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William Herbert Stretch

Male 1875 - 1963  (87 years)


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  • Name William Herbert Stretch 
    Birth 26 Oct 1875  MN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • 4y on 22 Jun 1880
    Gender Male 
    Moved to Mar 1899  3 mi. E of, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • homesteaded
    Moved to 1944  Riverside, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Reference Number 86807 
    Death 20 May 1963  [2
    Person ID I86807  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2016 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Jennie A. Brunell,   b. 1856, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1937, Salvation Army Home, Calgary, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1874  [3
    Family ID F3717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mattie Martin,   b. 08 Apr 1879, WI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1964 (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 26 Oct 1896  White, Brookings, SD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Jewel R. Stretch,   b. 28 Jul 1898, White, Brookings, SD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Floyd Herald Stretch,   b. 15 Oct 1899, 3 mi. E of, Ponoka, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1966 (Age 66 years)
     3. Lillah Stretch
     4. Ruby Stretch
    Family ID F37863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    Herb and Mattie Stretch 189610
    Herb and Mattie Stretch 189610
    Book: "Ponoka Panorama 'Rural Ponoka'"
    Herb Stretch Family 19561026
    Herb Stretch Family 19561026
    Book: "Ponoka Panorama 'Rural Ponoka'"

  • Notes 
    • played violin for dances [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Census, American, 1880 Brookings Co. Territory of Dakota.

    2. [S324] Alberta Provincial Government, Ponoka Panorama, (Ponoka and District Historical Society, Ponoka AB, 1973), pp. 260,261.

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


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