KENT - 'STRANGE' AND DERIVATIVES
1. Miscellaneous
From: Betty Judge
"I have received a list of STRANGE's that Mrs Barbara Lawrence of 101 Bush Road, Cuxton, Rochester, Kent, ME21
1EY UK sent me in reply to a letter I sent to her re her STRANGE's. Barbara does not have access to a computer, so if
any of the Charlton, Cliffe, Greenwich or Lee people below are relevant to your ancestry, please contact her direct."
From Mrs. B Lawrence 1995 in the Kentish Independent for Jan 3 1852:
"Gentleman Cadet Thomas Bland STRANGE to be second Lieutenant promoted to Captain Cleveland's Company, 12th
Battalion."
Location uncertain other than the event was in Kent
Sent by Mr C Ridgewell, Orpington Kent to Mrs Barbara Lawrence 1995
1895 Feb 02 Edwin Ernest STRANGE bap son of Edwin Simpson STRANGE & Estelle
1913 May 26 Edwin Ernest STRANGE married Mary A Ford.
1983 Oct 28 Edwin Ernest STRANGE died
From Ann Hentschel, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. ann@ebtech.net
My interest is in the name Frederick Metzner STRANGE. Len METZNER from Somerset is the METZNER family
historian and Frederick Metzner STRANGE was named after Len's 3 X great-grandfather William Lloyd
METZNER. William Lloyd was a hatter in Stockwell Street Greenwich
Leonard Metzner (leonardmetzner[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk) said My Grt.Grt.Grt.Grandmother was sister of Elizabeth Bailey STRANGE
From Marg McLaughlin I have two STRANGE death certificates from Chelsea in the district of Kensington:
1838 Jul 05 at 4 Malboro Street William Strange 18 son of Thomas Strange clerk cause of death epilepsy, informant Sarah Strange
1838 Dec 21 at 4 Malboro Street Thomas Devonshire Strange 16 clerk
cause of death diseased hip informant Thomas Strange 4 Malboro Street
These boys are part of the Northampton family of Stranges; their father, Thomas Strange, then moved to Dartford, Kent where these boys were baptized. They later moved from Dartford to Chelsea
From Sally (MoominD{at}aol{dot}com)
I am researching the Strange family of
Gravesend Kent. My great x 5 grandfather was Abel Palmer, brother of
Caroline who married Charles Strange in West Malling 1842.
Charles and Caroline had 10 children and I was rather stuck with
Selina b 1853, I have now found that she died in Q1 1854 Gravesend 2a
156, which is why I couldn't find her on the 1861 census!
Charles b 1819 was in 1841 living with his grandparents Thomas and
Mary in Terrace Street Gravesend and Charles remained there through
the 1861 71 81 and 91 Census's.
Can anyone enlighten with any other information on this particular
branch of the family especially Charles parents Thomas and Elizabeth
please?
Roger Allen (rallen{at}zetnet{dot}co{dot}uk replied on 16 Feb 2005:
I am related to George Strange who was Charles's brother.
Thomas and Elizabeth are unknown quantities - as far as I know nobody
has been able to discover who they are. Your Charles father was Thomas
but his brother George's father was possibly Charles. I have looked at
the baptism records and the mother of each is just described as
Elizabeth with no Father of either mentioned. please contact me if you
want info about George.
From Ancestry's 1901 census Robert C Stenge (Robert C STRANGE) 2 in London Regents Square born Kent, Northfleet.
A Will Reference
Surname Name Parish
Date
Occupation
Strange
Henry East Greenwich 1593 proved
Shoemaker
2. Census Records
1841 - (bic = born in county, nbic = not born in county) Greenwich No. 1 Nelson Street South ???? STRANGE 48 milliner nbic Emily STRANGE 20 nbic Francis STRANGE 18 nbic Frederick STRANGE 16 nbic
Upper George Street - __?__House: Susanna STRANGE 10 orphan girl nbic Claremont Place William STRANGE 50 cowkeeper nbic William STRANGE 19 cowkeeper bic Elizabeth STRANGE 50 nbic Sarah STRANGE 20 female servant bic Louisa STRANGE 15 bic Emma STRANGE 9 bic
1851 Deptford HO107/1584/85 High Street
Martha STRANGE 18 (bc1833)
12/510?) - 11(or 17) Grove Street Susan S. STRANGE 56 (b1795) Shrewsbury visiting George and Julie SHEPHERD (Carman) and daughter Charlotte S. born in Greenwich.
Greenwich Park Street No. 14: S.A. STRANGE Serv U 25 house servant Southwold Suffolk
H107/1590/91
Living at Palace Yard John STRANGE Head M 71 Storekeeper East India Co MDX London
Sophia STRANGE Wife M 59 (nee Douglas) Hampshire
(Pat de Haer's)
Living at 83 Place (?) Yard
Ester STRANGE Lodger Wid 73 Shrewsbury
With KIBBLEWHITE family, born Shrewsbury Salop
In Officer's Quarters, Greenwich (Kent)
Henry F. STRANGE Head 28 Captain Royal Artillery Ireland
Lee
At 62 Church St, Lee Green SE 12
Thomas STRANGE Head M 34 labourer Eltham Kent
Mary STRANGE Wife M 38 Newington Surrey
Oliver STRANGE Son 3 Lee Green
Emily STRANGE Dau 1 Lee Green
1861 Cliffe
18 Church St Cliffe, Kent
(Note: Cliffe is a hamlet on the Thames Estuary, not a parish)
George STRANGE Head 26 Bricklayer Lab Cholsey
Elizabeth STRANGE Wife 23 Lambeth
Louisa STRANGE Dau 4 Cliffe
Thomas STRANGE Son 3 Cliffe
George STRANGE Son 8m Cliffe
Susannah BRADSHAW M/L 60 (deaf) Islington
Eliza HARMER 34 M Nurse Kent Longfield
1871 Maidstone
All Saints.
