ESSEX - 'STRANGE' AND DERIVATIVES
1. ALLEGATIONS FOR MARRIAGE LICENCES
Issued from the faculty office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London, 1543-1869
By Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester (London: Harlian Society, 1887)
1632 October 30 Thomas STRANGE, of Westham, Essex, Gentleman, bachelor, 21and upwards and Elizabeth BIWATER, daughter of Thomas BIWATER,
late of same parish, gentleman, deceased, with consent of her mother, Elizabeth BIWATER, widow of same parish at Westham aforesaid, or at Stratton Bow,
2. CENSUS
1841
Navestock
William STRANGE 35 Ag Labourer
Sarah STRANGE 35
Henry STRANGE 15 Ag Labourer
Mary STRANGE 13
Stephen STRANGE 9
William STRANGE 7
Amelia STRANGE 2
David STRANGE 5 months
Elizabeth STRANGE 70
Stephen STRANGE 30 Ag Labourer
Sarah STRANGE 11
At Centis Mill Green
Samuel STRANGE 35 Ag Labourer (married 1832 Nov 24)
Harriet Gentry STRANGE 25
Mary STRANGE 8
Elizabeth STRANGE 7
Eliza STRANGE 5
Ellen STRANGE 3
Charles STRANGE 1
Harriet STRANGE 3 mont
South Weald hamlet of Brentwood
Piece 324 Vol 8 Page 36 - High Street
Mary STRANGE 30 F/S born ESS
Piece 324 Vol 8 Page 61 - Love Lane
Susannah STRANGE 7 Not born ESS
Grays Stifford parish
Piece 324 Vol 9 Page 5 - Dog and Partridge
John STRANGE 20 Lab Not born ESS
1851
Waltham Abbey
District Holyfield
James STRANGE H 39 Ag Lab Linton Cambs
Ann STRANGE W 30 Waltham Abbey
Emma STRANGE D 6 "
William STRANGE S 3 "
James STRANGE S 2 "
Elizabeth STRANGE D 1 "
1861
Holyfield
James STRANGE H 50 Ag Lab Linton Cambs
Ann STRANGE W 40 Waltham Abbey
William STRANGE S 14 Waltham Abbey
James STRANGE S 12 Waltham Abbey(b 1849 - see 1881 Census below)
Richard G STRANGE S 9 Waltham Abbey (In Elswick, Northumberland in 1881)
Paternoster Hill Waltham Abbey residence of Thomas Bull
Emma STRANGE 16 Waltham abbey
1861 census ESSEX
EPP = EPPING RG9/1064
TYB = THEYDON BOIS RG9/1063
LGT = LOUGHTON RG9/ 1063
STRANGE MARY 45 1816 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE THOMAS 24 1837 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE HARRIET 18 1843 1063 121 LGT
STRANGE ELIZABETH 13 1848 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE SARAH 11 1850 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE MARTHA 7 1854 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE MARY ANN 9 1852 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE ROBERT 5 1856 1063 161 TYB
STRANGE JAMES 49 1812 1064 20 EPP Head born TYB
STRANGE SARAH 49 1812 1064 20 EPP Wife born EPP
STRANGE SARAH 9 1852 1064 20 EPP Dau born TYB
STRANGE G T (M) 22 1839 1064 21 EPP
STRANGE EMMA 22 1839 1064 21 EPP
STRANGE GEORGE A 4 1857 1064 21 EPP
STRANGE JOHN 49 1812 1064 32 EPP
STRANGE ELIZABETH 50 1811 1064 32 EPP
STRANGE ALFRED 12 1849 1064 32 EPP
STRANGE JOHN 10 1851 1064 32 EPP
1871
Farm Hill, Waltham Abbey
James STRANGE H 22 lab in gun powder mills b Waltham Abbey
Julia STRANGE W 18 (Nee Freshwater)
Romeland Waltham Abbey
William STRANGE 24 b 1847 Waltham Abbey lab at gun powder mill
