From Ed Hanson
I abstracted the following information from a pamphlet
mentioned below and have added other material.
Source: The Stranges of Tunbridge Wells by Charles Hilbert Strange [ca 1948]. Copy at Society of Genealogists, Family History Tracts, vol. 38. Added information is from probate, census, and other records.
William Strange, m Mary
1a Mary, bp Tunbridge
Wells, 20 July 1736
2a Edward Strange, bp Tunbridge
Wells, 10 Dec 1737; m Ann Taylor of Ightham
He
was the proprietor of the lodging house, "The Green Pales," Tunbridge
Wells
1b Ann Constant, bp
Tunbridge Wells, 4 May 1768, d 1835; m Richard Mathew
2b Thomas,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 1 Nov 1769; d 1840
3b William,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 31 Mar 1771; d 1840
4b Edward
Hilder Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 11 Dec 1772; d 1823; m Jane Jeffery
Keeper
of "The Angel" (later the "Kentish Hotel") in Tunbridge
Wells, which was carried on by his wife for
eight
years after his death.
1c Sarah,
b 1802
2c Edward
Jeffery Strange, b 1803; d Tunbridge Wells, 8 Dec 1868; m his first cousin,
Mary Strange
Probate:
Edward Jeffrey Strange. Effects under £9.000. Resworn at the
Stamp Office, May 1872, under
£7,000.
5 March [1869]. 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 Tonbridge
Wells
aforesaid
was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Edward Fry Loof of Tonbridge
Wells
aforesaid
Watchmaker and Silversmith and Thomas Hilder Delves of Tonbridge Wells aforesaid
Wine and
Ale
Merchant the Executors. Mathew, dau of Richard and Ann Constant (Strange)
Mathew.
The
1881 census of Speldhurst, Kent, Neville Lodge, The Parade:
Mary
S. Strange, widow, 78, b Oxford St, London, draper;
Orlando
Strange, son, unm, 32, b Tunbridge Wells, printer;
Edith
Harington, granddaughter, unm, 16, b Ipswich, Suffolk,
housekeeper;
two boarders; and two servants.
1d Edward
Hilder Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 11 Dec 1828; d Tunbridge Wells, 10
March 1902;
m
Mary Agnes Montier, b Tunbridge Wells, c1835, d 1903, dau of John Montier
of Marston Lodge
He
was elected one of the local board of commissioners in 1875 and after the incorporation
of the
borough
was a councillor and later alderman, and was also a deacon of the Congregational
church.
The
1881 census of Speldhurst, Kent (25 Parade) listed:
Edward
H Strange H M 53 Draper b T. Wells Kent
Mary
Agnes Strange, wife, 46, b Tonbridge Wells
Ellen
M. Strange, dau., 24, b Tunbridge Wells
Anne
M. Strange, dau., 22, governess (private), b Tunbridge Wells
Agnes
J. Strange, dau, 20, draper, b Tunbridge Wells
Constance
Strange, dau, 17, b Tunbridge Wells
Mary
C. Strange, dau, 13, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Ethel
H. Strange, dau, 11, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Louisa
M. Strange, dau, 8, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
The
1891 census of Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells (25 The Pantiles):
Edward
H. Strange, 62, draper, b Tunbridge Wells; Mary A. Strange, wife, 56, b Tunbridge
Wells
Agnes
J. McOnie, dau, 30, b Tunbridge Wells
Ethel
H. Strange, dau, 21, b Tunbridge Wells
Louise
M. Strange, dau, 18, b Tunbridge Wells
Agnes
M. McOnie, granddau, 5, b Croydon, Surrey;
Ronald
J. McOnie, grandson, 3, b Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
Kenneth
E. McOnie, grandson, 1, b Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
Alice
M. Weller, niece, 18, drapers apprentice, b Peckham, London
and
3 boarders & 3 servants
1901
census of Broadwater Down, Ken
Edward
Strange 72 Kent Tunbridge Wells, Retired Draper
May
Strange 66 Kent Tunbridge Wells
Edward
Hilder Strange of 2 Nevill-terrace Tunbridge Wells died 10 March 1902. Probate
London
30
May [1902] to Mary Agnes Strange widow and John McOnie draper. Effects
£576.18s.2d.