RG10/0943/90/20. Schedule 107 - 21 Gabriels Hill. Wm STRANGE Head M 23 Clothier Beds Luton Mary STRANGE Wife M 24 -- Beds Luton Emily RAMSAY Sister M 30 -- Beds Luton Emily STRANGE Dau - 1 -- Beds Luton Clara RAMSAY, Niece - 2 -- Beds Luton George STRANGE Brother - 14 Clothier Assistant Beds Luton Frank SIMPSON Boarder U 21 Clothier Assistant Kent Maidstone Emma BENTALL Serv U 19 General Servant Essex Felstead
1881 Bromley 0854/5 at 17 Bromley Rd. Bromley Kent
Thomas A STRANGE Head M 55 Gardener Eltham Kent
Elizabeth STRANGE Wife M 61 Walworth Surrey
Amelia SANGER Lodger Wid 71 Dressmaker Bromley Kent 0854/5 at 18 Palace Road
Thomas A STRANGE Head M 25 Gardener Eltham Kent
Susan STRANGE Wife M 29 Kensington MDX
Alice STRANGE Dau 4 Bromley Kent
Ethel STRANGE Dau 2 Bromley Kent
Eleanor STRANGE Dau 5 months Bromley Kent Charles ROTHWELL Boarder 30 Decorator Rochdale Yorkshire. Charlton -1741/118 (Query the Piece No)
Margaret STRANGE Head M 29 Visitor Canada
John Robert STRANGE Son 10 Gib
Mary STRANGE Dau 8 Gib
William STRANGE Son 6 Gib.
Victor STRANGE Son 4 Ireland
Florence Margaret STRANGE Dau 2 Colchester Essex.
Dartford, Kent (Holy Trinity)
Marriages: 1813 to 1837
1823 Nov 29 William GROSS Charlotte STRANGE Deptford St Paul - 0711/63
Mary STRANGE Head Wid 34 D Lodging House Greenwich Kent
Helen Maud STRANGE Dau 12 Scholar Stepney Middlesex
Charles A STRANGE Son S 16 Accountants C+ Walworth Surrey. Frant 1049/90
Amelia STRANGE s 29 Nurse domestic to Ernest O Copeland Wokingham Berkshire Greenwich Union Workhouse 1727/76
Edward STRANGE inmate s 18 Bricklayer Lab Greenwich Kent Greenwich 0721/16
Albert V STRANGE Lodger S 29 Compositor R+ Bristol GLS 0725/46
Louise MILES Head
Fanny STRANGE Sister S 58 Principal lad+ Clapton MDX Hawkhurst 0940/57
Marion STRANGE S 25 Housekeeper MDX London Lee - 0731/7 at 1 Northbrook Road
Caroline STRANGE Serv S ?? Dom servant Lambeth Surrey Milton In Gravesend 0871/41 Page 18 at 31 Queen St Census Place
George STRANGE Head M 57 China Dealer Gravesend Kent Ann STRANGE Wife M 44 Sneinton Nottingham
Elizabeth STRANGE Dau U 34 Gravesend Kent
Emily M. STRANGE Dau U 20 Gravesend Kent
Ethel B. STRANGE Dau 3 Gravesend Kent 0871/52
Charles STRANGE Head M 61 Fruiterer Gravesend Kent (probably the brother of George, the father of Albert the artist)
Caroline STRANGE Wife M 60 West Malling Kent
Hariett STRANGE Dau S 31 Gravesend Kent
Alice STRANGE Dau S 23 Gravesend Kent
Clara STRANGE Dau S 21 Gravesend Kent
0871/ 54 Page 44 at 29 Terrace St George STRANGE Head M 37 Fruiterer Milton N Gravesend Kent Mary STRANGE Wife M 36 Lambeth Surrey
Charles A. STRANGE Son 3 Milton N Gravesend Kent
Stanley H. STRANGE Son 2 Milton N Gravesend Kent 0875/123 in "V. Universe" Arthur STRANGE S 20 Second Mate Gravesend Kent
(Probably Arthur Reuben, eldest son of Charles and Caroline at 0871/52, Milton in Gravesend) Minster in Thanet 0983/131 - "Isle of Thanet" Mary STRANGE Inmate Wid 85 Laundress St Lawrence Kent Newington in Milton 1974/41/6 (Query the Piece No) at Newington St
Henry STRANGE Lodger S 19 Farm Lab. MDX London Plumstead - 0750/7 Mary A STRANGE S 22 Ladies Maid U+ Sevenoaks Kent Ramsgate 0987/111
Rose STRANGE Servant S 17 Domestic Ramsgate Kent 0988/74
Sarah STRANGE Head wife 37 Fisherman's wife Ramsgate Kent
Sarah A STRANGE Dau 13 Monitor at A+ Ramsgate Kent
Emily J STRANGE Dau 8 Scholar Ramsgate Kent
Robert G STRANGE Son 6 Scholar Ramsgate Kent
Lillian A STRANGE Dau 4 Ramsgate Kent
Charlotte STRANGE Dau 1 Ramsgate Kent
0992/30 - V "Mary Flower" Robert STRANGE M 39 Master Ramsgate Kent
James INKERMAN M 21 mate Ramsgate Kent
Seasalter 0985/54
Elizabeth STRANGE Head Wid 57 Housekeeper Kings Deighton Devon
Kate STRANGE Dau S 22 Teacher of P+ b Kingston on Thames Surrey
Lily STRANGE Dau S 17 Pupil Teacher Kingston on Thames Surrey
0985/101
Lucy STRANGE S 53 Schoolmistress Chelsea MDX Speldhurst 0912/76
Felton STRANGE Head Wid 50 Builder etc Speldhurst Kent
Edward STRANGE Son 6 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Owen STRANGE Son 4 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Ellen STRANGE Dau 3 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Strood 0883/184 in "V-"Cyrus" John STRANGE S 15 Apprentice Fifehade Dorset. Tonbridge 0913/80
Eliza STRANGE Head Wid 50 Dressmaker Tunbridge Wells Kent
Nicholas STRANGE Son S 22 Accountant Tunbridge Wells Kent
Annie STRANGE Dau S 18 Assistant Tunbridge Wells Kent
Clara STRANGE Dau S 14 Assistant Tunbridge Wells Kent
ditto Caroline STRANGE Dau 9 Scholar Tunbridge Wells Kent 0913/90
