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John T. Stretch

Male 1801 - 1883  (82 years)


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  • Name John T. Stretch  [1
    Birth 1801  London, England, GBR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Emigration Abt 1825  Boston, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 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 1861  Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Canada West; Census record of this family.
    Emigration Between 1861 and 1869  Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • probably not the whole family moved, a number of children were already married
    Occupation 1870  Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    farmer; 70y 
    Occupation 1880  Elk River, Sherburne, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer; 80y 
    Reference Number 7503 
    Death 30 Nov 1883  Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7503  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2019 

    Family 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
    Children 
     1. Ann Stretch,   b. 17 Apr 1829, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rebecca Stretch,   b. 25 Apr 1844, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1884 (Age 40 years)
     3. Archibald Stretch,   b. 21 Nov 1846, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1940 (Age < 93 years)
     4. Henry Stretch,   b. 23 Oct 1848, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1869, Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     5. David Stretch,   b. 08 Oct 1850, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1928, Portland, OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     6. Marion Stretch,   b. 13 Jan 1853, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Apr 1903, Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     7. Joseph Stretch,   b. 12 Apr 1855, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jun 1930, Eugene, OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     8. Mary Stretch,   b. 22 Nov 1830, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Frances Stretch,   b. 28 Jan 1832, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Thomas Cook Stretch,   b. 28 Dec 1833, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. William Stretch,   b. 24 Aug 1835, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. John Stretch,   b. 04 Feb 1837, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1918, Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     13. Janet Stretch,   b. 20 Sep 1838, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911 (Age 72 years)
     14. Richard Stretch,   b. 20 Jun 1840, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     15. James R. Stretch,   b. 24 May 1839, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933 (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F3693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Names of this family are taken from the Bible of Marion Stretch Colson. [1]

  • 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 Sherburne County, Minnesota.


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