She
was perhaps the Mary Agnes Strange of "Glenside" Bucklyrie Stirlingshire
N.B. widow died
30
June 1903. Probate London 11 Sept to Gilfrid Reeve brewer's-clerk. Effects
£98.2s.4d.
1e
Ellen M., b Tunbridge Wells, 1858; d 1927; m Marston Charles
Bridger
2e Anne
Margaret, b Tunbridge Wells, 1858; d 1935; m Gilfrid Reeve
3e Agnes
Jessie, b Tunbridge Wells, 1860; d 1923; m John McOnie
4e Constance
Emily, b Tunbridge Wells, 1863; d 1942; m Alexander Thomson
5e Mary
Catherine, b Tunbridge Wells, 1867; d 28 June 1883 in her 16th year; bur T'
Wells Cemetery
6e
Ethel Hilda, b Tunbridge Wells, 1869; m Alma Barrett
7e
Louisa Montier, b Tunbridge Wells, 1872; m Albert Waddington
2d
Felton Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 30 June 1830; d 1912;
m Louisa Owen
The
1881 census of Speldhurst, Kent (0912/76) lists:
Felton
Strange, wid, 50, Builder etc, b Speldhurst Kent
Edward
Strange, son, 6, b Tonbridge Wells Kent
Owen
Strange, son, 4, b ditto
Ellen
Strange, daughter, 3, b ditto
The
1891 census of Tunbridge (5 Clifton Place):
Felton
Strange, widower, 60, plumber, painter, glazier, b Speldhurst, Kent
Dora
Strange, dau, 20, housekeeper, b Tonbridge
Edward
Strange, son, 16, signmaker, b Tonbridge
Owen
Strange, son, 14, scholar, b Tonbridge
Ellen
Strange, dau, 13, scholar, b Tonbridge
1901
census of Tunbridge Wells, Kent:
Felton
Strange 70 Kent Tun Wells, House Decorator Paint
Edward
Strange 26 Kent Tun Wells, House Decorator
Ellen
Strange 23 Kent Tun Wells, House Keeper
1e
Dora, b Tonbridge, 1870
2e Louisa,
b 1871
3e Harry
Felton, b 1873; d 1876
4e Edward,
b Tonbridge, 1874
5e Owen,
b Tonbridge, 1876; d Eastbourne, 14 April 1913; m Mary Annie Amelia
Owen
Strange of 38 Cambridge-road Eastbourne died 14 April 1913. Administration Lewes
6
November to Mary Annie Amelia Strange widow. Effects £144.17s.6d.
6e
Ellen, b 1878; d unm Chester, 2 May 1917
Ellen
Strange of 2 Cadogan-gardens Tunbridge Wells spinster died 2 May 1917 at the
Royal
Infirmary
Chester. Probate London 28 June to Louisa Strange spinster. Effects
£234.8s.2d.
3d
Mary, bp Tunbridge Wells, 5 Feb 1834; d 1898; m Charles Herington,
and emigrated to Toronto,
Canada,
1871. 10 children
4d Alfred
Strange, b 1836; d Burnley, 26 Oct 1904; m Mary Ann Smith
He
was a partner in Burghope, manufacturing stationers and printer and was a prominent
Congregationalist.
The
1891 census of Habergham Eaves, Burnley (149 Manchester Road):
Alfred
Strange, 55, printer, publisher & manufacturing stationer, b Tunbridge Wells
Mary
A. Strange, wife, 50, b Lewes, Sussex
Annie
C. Strange, dau, 27, b Burnley, Lancs
Edith
M. Strange, dau, 25, b Burnley, Lancs
Thomas G. Crump, visitor, 29, surgeon, registered general practioner,
b Kentish Town, London
and
2 servants
Alfred
Strange of Greenfield-house Burnley died 26 Oct 1904. Probate London 28 Nov
to
Mary
Ann Strange widow and George Gill bank-manager. Effects £14704.14s.4d.