Edwin S STRANGE Head M 29 Builders Clerk Tunbridge Wells Kent
Eliza J J STRANGE Wife M 31 Biddenden Kent
Alfred H STRANGE Son 5 Tunbridge Wells. Kent
Sydney STRANGE Son 3 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Ernest G STRANGE Son 2 Tunbridge Wells Kent 0913/97
George STRANGE Head Wid 68 Carpenter Tunbridge Wells
Minnie STRANGE Dau S 20 Milliner Tunbridge Wells Kent
0915/15
George R STRANGE Head M 36 Carpenter & Joiner Chelmsford Sussex
Charlotte STRANGE Wife M 32 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Percy L F STRANGE Son 9 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Edith G STRANGE Dau 6 Tunbridge Wells Kent
Albert F STRANGE Son 3 mths Tunbridge Wells Kent 0916/131 at 17 Vernon Road
Frank STRANGE Head M 28 Plasterer Tunbridge Wells
Alice E STRANGE Wife M 25 East Farleigh
Frank R STRANGE Son 4
Grace E A STRANGE Dau 1
John ROBERTS father-in-law widower 69 Gardener (jobbing) East Farleigh
[From David Roberts My only connection with STRANGE is through the marriage of my
great-grandfather's brother John ROBERTS to Alice STRANGE]
Woolwich - 0745/85
Charles STRANGE S 22 Royal Driver Perton Devon [See Essex for a stray:
Albert STRANGE U 26 M Gravesend, Kent, England Rel: Visitor Occ: Mariner]
1891 From Les Curwood (researching STRANGE from Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire, Windsor Berkshire,
Dymock and Tetbury Gloucestershire, and now Bromley Kent) Bromley Parliamentary Borough of Sevenoaks. Ecclesiastical District of St. Peter & St. Paul. RG12, Piece 0628, Folio 91, Page 57, Schedule 346, 64 & 65 High Street.
James STRANGE Head Marr 32 Grocer's Assistant Berks Windsor
Mary E STRANGE Wife Marr 31 Berks Windsor
Elizabeth M STRANGE Dau 5 Kent Bromley
Gertrude A K STRANGE Dau 4 Kent Bromley
Dora STRANGE Dau 2 Kent Bromley
Kezia EVERARD Mother-in-law Wid 55 Living on own means Berks Aston
Information on this family :- James STRANGE (born: Jul-Sep 1858) is the son of James STRANGE (17/05/1819 - 1/07/1889) and Elizabeth WICKS (before 20/04/1817 - 10/04/1885) He married Mary Eliza EVERARD Jul-Sep 1884 in Windsor Berkshire. James STRANGE (born: Jul-Sep 1858) is my great-granduncle. James STRANGE (1819 - 1889) and Elizabeth WICKS (1817-1885) are my 2nd great-grandparents.
Tonbridge Municipal Borough of Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Borough of Tonbridge Ecclesiastical District of St. James's. RG12/0679/65/11 - Schedule 74 - 127 Stone St. Frank STRANGE Head M 38 Plasterer Kent Tunbridge Wells Alice Elizabeth STRANGE Wife M 35 Kent East Farleigh Frank Reginald STRANGE Son 14 Errand Boy Kent Tunbridge Wells Florence Ethel Annie STRANGE Dau 11 Scholar Kent Tunbridge Wells Ernest Victor Brooks STRANGE Son 2 Kent Tunbridge Wells
3. Parishes Charlton St. Luke's Parish Church Marriages 1750 Jun 21 Samuel STRANGE of St Luke's, Charlton Kent, m Elizabeth BAYLEY of St George the
Martyr, Southwark, Surrey at Morden College, Blackheath Surrey 1835 Feb 24 Mary Ann STRANGE m Gothiel Louis SCHEDDRIGHT, wit's Wm. Carver & Will Fieldwick
Dartford
From Marg McLaughlin - STRANGE of Dartford, Kent and London - 21 Nov 2004
I have been following up on the family of Thomas Strange in Kent. He is the son of Thomas and
Charlotte of Kettering and the grandson of the Rev Thomas Strange of Kilsby. LDS film 0596906
for Lowfield St Chapel, Dartford has the following baptisms; all are children of Thomas and
Sarah Strange:
1811 Feb 09 Mary Strange
1813 Jun 23 Sarah Strange
1915 Jul 17 John Strange
1818 Jan 05 Charlotte Strange
1822 Nov 06 Thomas Devonshire Strange
1825 May 18 David James Strange
1827 Nov 23 Abraham Strange
On the same film is information for Zion Chapel of Dartford:; "The annexed or accompanying Book is (or are) the original Register Book Baptisms which as been kept for the Chapel or Meeting-house called Zion Chapel being the Independent denomination, situate in Dartford in the County of Kent founded about the year 1792. The Book sent has been time to time in the custody of the Managers for the time being of the Congregation, and is (or are) sent to the Commissioners from the immediate custody of myself of 38 Watney St Commercial Road in the County of Middlesex late of Dartford in the County of Kent who has kept it (or them) since 1st of Jany 1838 signed Thomas Strange Trustee or Officer" Also on the film are a questionnaire which he has filled out plus an explanation of what has happened to Zion Chapel and a few baptisms one of which is for William Strange son of Thomas and Sarah (Devonshire) Strange who was born June 30th and baptised August 6th 1820.
