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Thomas Charles Stretch

Male 1873 - 1934  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Charles Stretch was born on 04 Oct 1873 in Prince Arthur Landing, ON, CAN (son of Thomas Cook Stretch and Maria Phillip); died on 15 Nov 1934 in Ponoka, AB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1764
    • Moved to: Abt 1878, Livonia, MN, USA
    • Living: 1880, Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA
    • Moved to: 1899, SW-20-44-25, Ponoka, AB, CAN
    • Moved to: 1900, NW-17-44-25 (CPR land), Ponoka, AB, CAN
    • Moved to: 1910, OR, USA
    • Moved to: 1911, NW-17-4-25 (CPR land), Ponoka, AB, CAN
    • Death: 07 Dec 1934, MN, USA

    Notes:

    went back to MN for the winter for logging, broke his leg; for the rest of his life one was 2" shorter than the other

    Moved to:
    raised by uncle's family: John and Jane Stretch

    Living:
    with uncle John Stretch and aunt Jane

    Moved to:
    first worked for uncle Joe Stretch

    Moved to:
    both Roger and Ella took typhoid; returned to the CPR lands in 1911

    Moved to:
    the farm buildings date from 1914

    Death:
    other source, Mary Bishop

    Died:
    had arm amputated after an accident with a mandril, died two weeks later

    Thomas married Ella Eugenie Wolner on 08 May 1902 in MN, USA. Ella (daughter of Joseph Maximillian Eugene Wolner and Helen Henrietta Hardy) was born on 25 Apr 1875 in 41 Aubery Street, Everton, Lancaster, England, GBR; died on 02 Feb 1948 in Ponoka, AB, CAN; was buried on 05 Feb 1948 in Forest Home Cemetery, Ponoka, AB, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Helen Josephine Stretch was born on 24 Aug 1903 in Ponoka, AB, CAN; died on 03 Jul 1970 in Kimberley, BC, CAN.
    2. Roger Eugene Stretch was born on 25 Dec 1904 in Menaik, AB, CAN; died on 17 Sep 1979 in Ponoka, AB, CAN.
    3. Charles Herbert Stretch was born on 21 Jun 1906 in Ponoka, AB, CAN; died on 07 Nov 1978.
    4. Frances Helena Stretch was born on 28 Jul 1909.
    5. Cecil Gordon Stretch was born on 30 Sep 1912; died on 24 Aug 1966.
    6. C.E. Stretch

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Cook Stretch was born on 28 Dec 1833 in Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN (son of John T. Stretch and Mary Cook).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 7499

    Thomas married Maria Phillip on 01 Apr 1867. Maria was born in PQ, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maria Phillip was born in PQ, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: ENG
    • Name: Stretch
    • Reference Number: 7500

    Notes:

    Birth:
    this would indicate her birthdate if her daughter Frances was living with her grandparents in Elk River MN in 1880...

    Children:
    1. 1. Thomas Charles Stretch was born on 04 Oct 1873 in Prince Arthur Landing, ON, CAN; died on 15 Nov 1934 in Ponoka, AB, CAN.
    2. Frances Stretch was born about 1870 in MN, USA; died in 1884 in PQ, CAN.
    3. girl Stretch


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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. 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: 4

  1. 10.  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. 5. 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.


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