pensoin claim for her late husband Charles E. Redfield in 1896. She claimed that she had married Robert P. Dake some time about 1861 but only lived with him two to three weeks before she deserted him. She found out six years later that he had remarried but never got a divorce from her.)  He enlisted in the Civil War in the Army at Dayton on Aug. 6, 1861 as a private in Company A, 8th Reg., Wisconsin Vol. and was mustered out of his first term on Sept.16, 1864. He enlisted again at Dayton as a Sargent on Jan.24, 1865 in Company D., 47th Wisconsin Infantry and was finally mustered out as a Sgt. on Sept. 4. 1865. On Oct. 2, 1865 he bought 20 acres for $100 from his mother Marbury.  On March 1, 1872 he sold 20 acres to his brother Joshua F. Dake, Jr. In 1874-75 he married a second time on Dec. 2, 1876 to Francis M. Dolph in Colby, Clarke Co., Wisconsin (She was born May 27, 1854 in Huwran, St. Lawrence, New York and came to Wisconsin from Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY with her parents as a young girl, some time after 1860. On November 25, 1871 she remarried to Augustus Guynup.  She died in October 30, 1918 at Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin and is buried in the Rural Cemetery). After the war he lived in the log house built by his father for a while and later in a home on Long Lake. He died on Feb. 10, 1916 at Dayton, Waupaca Co., WI. Much of the information on this line of the Dake family was provided by James Klug Dake of Waupaca, Wisconsin.