Deptford - St Luke's Church Parish
Marriage
1881 Apr 12 Fanny Margaret STRANGE dau John Christopher STRANGE born 30 April 1858 m Henry CLARK (On family tree date is Aug 21 1881) Barbara's G/grandparents Deptford - St Paul & St Nicholas
National Burials Index: 1796 Feb 14 William STRANGE 1801 Dec 23 Elizabeth STRANGE 1802 Jun 14 Elizabeth STRANGE 1818 Apr 06 Eleanor STRANGE 3 Eltham
Bishop's Transcripts of St John's Church
Christenings of children of John & Esther STRANGE of Eltham
1818 May 10 James STRANGE son
1820 Sep 03 Emma STRANGE daughter
1824 Sep 19 Eleanor STRANGE daughter
From "bluesey69" <clogger@lramp.com> I have inherited a family tree showing my g.g.grandfather, Alfred George Wass (b. Hull 1844) married to Mary Eleanor Strange. They appear in the 1871 and 1881 censuses (as Mary H. in 1881), with Mary's birthplace as Eltham, Kent c.1844. I wonder if there is a connection with the three christenings here? From the 1841 census I have, I think, established a sad but not uncommon tale. Eleanor Strange is given as female servant, living in Lee Green with Joseph Blackham, tailor, aged 60. BMD gives a Mary Eleanor Blackham b.1844 registered in Lewisham. In 1851 Eleanor is shown as Joseph's wife, with a daughter Eleanor, aged 7. In 1861 the daughter is named as Mary, daughter of Joseph. Mary Eleanor Strange married Alfred Wass in 1864. Either Joseph did the wrong thing with his servant, and then supported her and her child, or she went astray elsewhere and he took her on. Either way I think I have made the connection to the Christenings above. Esther (or Ester) is widowed with a son Thomas in 1841. Thomas also appears on this site in the Kent Strays. Esther was born in Shrewsbury. Does anyone know of the Shrewsbury Stranges, or where John may have originated from?
Gravesend Apprenticed Waterman 1860 April 13, for 5 years. George STRANGE of Gravesend, apprenticed to Wm. George Martin, Master, deed ref 2878
See Families section below
Greenwich St. Alphege's Church Registers and Bishop's Transcripts Baptisms: 1814 Jul 31 John Willis son William & Elizabeth STRANGE, Strait's Mouth, Labourer 1816 Apr 14 Mary Ann dau William & Elizabeth STRANGE, Roan Row, Greenwich b 1816 Mar 1, lab 1818 Aug 08 Sarah Elizabeth dau William & Elizabeth STRANGE, Roan St, b 1818 Jul 6, lab 1821 Dec 03 William James son William & Elizabeth STRANGE; Roan Street; lab b 1821 Jul 9 1825 Sep 26 Louisa dau of William & Elizabeth STRANGE; Roan Street;labourer; b Nov 16 1824 1829 Aug ?? Eliza STRANGE dau Wm. & Elizabeth STRANGE, Cowkeeper, private, born 1829 Aug ??
1832 May ?? Emma STRANGE dau of Wm. & Elizabeth STRANGE, Cowkeeper, 1832 Mar 11 born 1845. The family were living in Cottage Buildings Greenwich paying poll Tax. Marriage: 1813 Oct Matthew HART otp wid & Elizabeth STRANGE otp, spinster, by banns by J.P.GEORGE, Curate; Wits Maria DARBY and James SMITH Burials: 1818 Apr 07 Phillis STRANGE, Poor House, 50 years 1830 Jul 22 Eliza STRANGE; Roan Street; 1 year 1832 Feb 24 William STRANGE; workhouse; age 64 years Greenwich - Christchurch Baptism: 1873 Sep 18 William Silas STRANGE son of Susan STRANGE single woman.
Isle of Thanet
Marriage:
1846 May 17 William John STRANGE (b 1824 Wiltshire, d 1870) and Caroline TAPERNOUX, b 1830 )
See Wiltshire page for family at Winterbourne Bassett.
Helen Habergham and Sara have George Walter Strange bap.
23 June 1833 St. Laurence Thanet. son of Thomas Strange b.Winterbourne
Basset Wiltshire 1796.died 1866 Greenwich Navy Pensioner Thanet.
Tunbridge Wells See separate page for extracted details from Ed Hanson
From Marida Strange Taggerty Victoria Australia 1995 A Kathleen STRANGE is writing a book on STRANGES in Tunbridge Wells area.(1994)
Woolwich Bishops Transcripts of Woolwich Parish Church Marriage: 1832 Mar 11 Elizabeth STRANGE married Job Joseph West after banns.
4. Families
From Marg McLaughlin (msmclaughlin(at)telus(dot)net) STRANGE - CHATHAM KENT
- 11 Nov 2004
I am following up on information for the family of Rev Thomas
Strange of Kilsby, Northants. His son John lived in Chatham Kent prior
to moving to Yelvertoft Northants to be with his sisters. In John's will
he states, "my body I desire may be interred in the same grave with my
late dear wife (to wit in the grave no 6 under Zion Chapel Clover Street Chatham
Kent)." LDS film 0596905 has a listing of the "Persons interred in
the burial ground Zion Chapel Clover Street Chatham".
1831 Feb 24 Sarah
Strange 67
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Contact Barry Taylor if you think you have a connection; with the Albert Strange who became
yacht designer and artist 1855-1917. He was one of the foremost designers of small cruising
yachts and his craft, acknowledged to be of classic quality were, and still are, sought by
small boat sailors and builders on many countries. His designs, and his writings on the subject, contributed significantly to the evolution of the seaworthy cruising yacht. He had a
lifelong career in art, exhibiting many times at the Royal Academy, and turned to yacht design
as an activity complementary to his love of small boat sailing. His talents were numerous yacht
designer, artist, fly fisherman, raconteur, writer, and experienced cruising yachtsman, often
single-handed. To find out more about an association dedicated to him click here. There are
two books about him:
1. "Albert Strange, Yacht Designer and Artist 1855-1917" by John Leather, published by the
Albert Strange Association in 1990. ISBN # 0 946270 732.