Paternoster Hill Waltham Abbey
Thomas STRANGE H Ag lab b 1837 Epping Essex
Sarah STRANGE W b 1841 Abridge Essex
Robert STRANGE Brother b 1855 Epping servant un married
1881
Waltham Holy Cross
Source: RG11/1396/F46/P18
Dwelling: Sewardstone St,
James STRANGE H M 30 Stoker Gunpowder Mill, Waltham Abbey, ESS
Julia Elizabeth STRANGE W M 28 (nee FRESHWATER) Waltham Abbey, ESS
James William STRANGE S 9 Scholar Waltham Abbey, ESS
William Henry STRANGE S 7 Scholar Waltham Abbey, ESS
Arthur Richard STRANGE S 6 Scholar Waltham Abbey, ESS
Albert Amos STRANGE S 3 Scholar Waltham Abbey, ESS
Leonard Dinsworth STRANGE S 1 Waltham Abbey, ESS
Orsett
RG11/1754/F25/P18
Dwelling: Orsett Heath
Albert STRANGE U 26 M Gravesend, Kent, England Rel: Visitor Occ: Mariner
1901
RG13/1640/F54/P8
Amelia STRANGE Head Wid 70 b Mile End Bow
Ellen STRANGE Dau S 22 b Epping
John STRANGE Grandson 2 b Epping
Charles STRANGE Head 35 Gen Lab b Epping
Mary J STRANGE Wife 31 b Netteswell
Florence A STRANGE Dau 9 b Epping
John STRANGE Son 7 b Epping
Alfred STRANGE Son 3 b Epping
George W STRANGE Son 1 b Epping
3. PARISHES
Andleigh - St Mary the Virgin
National Burial Index
1814 Dec 07 Susan STRANGE 40
Epping
See Families below - from Brian and Karen TAYLER, nee PATTENDEN
Gosfield
A parish and village population 450 in 1957 situated 2 miles east of Halstead, nearest
market town and ecclesiastical and urban district pop c5,800 in 1957.s
Halstead
Marriages:
1783 to 1812 and 1830-1837 only checked
1801 Aug 23 Thomas Strange of Silter Ridingham widower and Sarah Bossey botp by banns
witnesses John Firbank and G Dykes
1836 Aug 14 Thomas Warren widower and Mary Strange spinster botp by William Adams, Vicar
mark of Thomas X Warren and the mark of Mary X Strange
witness mark of Thomas X Pudney and Lydia Church
Maria Hazel said in May 2007:
My husband's ancestors include Hannah Strange born c1831 in Halstead who, with siblings George
c1826 & Moses David c1835, was the child of Mary and, I believe, Thomas Strange.
I can't find the marriage of Mary & Thomas, who must have died by 1841, nor the subsequent
remarriage of Mary to Thomas Warren before 1841.
Langley
See Families below from Raelene CRAWFORD
South Benfleet - St Mary the Virgin.
National Burial Index
1777 May 13 William STRANGE
West Ham
Marriage:
1827 Sep 11 John STRANGE, widower, of Henley, co. Oxford & Amy HANCOCK, widow,by licence
(probably a third marriage of my 4th GGF
4. FAMILIES
From Sheila STRANGE (sheila.strange (at) ntlworld.com)
James STRANGE of Waltham Abbey (b c1811)
This is a summary of the records I received from Sheila A complete record of a report I assembled from her notes is available here and I would ask anyone with
connections or knowledge of Essex, especially the Waltham Abbey area, to download the file and pass any observations to me [Mike STRANGE].
There is a local history society concerned with Walham Abbey
and their web site can be found at Waltham
Abbey Historical Society
and, for an explanation of the name of Waltham Abbey / Waltham Cross,
click here.