From Series of When Chain o’ Lakes Were Young by Fred Smith
“Yessir, old George was quite a fellow, and he got to be like a member of the family. But then, all the help we had in those days were almost like members of the family. They were with us for years and years, and we got to think an awful lot of most of them.
“Take girls like Maud Hyatt (Corp. Dake’s daughter), Elizabeth Kreeger, Hattie Wolfgram, and Alice Codding. They were with Mother so many summers it almost seemed like they belonged at Locks-ley and she wouldn’t have known what to do without them
One day while Freddie was off someplace, I was sitting in the yard, and a car drove in. It chugged to a stop, a man unwound a window, and poked out his head.
“Is Fred home?” he hollered.
“No,” said I, “but he should be back any minute. Would you care to wait?”
He got out of his car, walked over, and settled in a chair.
“Yes, I guess I will,” he decided. “I don’t get up to The Lakes very often, and when I do, I always like to see Fred. We’ve had a lot of fun together. A great fellow, Fred, they don’t come any finer!”
As he talked the man eyed me quizzically; he seemed puzzled, unsure of himself. Suddenly he brightened.
“Say!” he exclaimed, “Aren’t you one of Edwin’s girls? Why sure, that’s it! You’re Ellen. I knew I’d seen you someplace, before!”
“Hmn,” was my astounding contribution. I didn’t know him from a hole in the ground. My consternation mounted as he began to laugh.
“That’s a good one,” he roared. “You don’t remember me, do you? And after all the times I took you and Jeannette skating on these Lakes.
Mental acrobatics were in order. My mind raced back into high school, and from there, on down through the grades. But, for the life of me, I couldn’t place the man, and certainly felt the fool!
“Yessir,” her an on, “those were great winters. Your Mother would bundle the two of you together in a blanket, like a couple of papoose, then I’d put you in an armchair, and push you around on the lakes.
“When the skating was good, we’d go lickety-split, and those rides sure tickled you kids. You know both of you could sing long before you could talk, and you’d always sing then at the top of your voices.
“I remember one time when the chair hit a rough spot, and out you went, and sailed along the ice! It scared the heck out of me of course; I figured you’d both be hurt. But, when I got to you and picked you up, you were just winding up the song you’d been singing! The blanket was so thick you hadn’t felt a thing, and lordy, how relieved I was!”
YOU should talk about being relieved, thought I to myself; I’M the one, who is relieved. After all, how could I be expected to remember people I knew before I could talk. I was just about to say so, in so many words, when Freddie turned the corner of the house.
“Well, Judas Priest!” he bellowed, holding out his hand, “If it isn’t old Edgar Dake! How are you, Edgar?”
When they promptly forgot me, I knew three was a crowd, and took my self off with my book. At supper time I returned, and found Freddie whittling, and alone in the yard.
“So, that was old Edgar Dake,” said I, slightly on the sarcastic side.
“Yessir,” chuckled Freddie, “that was old Edgar Dake. I’m glad to see you remember him!”
“Et tu, Brute!” I grumbled.
“What say?” asked Freddie.
“Oh, nothing, Hon.” I sighed. “I’m just being ornery, I guess. But, for heaven’s sake, tell me, who IS old Edgar Dake?”
Freddie grinned. He’d been teasing me again; I just wasn’t smart enough to know it.
“Edgar told me you didn’t remember him,” said he, “but then there’s no reason why you should. You were just a little tyke about three years old, when he worked for Father at Locksley Hall.
“There used to be a lot of Dakes around these Lakes, and Edgar was one of Corporal Dake’s boys.
“Now THERE was a character … old Corporal Dake. My! the stories he used to tell; you’ve never heard anything like them! Of course you had to take them with a grain of salt, but it was lots of fun to listen to him tell those tales. And, come to think about it, maybe it was more fun to watch him.
“He was a great one for acting everything out, and on top of that, the faces he made were so comical, he had people from all over, trying to imitate him. I don’t know how true it is, but they say it was even done in a movie!
“I had to laugh at Edgar this afternoon. He can mimic his father pretty danged good. The way the old man used to squint one eye, put his tongue in one cheek and push his face out of shape, then pull one hand across his nose and mouth, and wipe off the whole expression! I’ll tell you it was funny to see him do that. Judas! how people used to laugh.
“Of course it went right along with all his stories, and they were funny, too. I’ll never forget one he used to tell, about a time when he was in the Civil War.
“I don’t remember where he claimed it happened, but it was down South some place, and right when the fighting was at its very worst. Some how or other, he’d gotten lost from his Company, and he’d been wandering in the hills, all alone, for three days. To hear him tell it, it must have been pretty bad. He was ragged, and hungry, and right smack in the middle of the enemy’s territory.
“It was on the third day, when he was about to give up, that he caught sight of a whole squad of Rebs on maneuvers in those hills. I guess all that saved him was the fact that he was smarter than they were. He was awful weak of course, but he followed them around; keeping out of sight, and dragging his gun!
“Along about evening, they found an old abandoned house, and decided to camp there that night. It was backed right up to a (?) made a good hiding place for old Corporal Dake.
“He said he watched them build a fire outside and get their supper, and for a while he was afraid he’d faint from want of food. But, he managed somehow to keep his senses, and they finally went inside to go to sleep.
“Of course that was what he was waiting for. In about an hour, when everything was quiet, he crawled across the yard and found a few pieces of hardtack and some cold, black coffee. He used to claim it was the best meal he’d ever had. In fact, he claimed it made him feel so good, he decided then and there, to capture the whole, blooming squad, and take them in!
“He said he didn’t waste any time either, once he’d made up his mind. He just crawled around that house, and picked a spot in the woods that was opposite the old back door. Then he aimed his gun and fired!
“Of course, I can’t tell it like he could, but he said about a minute later, he thought all hell had broken loose. The Rebs woke up, and started running around in the house, and all of them were yelling at once.
“Then he fired again, and that quieted them down, so he could make himself heard.
“’This is Corporal Dake of the Union Forces,’ he shouted. ‘Throw out your firearms. We’ve got you surrounded.’
“And, by Judas, that was all there was to it. They threw out their guns and Corporal Dake took them in, single-handed!”
“Tch, tch!” said I. “Not that I like to be a wet blanket, but I thought you said the man was lost. How come he could march those Rebs out of the hills? You also said he was in the heart of enemy territory. How did he get his captives through their own lines? And, what’s more …”
I stopped abruptly, as Freddie began to chuckle.
“I told you,” said he, “that you had to take old Corporal Dake’s stories with a grain of salt. Maybe he captured those fellow and maybe he didn’t, but it was a lot of fun to hear him tell that tale. And, the faces he made and the motion he went through were certainly something to see.
“Yessir, telling stories was about the best thing the old Corporal did, and it kept him right busy, especially during the winter.
“I’ll never forget one time, when a tree fell across his front stoop, late in the fall. It was cold by then, and the tale-telling sessions had already begun, and do you know he didn’t get around to moving that tree until spring? No sir! He just used the back door, the rest of the winter!
“Okay, Corporal Smith!” said I. “That’s enough out of You! You’re tale telling session is keeping me out of the kitchen. Fortunately there’s no tree across the door. If we had to contend with both, we’d starve to death, right here in the yard