2. Albert Strange on Yacht Design, Construction and Cruising, by James Clay & Mark Miller,
again published by the Albert Strange Association in 1999. ISBN # 09526160 0 9.
In Appendix 4 of Reference 1 above there is a family tree; it states in Chapter 2 that Albert
was born at 30 Queen Street, Gravesend and that his father George L'Strange, was a shopkeeper
of uncertain lineage, whose forebears may have been immigrants from Europe, etc. Here is
Albert's lineage as updated by an Susan Allen (rallen(at)zetnet(dot)co(dot)uk) who has George
STRANGE as one of her ancestors and says that the tree in John Leather's book bears some
inaccuracies.
There is further information on a separate page here
1 Elizabeth STRANGE1
2 Charles STRANGE bap 1819 Jan 29, Milton
+ Caroline Palmer 1842 Oct 10 West Malling (this shows Charles Strange, fruiterer)
3 George born 1843 Aug 7, hap 1843 Aug 27 St Peter & St Paul, Milton by Gravesend + Mary MOSLYOR or PATTERSON possibly in 1877
3 Elizabeth bap 29 Mar 1846, Holy Trinity, Milton by Gravesend 3 Eliza bap 1847 Sep 26, Holy Trinity, Milton by Gravesend 3 Hariett born c1850 (from 1881 census), bap 1849 Aug 19 Harriet,
Holy Trinity, Milton by Gravesend
3 Charles bap 1851 Apr 9, Holy Trinity Milton by Gravesend 3 Selina bap 1853 Mar 06, Holy Trinity Milton by Gravesend 3 Albert born 1855 Mar 11 (NOT the Boat Builder)
+ Fanny LILLEY
Apprenticed lighterman 1873 Dec 9 of Gravesend, Kent to Thomas Forso 9 March 1880
3 Alice born c1858 from 1881 census, bap 1857 Oct 18 Alice, Holy Trinity,
Milton by Gravesend
3 Clara bap 1859 Oct 16, Holy Trinity Milton by Gravesend
3 Arthur Reuben bap 1861 Oct 06 Holy Trinity Church, Milton by Gravesend;
Apprenticed lighterman 1877 Jul 10 to George DOUST
+ Emily BELSON 1894
2 George STRANGE bap 1825 May 11, St Peter & St Paul, Milton by Gravesend
Note 1: Parents shown on IGI only as Elizabeth STRANGE
Note 2: Reputed to have carried the name L'STRANGE but dropped later on his marriage, no
evidence found so far.
Note 3: Shopkeeper and dealer in china and general hardware
Note 4: Recorded as having three wives married his third wife Ann Blundell (a widow) at
Holy Trinity, Nottingham on 18th April 1876. Her father was William Kelsall a
tailor, and his father Thomas Strange a shoe-maker. Interestingly the son of the
Blundell marriage went to America. Apparently he was an antique dealer and was
connected with the White House. His name may have been Henry. Ann met George
when she was a nurse at St. Thomas's Hospital, and she married him then.
Note 5: His three marriage certificates show his father as Thomas Strange Shoemaker
+(1) Eliza BRAZIER 1845 Dec 25 Gillingham
3 Elizabeth birth 1846 Dec 04 became a nurse and later sister in London hospital
3 Charles birth 1848 Sep 28 ) Perhaps they changed the name because a child was then
3 George bap 1848 Oct 22 ) baptised or it could be that the wrong name was written
on the baptism document, or there may have been a twin but
this is unlikely I think. Charles became a river pilot
+ (2) Sarah Eliza JARMAN 1854 Feb 13
Note:1 Second name seen in one source as Elizabeth, all others show her as Eliza
3 Albert George STRANGE born 30 Queen St, Gravesend 1855 Jul 24; bap 1855 Jul 29 (?)
Holy Trinity; d 1917 Jul 11, buried Hutton Buscel, YKS (The boat builder and artist).
He was in France from 1875 to 1880 to learn his craft as a painter. In 1882 he became
headmaster of a government school of art in Scarborough.
+ Julia Louisa WOOLARD 1882 Aug 2, St Peter's, Maidstone (a member of the Quakers)
4 Dorothy STRANGE 1884 - 1912; buried Hutton Buscel, YKS
4 George Frederick STRANGE 1886-1967; Solicitor
+ Elsie SIMPKIN
4 Albert Richard Hugh "Dick" 1898-????; Army career
3 Frederick William Andrews STRANGE bap 1857 Apr 19 Trained at Canterbury died 1910/11
British Chaplain, Port Said, Egypt There is a hospital there named after him, and
Susan has some correspondence from Canterbury re him
+ Annie (NK)
3 Emily Mary STRANGE bap 1860 Jul 01, died 1951
+ Jack CLAYTON
3 Florence Sarah born 1862 May 16, died 1945 Jan 31
+ Edward CADDY 1860 May 7, died 1921 Nov 15 he had a naval career
....... family descends to Susan ALLEN
+ (3) Ann BLUNDELL, widow, nee KELSALL 1876 Apr 18, Nottingham
nurse at St Thomas's Hospital.
3 Ethel Blanche born c1877; died c1968
+ Harry HART c1900 London City.
2 Florence Sarah STRANGE bap 1862 Jun 08; died 1918, Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich
Susan said, "I have lots more information if anybody is interested, and I would like to
know more about the Blundell family. (I think they were antique dealers in USA connected to
the White House, according to tradition)."
A sibling of Albert George STRANGE (boatbuilder) seemingly went to Bristol but I do not know
which one; see my Gloucestershire page; Families section - Mike
From Rita Bott <rebott@yahoo.com>
I am having my ancestors researched
and there is some sort of connection to the family of Edward Jeffery Strange
of Speldhurst; found in the 1851 census. My great-great granduncle,
Henry William Matthew Meade, visited Tunbridge Wells in 1853 and visited with
"Uncle and Aunt S" who must be these Stranges who were living at,
as he wrote, Nevill Lodge.