1 James STRANGE b c1811 Linton,Cambridgeshire according to 1841, 1851, 1861 & 1871 Census;
d Q4 1864, Edmonton, Vol 3a, Page 123 (No baptism found in the Linton registers)
+ Ann TAYLOR (nee WALLEN), marriage in Cheshunt 16 Nov 1845 (both living at Windmill Lane
Cheshunt) GRO REF 1845 Q4 Edmonton Vol 3 Page 88; b c1821 Waltham Abbey;
d Q2 1892, Edmonton, Vol 3a, Page 230, aged 71
2 Emma STRANGE b 1845 Waltham Abbey
2 William STRANGE b 1847 Apr 10 Waltham Abbey; Occ: Labour at Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey
2 James STRANGE b 1849 Jan 09 Waltham Abbey, d after 1930 as Tricia has found this James
(and his second wife Sarah) residing at Seventh Ave., Monmouth, Middletown Township,
New Jersey on the Census' for 1910, 1920 AND 1930. Stoker at Gunpowder Mill 1881 Census
[To be resolved is Tricia's theory that the 1929 Nov 01 burial in Winnipeg, St James cemetery,
would have been his son James William Strange (husband of Rosa-she died in 1963). And therefore
the assigned death date for him of Feb 26, 1963 Winnipeg, was probably his son James Richard
Strange (b, 1893)]
+ (1) Julia Elizabeth FRESHWATER Jan-Mar 1871 Edmonton Re District Vol 3A Page 179
b 1853 Mar 18 at Paternoster Hill,Waltham Abbey, d July 1926, Waltham Abbey Essex
3 James William STRANGE b 3 Aug 1871, Sewardstone, Waltham Abbey, d 26 Feb 1963,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
+ Rossetta CANNON 11 Apr 1890 b 1 Aug 1871, Waltham Abbey, d 28 Feb 1943, Winnipeg
[Tricia said, "The family line of my sister Pam and me runs from Rosa Cannon's father John Cannon
who was the brother of their Great Great Grandfather Hiram Cannon. She says she has the ancestry
for Hiram and John going back another 4 generations (all in Bedfordshire) and that their
Family Tree on RootsWeb is here.]
4 Mabel Rossetta STRANGE b 12 Oct 1891, Waltham Abbey
+ 3 Oct 1922 Walter REDMAN
4 James Richard STRANGE b 17 Jan 1893, Waltham Abbey
+ (1) Edna Hope CRUNDELWELL,
+ (2) Maud MITCHELL,
+ (3) Emily, d 24 Dec 1969
4 Percy Douglas STRANGE b 17 Jun 1897, Waltham Abbey, d 13 Aug 1974
(family in Canada)
+ 27 May 1918 Irene Mona HUGGINS
4 Alebert Edward William STRANGE b 21 Feb 1901, Waltham Abbey, d 10 Jul 1901
3 William Henry STRANGE b 1873 Apr 05 Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross, Cartage
Contractor, died Ordnance Road, Emfield MDX
(Sheila's husband's grandfather. see 1881 Census above),
+ (1) Ada Rose EVERARD b 1876 Apr 09 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, died Edmonton,
London (5 in the 1881 Census at Waltham Cross)
4 William STRANGE b 1895 Edmonton District, died 11 Nov 1969, buried St Georges
Church. He was a policeman in Edmonton, North London.
+ (1) May COOPER died young
+ (2) Dolly HACK
4 Ada Rose STRANGE b 1896 Edmonton District, d age 21 (1917) Edmonton,
north London
4 Ernest James STRANGE b 1898 Edmonton District, d 1950 North Middlesex
Hospital, north London; French polisher
+ Edith Lillian Harman 1900-1948
4 Albert STRANGE b 1908, d 1967 Edmonton; French polisher of pianos
+ Mary WHITTINGTON died 1983
4 John Henry STRANGE b 1911 Oct 16, d 1969 May 23 North Middlesex Hospital,
north London; French polisher
+ Mary Rosa Susannah MARSHALL 25 June 1932, b August 1911, died 6 May 1983
Hullbridge, Essex
3 Arthur Richard STRANGE b 29 Jul 1874 Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross
3 Albert Amos STRANGE b 11 Feb 1878, Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross
3 Leonard Dinsworth b 6 Dec 1879, Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross
(Went with his father to Atlanta, USA after his father divorced)
3 Sidney Oliver STRANGE b 28 Apr 1881, Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross
3 Clifford Harrold STRANGE b 22 Aug 1884, Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross
+ (2) Sarah MASSEY they settled in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA.