Edgar, Son David and Emily (Shirmacher) Dake

Edgar was born to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. Dake on May 15, 1883 in Dayton Twp., Waupaca Co., WI. He married Emily Rose Shirmacher on June 15, 1907. (She was born in 1886 in Wisconsin and died on Aug. 6, 1966 at Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI. Buried at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI. Her father was Emil Schirmacker). He met Emma while both of them worked at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King WI. About 1910 they moved to Green Bay, WI but about 1915 they moved back to the Chain of Lakes area. Before 1920 they moved to Oshkosh, WI. Edgar died Feb. 25, 1953 at Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI. and was buried at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI.

ABAAABCBBA. Lila Marie Dake
Lila was born on May 27, 1976 to parents Peter Lane Dake and Pamela Kauffman Dake.  She had children: Dominick Lane Dake, Deon D'Angelo Dake and Davonte' Tashod Weaver.

ABAAABCBBB. Melinda May Dake
Melinda was born on April 23, 1980 to parents Peter Lane Dake and Pamela Kauffman Dake.  She had children: Natalya Joy, Ravyn May Victoria.

ABAAABCBBC. Amanda Sue Dake
Amanda was born to parents Peter Lane Dake and Pamela Kauffman Dake. 


ABAAABCBC. Cynthia Sue Dake
Cyndthia (Cindy) was born Oct. 17, 1959 to Edgar Dake Jr. and Marion May Felda Dake. She married John Springsteen on Dec. 3, 1978. (He was born Aug. 28, 1952).  She married a second time to Hugh Crawford.

ABAAABCC. Etta Loretta Dake
Etta was born on March 13, 1909 to parents Edgar A. and Emily Schirmacker Dake at Chain of Lakes, Waupaca Co., WI. Dake. She married Rev. Milton Tucker on May 30, 1936. She died in California on March 27, 1970. (96992). They had children: Duane (b. March 3, 1938), Linda (b. Nov. 24, 1942, married Melvin House) and Nadine Tucker (married Bill Noble).

ABAAABCD. Bernice Francis Dake
Bernice was born June 16 1910 to parents Edgar A. and Emily Rose Schirmacker Dake at Chain of Lakes, Waupaca Co., WI. She married Robert E. Seefelt. (He was born June 16, 1910). He ran a farm and then bought and operated Procknow-Wilburt Co. in Oshkosh and Fondulac until he retired some time before 1986. Bernice had a stroke in 1982 and is partially immobilized. They had a daughter Sandra Leah Seefelt on Feb. 21, 1945. She lived in Oxford, Ohio and is a Professor of flute at the Miami (Ohio) University. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall..

ABAAABCE. Glen Kenneth Dake
Glen was born on Feb. 10, 1916 to parents Edgar A. and Emily Rose Schirmacker Dake at Chain of Lakes, Waupaca Co., WI.. He married Marion Wiggins on July 15, 1938. He died Oct, 14 1991 at Tavernier, FL and buried at Lakeview, Wisconsin.