Probate Index
1869 Edward Jeffrey Strange. Effects under £9.000.
Resworn at the Stamp Office, May 1872, under £7,000. 5 March. The
Will with a Codicil of Edward Jeffery Strange late of Tonbridge Wells
in the County of Kent Plumber Painter and Glazier deceased who died 8 December
1868 at Tunbridge Wells aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry
by the oaths of Edward Fry Loof of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid Watchmaker
and Silversmith and Thomas Hilder Delves of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid
Wine and Ale Merchant the Executors.
[Note: Edward Jeffrey Strange (1803-68)
was the son of Edward Hilder Strange and Jane (Jeffrey) Strange,
of Tunbridge Wells; Jane's father was a stonemason.
Later but in the same locality:
1940 Maude Helen Strange of Cadogan
House Tunbridge Wells (wife of Edward Jeffery Strange) died 19 Jan 1940
at Lonsdale Nursing Home Tunbridge Wells. Probate London 5 March to the
said Edward Jeffery Strange retired builder and contractor. Effects £5640.3s.3d.
1942 Edward Jeffery Strange of Cadogan House Cadogan-gardens Tunbridge Wells died 24 Dec 1941. Probate Llandudno 27 March to Frank Bausor Bending builder and Sidney Bartrum Herington bank accountant. Effects £25236.9s.2d.
Larry Button" <arsenal@sympatico.ca> December 2005
My interested in the surname STRANGE is limited but is as follows:
I found one of my ancestors - Mary Ann BUTTON (b. Woolwich 28 Jul 1849) in the
1881 census residing at "The Parade", Neville Lodge, Speldhurst Kent.
[Today this area is part of 'The Pantiles' an upscale shopping area in Tunbridge
Wells].
The head of the household was Mary S. STRANGE 78, widow, born Oxford Street,
London.
Also at that address were here son Orlando STRANGE, unmarried, age
32, printer and a granddaughter Edith HARRINGTON age 16.
Mary STRANGE's occupation was draper. Mary Ann BUTTON and another young woman Emily DAVEY were "boarders" and both gave their occupation as "shopman draper."
As mentioned from photos today 'The Pantiles' appears fairly upscale. Back in 1880, looking at Mary STRANGE's neighbours listed in the census, it seems to have been fairly well-to-do also - for example, George ABBOTT, dentist and Thomas D. KER Maj Gen (retired) Bombay Army.
Re Mary S. STRANGE, I did find a reference to a death in the IGI under this name for 1883.
Phil Scott-Smith <petrocrab@yahoo.com> Jan 2006
My g-g-g-grandfather
was Edward Hilder Strange (1772-1823) of Tunbridge Wells. His daughter,
Sarah Ashdown Strange (1802-69), was my g-g-grandmother. She married twice:
to my g-g-grandfather William Emary and, widowed, to Benjamin Brissenden. Her
daughter was Harriet (Emary) Roberts (1830-99). Harriet's youngest child
was my grandmother, Kate Roberts (1867-1944). Kate and her husband Alfred
William Smith immigrated to the USA in 1893. My Dad, Charles Alfred Scott-Smith
(1910-79) was their youngest child.
I have seen copies of cousin Charles Hilbert Strange's family history [a copy of the revised 1994 edition is available to us but cannot be made available for download due to copyright], but most likely the above information was "lost" to him and the rest of the Family Strange. Anyway, that's a brief sketch of where we fit in. There are lots of cousins on this branch as well - all descended from Sarah Ashdown Strange!
I recently received images of painted portrait miniatures of
the three generations in direct lineage:
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| Edward Strange (1737-1807);
father of Edward Hilder Strange (and several other children).
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| Edward
Hilder Strange (1772-1823) |
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| Jane (Jeffrey) Strange (1780-1831) |
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| Sarah Ashdown Strange (1802-1869) eldest child of Edward Hilder and Jane (Jeffrey) Strange. |
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Jane (Strange) Delves (1805-59) one of Sarah Ashdown Strange's younger sisters (the next eldest). She married Joseph Delves in 1829, and had several children. |
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Joseph Delves (1805-1871) According to the 1841 Census, he was a butcher. |
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All six of the above portraits hung in my parents' house for decades. The only one that was clearly identified was that of Edward Strange (1737-1807). I remember the day that my Aunt Hilda gave the portrait to Dad (around 1959). She told me it was "a picture of a picture of a picture". She had written ample information about E.S. on the back. The original is an oil portrait, painted circa 1800 (judging from E.S.'s depicted age). It is specifically mentioned in Charles Hilbert Strange's history, "The Family of Strange". The painting has been in the Newton family of Pennsylvania for generations; they also are descended from E.S. and his wife, Ann (Taylor) Strange (1751-1803). Soon, I hope to contact the painting's current holder (one of our cousins), and obtain a digital color image to replace the old photo. The photocopied portraits of Edward Hilder Strange (1772-1823), Jane (Jeffrey) Strange (1780-1831) and Sarah Ashdown Strange (1802-1869) were all in one frame - but exactly who they depicted remained a mystery for many years. It probably wasn't until recently, when the photos were taken out of their frame for copying, that all three names were discovered on the backings! The three originals were hand-painted miniatures, very common in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were often worn as brooches. Most likely, our cousins in England still have them. Charles Emary Roberts (my g-uncle), sent the photo set of the three miniatures to his sister Elizabeth Roberts in Brooklyn (NY), sometime in the 1920's or 30's. I don't know who gave the photos to Dad after Aunt Liz died. The two black and white photos derive from a matched pair of original, early 1850's photo-portraits, probably on glass. There was writing on the backs of the frames, but it was very hard to decipher. It was clear that they were someone's G-Aunt and G-Uncle, but the surname gave me fits for years! The problem was with the initial letter of the name: it was written in a very old-fashioned and florid style. The best I could make of it was "Yelves". The last five letters most definitely are "_elves". What I took to be a "Y" actually is a poorly written "D" in the old-fashioned script. What cinched it is the mention of their marriage in "The Family of Strange". Thus, the couple is Jane (Strange) Delves (1805-59), and Joseph Delves (1805-1871).