James and Sarah sailed from Liverpool on the ship "City of Berlin". They arrived
at the port of New York on April 9, 1892. The passenger list recorded:
James Strange (Stoker) 43
Sarah Strange (wife) 29
Leonard Strange (child) 11
[Thanks to Tricia for that information <triciawebb[at]telus[dot]ne>]
Note Divorce from Julia Elizabeth FRSHWATER not identified but she married John
MASSEY and they had a daughter Maude MASSEY baptised 7 Dec 1890 (this is
listed in the Church Magazine of Sewardstone, Waltham Holy Cross)
2 Elizabeth STRANGE b 1850 Feb 16 Waltham Abbey
2 Richard George STRANGE b 1851 Dec 16 Waltham Abbey; Occ: 1851 Census at 323 Scotswood
Road, Northumberland, a turner and fitter - still there 1881.
From Philip Barrall 7 Jul 2002
My grandfather's sister, Caroline Barrell, born 1867 at Hutton ESSEX married Samuel STRANGE in 1892 at Stepney East London. They had six daughters;
Elizabeth, Elsie, Daisy, Mary, Rose nd Susan. Some of these children lived in Dagenham ESSEX. That's all the information I have at present.
From: "Betty Judge
In response to her letter: Dear M/s O'Keefe, I read your advert in December 2001 issue of the Australian Family Tree Connections magazine. re John & Priscella
(ABREY) STRANGE .......
Querying, STRANGE
1807 Dagenham Essex UK
1830 Dunton,Brentwood Essez UK
1849 Adelaide S.A. Aust,
1851 Sale. Victoria. Aust.
Subject: STRANGE/ Australian Family Tree.
My STRANGE ancestors were from Essex and the following is what I know about them. John Sida STRANGE was born abt 1806 in Daggenham, Essex to
Hannah (PORTER) and John STRANGE. He died in 1876 in Sale, Vic, Australia. He was married in London in abt 1831 to Priscilla AUBREY/ABREY,
daughter of Mary (OXLEY) and John AUBREY/ABREY. John, Priscilla and their children emigrated to SA on board the "Senator" in 1849 then moved to
Victoria in 1851. They had the following children:
Henry, born abt 1831 died before 1876.
Eliza, born abt 1833 in Essex, married William Kennedy in SA 1850, married Herbert Thorrowgood in Tas 1865. Died Mentone, Vic 1907.
Priscilla, born abt 1834, died between 1876 & 1886. Mary, born abt 1835 in Essex, married Stephen MILLAR (my g-g-grandfather) in Melb 1853, died Melb
1894.
Elizabeth, born Dunton, Essex abt 1837, married Reuben MILLAR (my g-g-grandfather's brother) in SA 1854, died SA 1915. John, born abt 1838, Dunton,
Essex, married Ann McARTHY nee SMITH in Sale, Vic 1875.
Caroline, born abt 1840, died before 1876. Ellen, born Dunton, Wayletts Manor, Brentwood, Essex 1841, married David HENDERSON in Melb 1858, died in
Richmond, Vic 1923. Sarah, born abt 1844 in Dunton, married Thomas Roddan ANDERSON in Vic in 1863, died Vic 1932.
I have also researched many of their descendants as some of the children had very large families. Most of John and Priscilla's children had the middle name SIDA
which I believe was a surname from a previous generation. Many of them also had the middle name ABREY or AUBREY obviously after their mother's surname.
Do any of the names sound familiar to you?
I have a very close friend whose grandmother's maiden name was Beatrice STRANGE. She was English and died in abt the mid 70s when my friend and I were
in our teens. I don't know when she came to Aust but her daughter (ie my friend's mother) is 83 years old and she was born in Aust. So, Beatrice must have
arrive in Aust before 1918. My friend and her mother visited their STRANGE relatives in England more than 20 years ago. They all live around Hampshire. Does
your husband have relatives in Hampshire?