Glen K. Dake Family

ABAAABCEA. Darlene Dake
Darlene was born on June 12, 1939 to Glen K. Dake and Marion Wiggins Dake. She married Robert A. Cook and lives at Key Largo, FL (2002).

ABAAABCEB. Glen Kenneth Dake, Jr.
Glen Jr. was born Oct. 25, 1959 to Glen K. Dake and Marion Wiggins Dake. He lives in Naraugyo, FL, near Key Largo, FL (1991).

ABAAABCF. Narieta Bell Dake
Narieta was born March 31, 1926 to parents Edgar A. and Emma Rose Schirmacker Dake at Oshkosh, Winnabego Co., WI. She marrried Rev. Harold Lloyd Ward. (He died on Oct. 2, 1982). They had children: Leonard (b. Feb. 13, 1945. Married Judith Ann Council [b. July 25, 1947]. He is pastor of Oak Grove Assembly of God, Lufkin, TX), Kelly Martin (b. Feb. 1, 1968) and Michial (b. Feb. 5, 1973) Ward. In 1986 she was living in Lufkin, TX.

ABAAABCG. David Reinold Dake
David was born March 30, 1922 to parents Edgar A. and Emma Rose Schirmacker Dake at Oshkosh, Winnabego Co., WI. David's father Edgar was very strict and would lock David in his room for hours where he was required to read the bible. This strict religious upbringing was probably what led him to become a minister, later in life.

During WWII he served in the US Army (32nd Division Red Arrow) and saw action in New Guinea in 1942. He was sent for a rest period to Rockhampton , Queensland, Australia after fighting in New Guinea. (The 32nd Division was formed with units from the states of Wisconsin and Michigan and was among the first of seven U.S. Army and U.S. Marine units to engage in offensive ground combat operations during 1942. The division was among the first divisions to enter the war and were still engaging Japanese soldiers after the official Japanese surrender. The 32nd logged a total of 654 days of combat during World War II, more than any other United States Army division. The unit was inactivated in 1946 after occupation duty in Japan. According to a Brian Morris in Australia, David's name is inscribed in St. Christophers Chapel at Nerimbra, near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, along with eight other US service men. The Chapel was built by US servicemen during WWII. There were sporting events held near the Chapel and David won the Broad Jump competition and his name was recorded with seven other contest winners in the rafters of the chapel. There is a celebration held each year on the 4th of July at this Chapel honoring the US servicemen.). David came down with Malaria three times while in the military. He also saw action in the battle of Leyte in the Philippines and the battle of Luzon.

 

David R. Dake in Uniform	David R. and Marian Elizabeth (Gedney) Dake	David during WWII

 

In 1945, after the war, David moved to the Milwaukee, WI area and married Marian Elizabeth Gedney (She was born on March 20, 1928.  They were married on Feb 21, 1945 in Milwaukee.  She was a Cadet Nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital at University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee when they married.  She died at Demorest, GA on Jan 25, 2013)  David worked as a draftsman while in Milwaukee. They had three sons and one daughter. One son died as an infant. Due to his war experience he suffered from what would be termed today as post tramatic stress symdrome and was finally hospitalized. After he entered the hospital, Marian and David divorced in 1953. (Marian remarried to Jack Rohan about 1960 and moved from Milwaukee to Alabama and then to Fort Pierce, FL with her family of three).

After getting out of the hospital David remarried to Gail Patricia Blanchard in October 1963 and they had two daughters. David and family moved to Oshkosh, WI and he worked for Rockwell International (later the Boeing Corporation) for over 20 years. During this time, he became a Pentecostal Minister and let his hair and beard grow as long as possible. David and Gail divorced in 1971. (Gail later remarried) In 2009, David was living by himself in Appleton, WI and confirmed the above military information but did not remember the sports competition and his name being recorded in the Chapel.

David when a Pentecostal Minister	David R. Dake
David at home in Appleton, WI

David Reinold Dake Family

ABAAABCGA. Christain Leigh Dake
Christain was born to parents David R. Dake and Marian Elizabeth Gedney on April 9, 1947 at Milwaukee, WI. He was born with a defect in the heart and died when he was 9 months old on July 17, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI.