Rae Fether said, The pictures and The Family of Strange document
from the 1920's were perhaps this was the basis for the booklet
later privately published by Charles Hilbert Strange in 1946,
"The Stranges of Tunbridge Wells"? I recently
saw a copy in the SOG. My 3 x great grandfather was James
Strange (1792 -1824) a plumber, and painter of 376 Oxford Street,
who according to the booklet, was the twelfth and last child
of Edward Strange (1737 - 1807). Although I have proof of
his death in December 1824 (an administration and estate duty register
only), I had not been able make a cast iron connection with
Edward of Tunbridge Wells. James married Elizabeth Bailey Thompson
at St James Piccadilly[Rae Fether advises that James married Frances
BaileyThompson], Westminster, on 26 October 1816 but all the witnesses were on the brides side. There were
five children all baptised at St James Piccadilly, Westminster,
which are in the IGI and have been checked at the Westminster Record
Office. James's abode is given as Oxford Street and
later as Wardour Street.
James Thompson Strange, my 2 x great
grandfather, b 25 July 1817 d 21 April 1869.
Julia Ann, b 25
March 1819 d 1819
Emily Mary, b15 March 1820 d ?
Francis Thompson,
b 14 May 1823 d 27 November 1893
Frederick Metzner, b 28 December
1824 d 1886
Strangely there is another IGI entrance for a Francis Thompson
Strange "born about 1818" to James Strange and Miss Thompson
in Tunbridge Wells with no other details but submitted by
a "LDS member.
There is another possible connection though;
the eldest daughter of Edward Strange, Ann Constant married Richard
Mathew from London and had a daughter Mary Strange Mathew (1802
- 1883) who according to the 1881 Census was born in Oxford Street
London. She married her cousin Edward Jeffrey Strange (1803 -1868),
a plumber by trade, becoming Mary Strange Strange, later a
successful milliner and draper in Tunbridge Wells. Mary's birth
is in the IGI and in the parish registers of St Mary's, Marylebone
Road which covers the north side of Oxford Street. I plan to check
on this to see if there's an address.
James's older sister Caroline,
according to Charles Hilbert Strange, married Barnaby Maddan; this
was on 21 March 1811 also at St Mary's Marylebone and by licence
which said they were both of the parish.
The mother of Elizabeth
Bailey Thompson, Mary Clementson, had two leaseholds in Oxford Street,
numbers 343 and 344, and was in directories as a "Silk and Men's
Mercer" at no 344 around 1817 (previously in her husbands name
William Clementson who died in 1809).
Cousin Phil responded with, "Yes, "The Family of Strange"
history is the original version (1920), written by Charles Hilbert
Strange. I also have an updated edition (1994) of the 1920
history, and it incorporates "The Stranges of Tunbridge Wells".
I will post that as well, just as soon as I can scan it. I
find both versions useful.
The 1994 edition traces only some
of the descendants of James Strange (1792-1824) and Frances Thompson,
and does not mention James Thompson Strange by name. The lineage
traced is that of Francis Thompson Strange and C.M.R Boodyer (married
in 1823). There is, however, an unexpanded reference to "several
sons", one of whom was the proprietor of Strange's A1 Crystal
Oil. - Was that he (JTS, your x2 great-grandfather)?
My
g-g-grandmother was Sarah Ashdown Strange (Edward Hilder and Jane
Strange's eldest child). She married my g-g-grandfather William
Emary in 1826, and had one child: my g-grandmother Harriette. Then,
widowed, Sarah married Benjamin Brissenden in 1834 (no children,
as far as I know) and none of this is in the booklet, either:
Ironically,
it seems that my family line may have preserved the only copies
of the ancestral images I alluded to previously.
Rae gave further information:
I would very much like
to find the parish records for the births of Edward Strange's twelve
children. They are not on the IGI. Of James Strange's (1792
- 1824) sons, Frederick Metzner, the youngest, was an "oilman"
and "tallow merchant" in various directories, so he most
likely was the proprietor of Stranges's A1 Crystal Oil. The
newspaperdetectives.co.uk website indexing names, incidents, adverts
etc in The Surrey Advertiser for the years 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867
and the first three months of 1872 brought up following:
January,
February and March of 1872 S and W Tudor, 17 College Hill London,
Wholesaler for Strange's A1 Crystal Oil Gill & Carling, Ironmongers,
Guildford, Agents for Strange's A1 Crystal Oil
The oldest son, James Thompson (1817-1869), my 2 x great grandfather was a private mathematical tutor, then a maths master at the Putney College for Civil Engineers. However by the birth of his second child, he was licensed victualer of The Duke of Marlborough pub, near Tottenham Court Road London and later a successful wine merchant. I can't imagine quite how he made that transition.
His oldest son my great grandfather,James Walter Strange (1847 -1915) took over the wine business, married Emily Jones in 1871, and had three children James Walter Bailey (1872-1951), Percy (1876 -1959) my grandfather and Emily Beatrix (1879-1940).
I am sure somewhere, I am going to find that conclusive link back to Edward Strange of Tunbridge Wells; most probably my 4 x great grandfather through his youngest son James (1792-1824) my 3 x great grandfather. However, Edward's picture is starting to remind me of my grandfather who also smoked a pipe!
Elizabeth Bailey Thompson's sister, Mary Thompson, married William Lloyd Metzner 11 December 1814, St James Westminster. He was a mercer and hatter of Stockwell Street Greenwich and his descendant Len Metzner is the Metzner family historian. Mother of the Thompson girls was Mary Clementson (1768-1838) a draper, silk and mens mercer of 343 Oxford Street. In her will she left an estate of £9.345 including the leaseholds of nos 343 and 344 Oxford Street equally to her four children.