Regards, Wendy O'Keeffe
The following from: Brian & Karen Tayler nee Pattenden
I do have a Mary A STRANGE, probably born 1884 and died 1951 Epping Registration District who married Alfred Gilbert PATTENDEN 1889 - 1956 and
had two daughters Phyllis M 1916 who married Albert E BARNARD in 1938 and Muriel R 1920 who married Herbert C LINCOLN in 1954. These are all in
Edmonton or Epping areas. I would be interested to hear if any of your group know Mary A STRANGE's birthdate and parents. Her husband is my second
cousin twice removed.
(Researching Pattenden worldwide)
From Raelene Crawford, July 2006
MY ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE STRANGE FAMILY
I am researching my husband Robert Crawford's, mother's STRANGE family, my information to date-
My husband's Gr Gr Grandfather was:
1 Henry STRANGE; Hertford, St John (at marriage)
+ Lydia PIGG 1825 31st Oct, Meesden Herts; bap 7 Apr 1805 Clavering ,Essex
(parents Thomas & Sarah (nee BURGESS) (Ref Clavering PRs)
Lydia was listed as a widow in the 1851 census for Meesden (See Hertfordshire page)
& under Berkshire Strays, did Henry once live in Berkshire?)
2 Anne b 1828 Meesden
+ Samuel GODFREY
3 Henry GODFREY
+ Louisa PALMER
3 Stella PALMER
+ Arthur WOODCOCK
4 Patricia WOODCOCK
+ Mick O'NEILL
5 Michael O'NEILL (info from Michael)
2 William STRANGE b 1832 Meesden
+ Mary b 1831 Nuthampstead, Barkway, Herts
3 Secilia STRANGE, born 1854 Anstey Hertford
3 Jemima Lydia STRANGE born 1857
3 Henry STRANGE born 1858
3 Abijah STRANGE born 1862
3 Willie STRANGE b 1865
3 Isaac STRANGE b 1870 Meesden Herts, d 1934 age 59
(founder of salvation Army band Hendon)
+ Sarah Ann KING, b 1874
4 (6 children)
2 Charles STRANGE b 1834
2 Joseph STRANGE b 1836 (My Husband's Great Grandfather) Meesden Herts;
d 12 Jul 1911 Adelaide South Australia
+ Rebecca CLARK 1857 Holy Trinity Church Adelaide South Australia;
b 9 Feb 1836 Langley Essex; d 21 Sep 1909 Adelaide
(parents John CLARK, labourer of Langley & Eliza nee COCKELL from Elmdon)
Joseph & Rebecca emigrated on the ship Violet to South Australia, arrived Port
Adelaide 14 Apr 1856 from Southampton
3 William Henry STRANGE
3 Eliza Elizabeth STRANGE
3 Louisa Mary STRANGE
3 Emily Jane STRANGE
3 Selina Anne STRANGE
3 George STRANGE
3 Jemima STRANGE
3 Joseph (Jnr) STRANGE
3 Charles STRANGE born 2 Dec 1873 South Australia(My husband's Grandfather)
+(1) Annie LENNON
4 Mary Helena STRANGE
4 Leonard STRANGE
+(2) Ada Lena BROOKS
5 Thelma STRANGE
5 Evelyn Joyce STRANGE (my Husbands mother)
(father, Clarence James CRAWFORD)
+(3) Jinnie HAY
+(4) Emma BOWMAN)
2 James STRANGE born 1838
2 Henry STRANGE born 1843 - May have migrated to South Australia - not proven yet
2.George STRANGE born 1844
Does anyone have information on the above family please?
From Cheryl
Sent: 02 Feb 2003
Could someone please help me with information re the census. In the 1901 census I can find Samuel STRANGE married to
Caroline STRANGE and their family at the time. When I go to the 1881 census Samuel no longer exists, his wife Caroline
does though under her family name of Barrell, I have checked all counties and Samuel is lost. Samuel was born around 1867
or thereabouts, he married Caroline Barrell in 1892 in Stepney East London. So if anybody has a Samuel STRANGE from Essex
in their tree I would appreciate it if you could contact me.
