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Richard Stretch

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Stretch was born on 20 Jun 1840 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN (son of John T. Stretch and Mary Cook).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 7533

    Richard married Loristine on 11 Jul 1864. Loristine was born about 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John T. Stretch was born in 1801 in London, England, GBR; died on 30 Nov 1883 in Elk River, MN, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 7503
    • Emigration: Abt 1825, Boston, MA, USA
    • Census: 1861, Lanark, ON, CAN
    • Emigration: Between 1861 and 1869, Elk River, MN, USA
    • Occupation: 1870, Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA; farmer; 70y
    • Occupation: 1880, Elk River, Sherburne, MN, USA; farmer; 80y

    Notes:

    Names of this family are taken from the Bible of Marion Stretch Colson.

    Emigration:
    Legend!! - with brother after a "botched" initiation while medical students in London. Upon arrival in Boston they went separated ways. John T. never saw his brother again, and no one knows what happened to him.

    Census:
    Canada West; Census record of this family.

    Emigration:
    probably not the whole family moved, a number of children were already married

    John married Mary Cook on 04 Mar 1828. Mary (daughter of Thomas Cook) was born in 1812 in Fort Mackinaw, Kingston, ON, CAN; died on 17 Apr 1892 in Handley Falls, MN, USA; was buried about 22 Apr 1892 in Vernon Cemetery, Elk River, MN, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Cook was born in 1812 in Fort Mackinaw, Kingston, ON, CAN (daughter of Thomas Cook); died on 17 Apr 1892 in Handley Falls, MN, USA; was buried about 22 Apr 1892 in Vernon Cemetery, Elk River, MN, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: NY, USA
    • Name: Stretch
    • Reference Number: 7504
    • Living: 1870, Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA
    • Living: 1880, Elk River, Sherburne, MN, USA

    Notes:

    Living:
    57y

    Living:
    68y

    Children:
    1. Ann Stretch was born on 17 Apr 1829 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    2. Rebecca Stretch was born on 25 Apr 1844 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died on 29 Oct 1884.
    3. Archibald Stretch was born on 21 Nov 1846 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died before 1940.
    4. Henry Stretch was born on 23 Oct 1848 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died on 16 Apr 1869 in Elk River, MN, USA.
    5. David Stretch was born on 08 Oct 1850 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died in Feb 1928 in Portland, OR, USA.
    6. Marion Stretch was born on 13 Jan 1853 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died on 03 Apr 1903 in Elk River, MN, USA.
    7. Joseph Stretch was born on 12 Apr 1855 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died on 06 Jun 1930 in Eugene, OR, USA.
    8. Mary Stretch was born on 22 Nov 1830 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    9. Frances Stretch was born on 28 Jan 1832 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    10. Thomas Cook Stretch was born on 28 Dec 1833 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    11. William Stretch was born on 24 Aug 1835 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    12. John Stretch was born on 04 Feb 1837 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died on 10 Aug 1918 in Elk River, MN, USA.
    13. Janet Stretch was born on 20 Sep 1838 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN; died in 1911.
    14. 1. Richard Stretch was born on 20 Jun 1840 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN.
    15. James R. Stretch was born on 24 May 1839 in ON, CAN; died in 1933.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas Cook (son of Thomas Cook, Sr.).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 7505
    • Occupation: 1812

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    officer, War of 1812, English side. From "Kingston Before the War of 1812" (Preston 1959) "Thomas Cook, discharged soldier, listed as an 'inhabitant of the Midland District', who adhered to the unity of the Empire and joined The Royal Standard on America before 1783".

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Cook was born in 1812 in Fort Mackinaw, Kingston, ON, CAN; died on 17 Apr 1892 in Handley Falls, MN, USA; was buried about 22 Apr 1892 in Vernon Cemetery, Elk River, MN, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Thomas Cook, Sr.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 7506

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    From "Kingston Before the War of 1812" (Preston 1959) "...Thomas Cook, Sr. was a discharged soldier of the 34th, who settled in Kingston. A Thomas Cook, probably his son, was a militia officer on duty in Kingston during the War of 1812."

    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Cook


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