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Thomas Charles Stretch

Male 1873 - 1934  (61 years)


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    Thomas and Ella Stretch    		Thomas and Ella Stretch
    Book: "Ponoka Panorama 'Brooks-Dennis'"
    Thomas C. Stretch Driver's Lic    		Thomas C. Stretch Driver's Lic

  • Name Thomas Charles Stretch 
    Birth 04 Oct 1873  Prince Arthur Landing, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Moved to Abt 1878  Livonia, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • raised by uncle's family: John and Jane Stretch
    Living 1880  Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • with uncle John Stretch and aunt Jane
    Moved to 1899  SW-20-44-25, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • first worked for uncle Joe Stretch
    Moved to 1900  NW-17-44-25 (CPR land), Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Moved to 1910  OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • both Roger and Ella took typhoid; returned to the CPR lands in 1911
    Moved to 1911  NW-17-4-25 (CPR land), Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • the farm buildings date from 1914
    Death 15 Nov 1934  Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • had arm amputated after an accident with a mandril, died two weeks later
    Death 07 Dec 1934  MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • other source, Mary Bishop
    Reference Number 1764 
    Person ID I1764  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2016 

    Father Thomas Cook Stretch,   b. 28 Dec 1833, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Maria Phillip,   b. PQ, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 01 Apr 1867  [1] 
    Family ID F1137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella Eugenie Wolner,   b. 25 Apr 1875, 41 Aubery Street, Everton, Lancaster, England, GBR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Feb 1948, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 08 May 1902  MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Helen Josephine Stretch,   b. 24 Aug 1903, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jul 1970, Kimberley, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Roger Eugene Stretch,   b. 25 Dec 1904, Menaik, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1979, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Charles Herbert Stretch,   b. 21 Jun 1906, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Nov 1978 (Age 72 years)
     4. Frances Helena Stretch,   b. 28 Jul 1909
     5. Cecil Gordon Stretch,   b. 30 Sep 1912   d. 24 Aug 1966 (Age 53 years)
     6. C.E. Stretch
    Family ID F1136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • 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

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

    2. [S57] Census, American, 1880 Sherburne County, Minnesota.

    3. [S324] Alberta Provincial Government, Ponoka Panorama, (Ponoka and District Historical Society, Ponoka AB, 1973), pp. 439,440.

    4. [S284] Obituaries at Funerals, (22 Feb 2014), in Ponoka Newspaper.


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