Ed Hanson advised:
I've just checked the index to the 1901 census and not the actual entries, but was your Samuel STRANGE the one listed as
age 37, born in Brentwood, Essex, and living at Lambeth? If so, there were at least two other STRANGE men listed as born
at Brentwood: Charles, age 35, living at Bethnal Green, a labourer; and Edward, age 29, living at Newington, warehouseman.
Going back to the online version of the 1881 census for Navestock, Essex: Samuel STRANGE, widowed, 37, b Navestock, Essex, ag.
lab..; Charles
STRANGE, son, 15, b Navestock, gag. lab..; William STRANGE, son, 14,b Navestock, gag.
lab..; Edward STRANGE, son, 9, b Navestock, scholar; Eliza
STRANGE, dau, 7, b Navestock; George Drake, brother-in- law, 32, b Navestock, gag.
lab..; Margaret Drake, sister, 33, b Navestock; Ellen R. Drake, niece,
11m, b Navestock
Navestock and Brentwood are quite close to each other, and it's possible that the men gave their birthplace as one or the other at different times--and also
possible that Samuel, Charles, and Edward were all brothers--and that Samuel had already left home by 1881 and somehow just got missed by the census taker.
Do you have a marriage certificate for Samuel & Caroline? If so, that might confirm his father's name was Samuel.
Also, did you see the posting by Philip Barrall on 7 Jul 2002 on the Essex page of the STRANGE netpage? He writes: My grandfather's sister, Caroline Barrell,
born 1867 at Hutton ESSEX married Samuel STRANGE in 1892 at Stepney East London. They had six daughters; Elizabeth, Elsie, Daisy, Mary, Rose and
Susan. Some of these children lived in Dagenham ESSEX.
Cheryl followed up with .... I have been in contact with Philip Barrell and he and I are directly linked through the Barrell line. The family he listed are the ones I
was looking for and he helped me along Caroline's line. The Brentwood one is my Samuel and I hadn't thought to look (Another satisfied "customer"!!!... Mike
STRANGE)
From Cheryl Martin on 14 Jan 2004
I have a Samuel STRANGE born 1863 in Ongar. His father was a Samuel STRANGE and his mother was Emma Crabb.
5. ODDMENTS
From: Sharon Joslin (STRANGE) on18 Feb 2002
Hi Mike, I'm from Hornchurch in Essex my brother's name is Mike STRANGE, I didn't think there was so many of you out there, only know of my own family.
My grandfather's name was Edwin STRANGE (1910) Plaistow; he married Sarah RICE (1919) Stepney. My great grandfathers name was Charles Daniel(1869) he married Hariett de ROSE (1870). I would like to find out Edwin's brothers and sisters
names.
From Helen Scerri <helenscerri[at]aol[dot]com> in January
2007
I am related to James Strange of Theydon Bois, Essex, he
is my Great Great Great Grandfather. He was born in 1822, married
Sarah Parish-Strange? and died 05 August 1870 in Bury Lane, Epping
from a lung and heart disease. His parents were John & Elizabeth
Strange both born in 1781 and died in the 1840\'s in Theydon Garnon,
Essex. His daughter (My Great Great Grandmother) was called Sarah
Strange-Parish (She double barralled her name too) and she was born
in 1849, also in Epping. She married Walter Searle in 1871, they
had 2 children together; Rose Born approx 1876 and Walter Born approx
1877 and, when he died in 1878, she married Albert Hance in
1879 (my biological G.G Grandfather). They had my Great Grandfather
in 1886 - Frederick Thomas Hance, aswell as around 5 or 6 other
children until her death in 1908.
I believe James Strange had
2 younger Brothers. He was an agricultural labourer for most of
his life until he became a Gamekeeper in the 1860's James Strange'
Parents were John & Elizabeth Strange, Both born around 1781
in Theydon Garnon. Check out my family tree at: www.tribalpages.com/tribes/helenscerri
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