1e
Annie Constant, b 1863; d 1944; m Thomas Greenwood Crump
2e Edith
Maud, b 1865; m Robert Simpson Crump
5d Charles
Mathew Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, 1838; d there, 10 Jan 1925; m (1)
Lydia Hilbert, d 30 Nov 1874, age 29, buried Tunbridge Wells Cem
(2)
Mary Ann Price, b London, c1842, d Tunbridge Wells, 11 March 1914
The
1881 census of Tonbridge (0913/30) listed at 4 Cumberland Gardens:
Charles
Matthew Strange, 42, Builders Mant., b T.Wells, Kent;
Mary
A Strange, wife, 39, b London, Middx
Charles
H Strange, son, 13, scholar
Edward
J Strange, son, 11, scholar
Lydia
M Strange, dau., 8, scholar
Margaret
S Strange, dau., 7
Georgiana
Strange, dau., 2;
John
Price Strange, son, 1
Robert
M Strange, son, 2months.
The
1891 census of Tunbridge Wells (22 Culverden Park Road):
Charles
Mathew Strange, 50, builder, b Tunbridge Wells
Mary
Ann Strange, wife, 49, b London, Middx
Lydia
Mary Strange, dau, 16, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Georgiana
Mary Strange, dau, 12, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
John
Price Strange, son, 11, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Robert
Matthew Strange, son, 10, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Herbert
Chapman Strange, son, 9, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
and
1 servant
1901
census
Charles
Strange, 62 Kent Tun Wells, Builder
Mary
Strange 59 London West Smithfield Kent
Charles
Matthew Strange of 2 Cadogan-gardens Tunbridge Wells died 10 January 1925. Probate
London
23 February to Charles Hilbert Strange architect and Herbert Chapman Strange
builder.
Effects
13840.5s.9d.
Mary
Ann Strange of 22 Culverden Park-road Tunbridge Wells (wife of Charles Matthew
Strange) died
11 March 1914. Probate London 29 April [1914] to Charles Hilbert Strange
architect. Effects
£837.1s.6d.
(by
first marriage)
1e Charles
Hilbert Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, 1867; m 1890 Emilie Elizabeth Jones, d
Tunbridge
Wells, 16 Nov 1936; resided 20 Dudley Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.He was an
architect
who started a private practice in Tunbridge Wells in 1898 and was elected a
Fellow
A.R.I.B.A.,
in 1920. He was the family genealogist who compiled The Stranges of Tunbridge
Wells
[ca 1948].
Emilie
Elizabeth Strange of 2 Beulah-road Tunbridge Wells (wife of Charles Hilbert
Strange)
died 16
Nov 1936. Probate London 15 Jan to the said Charles Hilbert Strange architect.
Effects
£1810.
1f Alice
Emilie Lydia, b 1891; m Henry Charles Dawe
2f Katharine
Margery, b 1893; m Aubrey Maurice Bowes-Smith
3f William
Hilbert Charles, b 1896; killed in action, 31 Oct 1916, age 20. Lieutenant,
6th
Bn., Royal Irish Rifles. Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave or Reference
Panel
Number: VII. J. 14.
4f Edward
Musgrove, b 1898; M.A., Cantab. Listed in the Ellis Island, New York, database:
Edward
Musgrove Strange of Tunbridge Wells, arrived 5 July 1923, age 25, unmarried,
aboard
the Homeric from Southampton.
2e Edward
Jeffery Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, 1869; d there, 24 Dec 1941;
m
Maude Helen Coulson, d Tunbridge Wells, 19 Jan 1940
He
was a master builder in Tunbridge Wells, became a member of the Institute of
builders in
1901,
a vice president in 1911, and president in 1915; one of the founding members
of the
Tunbridge
Wells Rotary Club, and became its president in 1923; a deacon in the
Congregational
church for many years.
Listed
in the Ellis Island, New York, database: Edward Jeffrey Strange of Tunbridge
Wells
arrived
1 June 1923, aged 53y 8m, married, aboard the Berengaria from Southampton. This
was
when he was en route to the Rotary International Congress in St. Louis, Missouri.
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.
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.
1f
Gertrude Doris, b 1896; m R. Myles Bainbridge
2f
Olive Margaret, b 1899; m Geoffrey Jones
3f
Enid Coulson, b 1903; m S. Bartrum Herington
4f Freda
Coulson, b 1907; m Alan G. Hardwick
3e
Lydia Mary, b Tunbridge Wells, 1872; m (1) Mortimer Waller;
m (2) A. Norman Rowland
4e Margaret
Sarah, b Tunbridge Wells, 1873; d unm Tunbridge Wells, 25 Apr 1899; buried
Tunbridge
Wells Cem
Margaret
Sarah Strange of 22 Culverden Park-road Tunbridge Wells spinster died 25 April
1899.
