Our eldest member is Wray E. (Johnstone) DeWinne (b. 1907 Wash.
DC)
Parents:William H. Johnstone (1874-1963 Fdsp) Second husband.
Sarah Wray Cake (1877-1957 burial?)
First husband: Michael G. Stoupelli (from Minotola) (1874-1896 Fdsp)
Michael died young of Typhoid Fever.
They had one child: Chester Stoupelli.
After Michael’s death, S. Wray went to Washington, DC and lived with uncle,
Chester Cake (sing) (1878-1921 Fdsp)
S. Wray then married W. Johnstone.
Ch: Sarah Wray Johnstone (b.1905- )
Wray E. Johnstone (b.1907 in D.C.)
The family then moved to Red Bank, NJ, where Wray E. did her schooling.
She was confirmed in the First Reformed Church (1917). She later attended
the Spring Lake Hospital Nursing School and became an RN (1927).
She stayed on at the hospital as a private duty nurse (i.e. being assigned
to severely ill patients).
Within the year Wray E. met state trooper George DeWinne.
They were married in the First Reformed Church (1928).
Because of George’s assignment they moved to Patterson for one year, then
back to Red Bank.
In 1929, George, Jr. "Ace" was born; and in 1936 Wray Marie was born.
Today, George, Jr. is not married and lives in Costa Rico.
Wray Marie is married to Robert Carr, living in Cherry Hill.
Within a few years George, Sr. and Wray E. moved to Vineland, living on
Brewster Road. There they attended the Congregational Church.
George, Sr. died in 1956. Wray E. continued living in Vineland, now caring
for her father, William, until his death (1963 Fdsp).
Wray E. then built a house on Sandy Drive, Newfield – across from her daughter,
Wray Marie.
After George Sr’s. death, Wray E. joined the Friendship Church (1961).
The Pastor was Harold Coles.
Grandparents of Wray E. (Cake) Johnstone: They lived in Minotola.
Richard Clinton Cake (1850-1924 Fdsp)
Rebecca P. Mull (1859-1931 Fdsp.)
(At one time they owned Buena Inn and grocery store in Landisville.)
5 children:
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Sarah Wray Cake (1877-1957) (see above)
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Chester L. Cake (sing.) (1878-1921 Fdsp.)
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Clara L. Cake (1880- ) m. Simmerman. Ch: Jesse, Jay (b/d).
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Gertrude B. Cake (1883-1957)
m1 Simkins. 1 ch: Olive Wray Simkins
m2 John A. Decker (1887-1953)
Ch: Olive Wray Simkins (190- ) m. Jiannine.
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Ch: David J. Jiannine, Sr. (1920- ) m. Doren (d. 1956 Fdsp.)
2 ch. living in Long Branch.
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Charles Wilkena Locke Cake (1895- ) m. (1916) Bessie Marie Jiannine (1895-
)
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Ch: Battie Charlotte Cake (1917- ) m. (1938) Edward Preston Rahe (1914-
)
Great grandparents:
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George Baxter Cake (1820-1887 Fdsp.) m. (1843) Mary Hanna Hitchner (1825-1900
Fdsp.)
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14 Ch. (She child #1 of Mathias Hitchner (1799-1886) m. (1825) Sarah Hannon
(1804-1849) (13 ch) / George worked on the R.R.)
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Ch. #1: Jacob Franklin Cake (1844-1907 Fdsp.) m. (1873) Sophie H. Spencer
(1857-1924) (5 ch.)
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#2: Sarah Amelia Cake (1845-1920) m. Charles
Wray
3 ch: James, John, & Mary m. Thomas.
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#3: Phebe Gorden Cake (b/d 1847)
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#4: Richard Clinton Cake (1850-1924 Fdsp.) (Wray E.’s grandfather.)
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#5: Mathias Hitchner Cake (1852-1911 Fdsp.)
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#7:George Baxter Cake, Jr. (sing.) (1855- )
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#8: Charles Wilkins Locke Cake (1856-1910) m. Jessie Barnard.
3 ch: #1 Lawrence Cake (1895- ) m. (1920) Marion Stewart.
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Albert S. Cake (1897)1949) m. (1921) Loretta Haig. (2 ch.)
Grandfather, Richard C. Cake, was a trustee of the Friendship Church,
1898.
He had a brother, Leonard, after whom a Franklin Twp. Road is named.
Mother, Sarah Wray Cake, as a young person played the pump organ at
the Friendship Church.
Great Uncle, Charles Wray, in 1898 wrote Friendship UMC’s 90th Anniversary
History. His wife was Sarah Cake (see above).
Note: There was a Richard Cake (b. 1807 Cumb. Co.) m. (1832) Susanna
S. Miller (1813 Burl. Co.) who in 1845 ran Cake’s Ferry across the Delaware
River, from Federal St., Camden, NJ.
Also there was a Rev. R. Ashley Cake (1849-1931 P.Rep.) m. Alice.
Ch: John and Mrs. Ruth Walters.
Ashley was a supply pastor serving West Creek and several other churches.
"He was known as the Sunshine Minister among the Coast Guard, where he
ministered to their spiritual needs for forty years. He had the glorious
honor of taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to 160 U. S. Coast Guard Stations,
besides his evangelistic work among those of the lighthouse stations. He
was known to the service from Maine to Florida." He spent his retirement
years in Absecon.
Also the Campbell family genealogy reports that two daughters [possibly
of Donald David Campbell (c. 1700-c.1797) and the father of Friendship’s
Archibald Campbell] married Hessian solders
named "Kake" and who deserted the English and fought with the Campbell
boys in the Colonial Army.
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