Draper Family History & Genealogy

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lauren Draper .

Victoria Jane (Moyle) Draper of Ashfield, Inner West Council County, NSW Australia was born in 1872 in Brunswick, City of Merri-bek County, VIC, and died at age 82 years old on May 6, 1955 in Ashfield, Inner West Council County, NSW.

Elizabeth Elizabeth (Isabel) Draper of Eben Australia, was married to Albert Lanham Draper, and has a child Kenneth Gaskell Draper. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Isabel Draper.

Ruth Draper Born December 2, 1884 New York City, New York, United States Died December 30, 1956 (aged 72) New York City, New York, United States Occupation Stage actress Ruth Draper (December 2, 1884 – December 30, 1956) was an American actress, dramatist and noted diseuse who specialized in character-driven monologues and monodrama. Her best-known pieces include The Italian Lesson, Three Women and Mr. Clifford, Doctors and Diets, and A Church in Italy. Early life and family Ruth Draper was born in New York City, the youngest child of Dr. William Henry and Ruth (née Dana) Draper. Her father, who was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, had the affluence to support a large family with the help of several servants. Ruth Draper's mother was the daughter of Charles Anderson Dana, editor and publisher of The New York Sun and had married Dr. Draper in 1878 some years after the loss of his first wife, Lucy. Her nephew, Paul Draper, was a noted dancer and actor. Draper's second cousin was the society architect Paul Phipps, father of British actress Joyce Grenfell (Grenfell's career as a monologist was directly inspired by Draper). Her nephew Raimund Sanders Draper was a heroic WWII pilot. Career Ruth Draper's inspiration to become an actress came from the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a friend of her family. She made her Broadway debut in the 1916 play A Lady's Name by Cyril Harcourt, and by 1921 was becoming well known as monologist, or more specifically diseuse, appearing in monodramas. Thus, Draper dominated the field of professional solo performance during the second quarter of the twentieth century, performing with great success throughout the United States and Europe. Draper's one-person shows differed in kind from the majority of the early lyceum and Chautauqua solo performers coming before her, as the monologues/monodramas she performed were original characters as opposed to selections of published literature. With a chair, shawl and occasional table as her only props, Draper entertained audiences in a half dozen languages worldwide for nearly forty years. Her best-known pieces include The Italian Lesson, Three Women and Mr. Clifford, Doctors and Diets, and A Church in Italy. Ruth Draper as a Dalmatian Peasant by John Singer Sargent Such theatre legends as George Bernard Shaw, Thornton Wilder, John Gielgud, Katharine Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Laurence Olivier, and Uta Hagen were among those dazzled by Draper's artistry and talent, as were authors Henry James, Henry Adams, Edith Wharton and Agatha Christie. Draper inspired characters in two of Christie's works — Carlotta Adams in the 1933 novel Lord Edgware Dies,[11] and Aspasia Glen in the short story "The Dead Harlequin". In 1951 King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded Ruth Draper honorary membership in the Order of the British Empire with the rank of Commander (CBE). On April 29, 1953, she had lunch with C. S. Lewis the day after he saw her performance at the New Theatre in Oxford. Nearly a quarter century earlier she gave a performance at Windsor Castle after an invitation from King George V and Queen Mary. Draper had many relationships in Italy, in large part through her connection with Lauro De Bosis, a young Italian poet and writer who died in 1931 after a daring flight over Rome during which he threw thousands of leaflets denouncing Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party. Death Ruth Draper died on December 30, 1956, of an apparent heart attack, just hours after giving a performance on Broadway at the Playhouse Theatre. Draper's family had a summer home in Islesboro, Maine, which she purchased from her family and where she spent increasing amounts of time in her later years. A short biography of Draper is among several collected by the Anglo-Italian writer Iris Origo in her 1984 book, A Need to Testify. Recordings Recordings of Draper's monologues have influenced many contemporary writers and performers, including Joyce Grenfell, Lily Tomlin, Mike Nichols, Julie Harris, Simon Callow, Emma Thompson, Charles Busch, David Mamet, Julia Sweeney, Annette Bening, Maureen Lipman and John Lithgow. Awards and honors In 2019, the "Complete recorded monologues, Ruth Draper (1954-1956)" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Jackson Clarence Draper of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1946. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jackson Clarence Draper.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lowell Carter Draper.

Geoffrey Mervyn Draper was born on July 2, 1942. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Geoffrey Mervyn Draper.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lenore Draper.

Morris Draper of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana was born on August 3, 1882, and died at age 89 years old in October 1971.

Rosabella Edith (Draper) Gould was born on June 13, 1904, and died at age 87 years old on March 10, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rose Draper (Gould).

Jackson Clarence Draper of Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas was born on August 29, 1945, and died at age 63 years old on December 24, 2008.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Micheal Draper,.

Lisa Ann (Ramos Draper) Murray was born on April 23, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lisa Ann Murray.

Carolyn Sybil (Draper) Tall was born on May 18, 1944 in Arncliffe, Bayside Council County, NSW Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carolyn Sybil (Draper) Tall.

The Donald Times, 9 February 1917. MARRIAGES. DRAPER.- OAKLEY. On the 29th December, 1916, at St. Peter's Church, Townsville, North Queensland, by Canon Williams, Harvey G. Draper, of Cairns, North Queensland, architect, to Violet, eldest daughter of G. F. Oakley, solicitor, of Donald.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jack (John) Draper.

Latrae D Draper of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on June 6, 1985, and died at age 18 years old on December 30, 2003.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember May Draper (Sampson).

Tammy (Draper) Mindrum was born on June 19, 1976 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah United States. Tammy Mindrum got married to Brice Christian Mindrum in 2001 in Ogden, Weber County, and has children Samantha Nicole Mindrum and Jacqueline Anne Mindrum. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tammy (Draper) Mindrum.

Clifford R Draper of East Tawas, Iosco County, MI was born on July 12, 1911, and died at age 81 years old circa December 21, 1992.