ABAAABCGB. Donna D. Dake
Donna was born to parents David R. Dake and Marian Elizabeth (Gedney) Dake on August 29, 1948 in Milwaukee, WI. Donna married Jim Morris in 1969 in Fort Pierce, FL. This marriage was later annulled. On December 12, 1976 she had a daughter Amanda Jean Haskins born in Rock Island, IL. She then married Author (Jamie) James Worley in 1979 but divorced after 4 years. In 1983 she married Bill Myers and they divorced in 1990. She still uses the name Donna Myers. Donna works as a cook, currently lives in Demorest, GA and enjoys doing art work.

ABAAABCGC. Son Dake
A son was born to parents David R. Dake and Marian Elizabeth (Gedney) Dake on September 9, 1949 at Moline, IL.

 

ABAAABCGD. Jesse D. Dake
Jesse was born to parents David R. Dake and Marian Elizabeth (Gedney) Dake on June 30, 1950 at Milwaukee, WI. He moved to Fort Pierce, FL with his mother, after David and Marian divorced and he has lived there ever since. He married Helen Enes about 1968 and had a daughter Kelly. Jesse and Helen divorced and he remarried Janice Smith. Janice and Jessie had a son Mark. His occupation is in construction as a dry wall and metal stud worker. Jesse currently lives in Fort Pearce, Forida.

Jesse D. Dake Family

ABAAABCGDA. Kelly Dake
Kelly was born to parents Jesse D. and Helen (Enes) Dake.

ABAAABCGDB. Mark Dake
Mark was born to parents Jesse D. and Janice (Smith) Dake.

 

ABAAABCGE. Dawn Marie Dake
Dawn was born to parents David R. Dake and Gail (Blanchard) Dake on August 12, 1964 at Oshkosh, WI. She married Greg R. Austin on August 6, 1988. Dawn's occupation is a silk screen printer for Romo, Inc. in De Pere, Wisconsin. They have no children and currently live in Suamico, Wisconsin (north of Green Bay, Wisconsin).

ABAAABCGF. Debra Jean Dake
Debra was born to parents David R. Dake and Gail (Blanchard) Dake on July 25, 1965 at Oshkosh, WI. She married David M. Stauffacher on September 14, 1991 and they have one son Tyler David Stauffacher born on September 24, 2002 and a daughter Sydney Taylor Stauffacher born on January 23, 2005. Debra's occupation is a self employed media planner/buyer for her company Echo Market Media. They currently live in Howard, Wisconsin (near Green Bay, Wisconsin).

ABAAABD. Grace Dake
Grace was born to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. (Dolph) Dake on Feb. 26, 1876. She married a Mr. Hyatt. She died on Sept. 14, 1941.

ABAAABE. Rae Imogene Dake
Rae was born in Colby, WI in 1881 to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. (Dolph) Dake. She married Elwin Elsworth. They had children: Reggie, Rita and Elwin.

ABAAABF. Lenna Leota Dake
Lenna was born Aug 16, 1891 in Dayton Twp., Waupaca Co., WI on Aug. 16, 1891 to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. (Dolph) Dake. She married Archiio Dishno and they farmed north of Mercer, WI (He was stated to be a great deer hunter). They had children: Gordon, Evelyn, Phillip and Anna Dishno..

ABAAABG. Marbry Dake
Marbry was born in Dayton Twp., Waupaca Co., WI on Oct. 26, 1885 to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. (Dolph) Dake. She married Robert (Archie) Miller. They lived in Mercer Lake. They had children: Robert and Ruth. She died May 1960 and was buried Lakeside Cemetery, Waupaca, WI.

ABAAABH. Robert Adolph Dake
Adolph was born in Dayton Twp., Waupaca Co., WI on Aug 20, 1887 to parents Robert Porter and Francis M. (Dolph) Dake. He married Anna B. Klug.