Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Lester Thomas Akins

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• • Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Robert Akins 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy T. Jones   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1900 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dewitt County, Texas 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Nov 1969 
  • Death Location:
  • Brown County, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cox Cemetery, Milburn, McCulloch, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Rosa Mae Murphy
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  • Child:

  Robert Ray Akins (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • The death certificate for Lester Akins gives his birth location as Dewitt County, Texas. The birth certificate for his son Robert Ray Akins gives it as Luling, Texas. His parents were married in Dewitt County just a few weeks prior to his birth, so Dewitt seems the more likely location.

    Lester died of a heart attack in a pasture five miles south east of Winchell, Texas.

• Sources for Lester Thomas Akins

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, McCulloch County, 1930, Precinct 1, E.D. 154-4, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 18.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/27/2018).
  • ³ Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976, Death certificate for Lester Thomas Akins.
  • ⁴ Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, Birth certificate for son Robert Ray Akins, gives father's birth location as Luling, Texas.

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