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John Stretch

Male 1837 - 1918  (81 years)


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  • Name John Stretch  [1
    Birth 04 Feb 1837  Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 43y in 1880
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1880  Livonia, Sherburne, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    farmer; 43y 
    Reference Number 7514 
    Religion Union Congregational Church  [1
    Death 10 Aug 1918  Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7514  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 Jane Frances McCallum,   b. 16 Jul 1832, Paisley, Scotland, GBR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Oct 1918, Elk River, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1863  [1
    • or 1865?
    Children 
     1. John Alexander Stretch,   b. 19 Jan 1864, Darling, Lanark, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1944, Minneapolis, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Elizabeth A. Stretch,   b. 15 May 1866, Livonia, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1888 (Age 22 years)
     3. Mary Frances Stretch,   b. 06 Sep 1868, Livonia, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1955, Minneapolis, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     4. Alice Stretch,   b. 17 Jan 1871, Livonia, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1884 (Age 13 years)
     5. Annie May Stretch,   b. 13 Jul 1872, Livonia, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1931, Becker, MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F3699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Charles Stretch, a cousin, lived and grew up with this family after his parents divorced. His mother left for her former home in Quebec and his father was busy working in logging camps in (eastern?) Ontario. There was no legal adoption into this new family.

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

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


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