James Strange is listed in directories as a plumber, painter and glazier of 376 Oxford Street from 1817 to 1820 and later at 121 Wardour Street (nearby). It would be very interesting to know where he got his apprenticeship, whether in London or Tunbridge Wells.
Ed Hanson posted a very comprehensive document about the Strange
Family of Tunbridge Wells, on the e-group on 18 May 2005, incorporating
information from Charles Hilbert's 1946 booklet and many other sources;
I attach a copy in case you had not see it. But briefly, the children
of James Strange and Elizabeth are as follows:
1. James
Thompson Strange b. 18 Sep 1817 d. 28 April 1869 married Martha
Kemp 4 July 1846 Hammersmith,
their
children:
James Walter Strange
b. 14 April 1847 Kensington d 18 April 1915 Richmond married
Dec 1871 at St Lukes
Kentish Town
to Emily Jones, b 6 Jan 1849 St Pancras, d 30 May 1940, Scotland, ,
their three children:
James
Walter Bailey b. 8 Sep 1879 Islington, d. 23 May 1951 Wokingham.
married Winifred Armstrong -
three
children
Percy,
my grandfather, b.25 Nov 1876 Norwood d June1959 Surrey, married
Harriet Lewis 21 Jan 1909
Bristol;
four children, oldest Marjorie my mother b.17 Sep 1909 Surrey d
Jun 1984 Emily Beatrix b 12 Feb
1879
Norwood d 17 Sep 1940 Scotland three marriages and four children.
N.B. James Walter separated
from Emily
in 1880 and later had another family with Eleanor Otway
2. Julia
Anne b. 15 March 1819 d. All Hallows, Bread Street London
3.
Emily Mary b.18 Oct 1820 m, Thomas Archer 1842, St Alphege
Greenwich
4. Francis Thompson, hosier, b. 17 April 1823
d Nov 1893 Hastings marriedCharlotte Boothyer 1851 Tavistock
Devon, she died Jun 1919 Tonbridge,
their children: Alfred b. 1853 Clerkenwell married
Phillis M. Spencer
1890 Hastings St
Leonard Florence married John Edward Price, her second cousin Frank
Edward b Hastings
1872, d Hastings
1957 m Charlotte V Weston 1893 Hastings. He was an electrical engineer
of Strange & Sons
Tunbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks
5. Frederick Metzner b.28 Dec 1824
d Lewisham 1886, m Sarah S. Jones 1894 He was an oil
and tallow merchant and probably the manufacturer of "Stranges
A1 Crystal Oil". Three children.According to Charles Hilbert
Strange the building firm of Strange & Sons had been founded
by a grandson of Edward Strange, Edward Jeffrey Strange (1803
-1868) a plumber by trade. The fact that Frank Edward Strange(1872-1957),
grandson of James Strange, joined this firm as an electrical engineer
seems to confirm a family connection. I am now fairly certain that
James Strange my 3x great grandfather must be the son of Edward
Strange of Tunbridge Wells. Other circumstantial evidence
was that the eldest daughter of Edward Strange, Ann Constant (1768-1835)
married Richard Mathew, a draper of 115 Oxford Street (the north
side in the parish of St Mary's Marylebone) in 1791. Directory listings
show the shop, Mathews R & P, haberdashers and hosiers, first
at 115 Oxford Street, then at 116 Oxford Street around 1801, in
1819 they have moved to 9? Hollis Street Cavendish Square. Numerous
children were born in the parish of St Marys, Marylebone. In
1811 Caroline Strange (born 1790) eleventh child of Edward Strange
was married to Barnaby Maddan in the parish of St Marys, Marylebone,
and brother Edward Hilder Strange was a witness. She was "of
the parish" suggesting that she might have been living with
her sister to help with the children. It seems possible that James
could also have come up to Oxford Street from Tunbridge Wells to
visit his siblings or find work and have so met his future wife
living with her mother, a well off draper, at no 343 Oxford Street;speculation
of course.
Note from http://www.twcommons.org/page.asp?id=36
On Tunbridge Wells Common
is STRANGE'S AVENUE which
was Planted
c.1810-20
by Edward Hilder Strange, proprietor of the Royal Kentish Hotel, as an
ornamental avenue leading down to his front entrance. It consisted
originally of some forty sycamores and chestnuts, but many trees have
been replaced in subsequent years.
From Jackie {jax_905[at]hotmail[dot]com} in November 2006:
I am related to the Stranges of Tunbridge Wells. There is a book which was recently updated by my
Great Uncle Marston. It is called "The Stranges of Tunbridge
Wells" if anyone needs any info, would be quite happy
to help.
My line runs like this:
Edward Strange
(1736-1807)
Edward Strange
Edward Hilder Strange 1772 -
1823
Edward Jeffrey Strange 1803 - 1868
Edward Hilder Strange 1828 -
1902
Ethel Hilda Strange 1869 -
1950
Rosamond Ethel Strange Barrett 1908 -
1991 (Marston is Rosamond's
brother)
Anthony Walter Bourne 1940 - 1990
Me b. 1965
From Ann Hentschel <ann[at]ebtech[dot]net>
I have a
little booklet - SCHOLAE ROANAE 1917 - which lists the names of
the Alumni of the John Roan Boy's School in Greenwich for 1917.
On the page of SHELL FORM A it lists the name STRANGE, C.P.W.
He was a Roan Free Scholar in SCHOOL HOUSE. Does anyone
know this person's full name and his family ?
From Kenneth Strange <kennethstrange[at]aol[dot]com>
I
have been able to research genealogy back to Bromley, Kent, England
to a Charles Barter Strange who emigrated to the USA (NYC) in 1888.
We cannot find Charles Barter Strange's parents. He
was married to Sarah Holmes of England who died in NYC.