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Joseph Stretch

Male 1855 - 1930  (75 years)


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  • Name Joseph Stretch  [1
    Birth 12 Apr 1855  Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1870  Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    works on farm; 15y 
    Occupation 1880  Township 111, Range 48, Brookings, ND, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Moved to 1898  Lacombe, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Moved to 1899  Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • homesteaded
    Occupation 1908  Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    real estate 
    Moved to 1917  Eugene, OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • earlier moved to LaGrande OR, back to Ponoka, then to Corning CA, back to Ponoka
    Reference Number 7547 
    Death 06 Jun 1930  Eugene, OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7547  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2016 

    Father John T. Stretch,   b. 1801, London, England, GBR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1883, Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Cook,   b. 1812, Fort Mackinaw, Kingston, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1892, Handley Falls, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 04 Mar 1828  [1
    Family ID F3693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie A. Brunell,   b. 1856, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1937, Salvation Army Home, Calgary, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1874  [1
    Children 
     1. William Herbert Stretch,   b. 26 Oct 1875, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1963 (Age 87 years)
     2. Raymond Stretch,   b. 1878, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954 (Age 76 years)
     3. May Stretch,   b. 1885, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F3717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    Joe and Jennie Stretch 1927
    Joe and Jennie Stretch 1927
    Book: "Ponoka Panorama 'Rural Ponoka'"

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Mary Lucena Bishop, Bishop family history, (privately printed, Minneapolis MN, 1991).

    2. [S57] Census, American, 1870 Sherburne County, Minnesota.

    3. [S57] Census, American, 1880 Township 111 Range 48 Brookings Co. Territory of Dakota.

    4. [S324] Alberta Provincial Government, Ponoka Panorama, (Ponoka and District Historical Society, Ponoka AB, 1973), p. 289.


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