Administration London 28 September to Charles Matthew Strange builder.
Effects
£276.6s.
(by
second marriage)
5e
Georgiana Mary, b Tunbridge Wells, 1878; d 1936; m Ernest
J. Elliott
6e
John Price Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, 1880; m (1) Florence
Ballard; m (2) Elise Marie Reding
1901
census:
John
Strange 21 Kent Tunbridge Wells Monmouthshire Newport Electrical Engineer
(by
first marriage)
1f
Jack Ballard
(by
second marriage)
2f
John Arthur Philip
7e
Robert Mathew Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, 1881; m Mary Elizabeth
(Lilian) Binns
8e
Herbert Chapman Strange, b 1882; m Ethel Mary Wright
6d Ann
Constant, b 1840; d 1848
7d
Nevill Strange, b Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1842; d Eastbourne,
Sussex, 8 Oct 1904;
m
Mary E. Dowsett, b Bishopsbourne, Kent, c1844.
He
was a magistrate and later Mayor of Eastbourne.
The
1871 census of Eastbourne (28 Ter. R'd):
Nevill
Strange, 28, draper, master (employing 9 female assistants), b Tonbridge Wells,
Kent
Mary
E. Strange, wife, 26, b Bishopsbourne, Kent
Edward
C. Strange, son, 11m, b Eastbourne
Margaret
J. Smith, aunt [of a servant?], widow, 66, retired dressmaker, b Marylebone,
Midx
Mary
C. Strange, niece, 3, b Tonbridge Wells, Kent; and 3 servants
The
1881 census of Eastbourne, Sussex (2 Lismore Road):
Neville
Strange, 38, b Tunbridge Wells, Kent, draper & costumier
Mary
E. Strange, wife, 36, b Bishopsbourne, Kent
Edward
C. Strange, son, 10, b Eastbourne, Sussex, scholar
George
N. Strange, son, 8, b Eastbourne, scholar
Henry
D. Strange, son, 7, b Eastbourne, scholar
Alfred
L. Strange, son, 5, b Eastbourne, scholar
Hilder
Strange, son, 3, b Eastbourne
Alice
M. Strange, dau, 4m, b Eastbourne
plus
a housekeeper, nursery governess, and two general servants.
The
1901 census of Eastbourne (Speldhurst, St Leonard's Road):
Neville
Strange, 58, retired draper, b Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mary
E. Strange, wife, 56, b Canterbury, Kent
Alice
M. Strange, dau, 20, b Eastbourne; Anne C. Strange, dau, 14, b Eastbourne
1
servant
Nevill
Strange of "Speldhurst" St-Leonards-road Eastbourne J.P. died 8 Oct
1904. Probate
Lewes
7 November to Edward Charles Strange draper and George Nevill Strange hosier.
Effects
£11733.18s.7d.
1e Lydia
Mary, b 1869; d 1871
2e
Edward Charles Strange, b Eastbourne, 1870; d Combe Down,
Bath, 24 May 1944
m
Ada R. Anthony
Edward
Charles Strange of Aldwych Hartfield-square Eastbourne died 24 May 1944 at Mazoe
104
Midford-road Combe Down Bath. Probate Llandudno 21 September to Ebenezer
William
Strange company director and Harry Charles Davenport Jones and Harold William
Glenister
solicitors. Effects £23783 6s 11d
3e
George Nevill Strange, b Eastbourne, 1872; d Worthing, Sussex,
19 July 1919;
m
Emily Mary Colebrook
George
Nevill Strange of Montpelier North-street Worthing died 19 July 1919. Probate
London
11 September to Emily Mary Strange widow Ebenezer William Strange draper and
Edward
Colebrook butcher. Effects £12549.13s.3d.
4e
Henry Dowsett Strange, b Eastbourne, 1874; m Edith R. Laver
The
1901 census of Eastbourne (10 Grove Road):
Henry
D. Strange, stationer & prints shop keeper, b Eastbourne
Edith
R. Strange, wife, 25, b Southampton
and
3 boarders, 1 servant
5e Alfred
lePine Strange, b Eastbourne, 1875; m Elizabeth A. Chapman
6e Hilder
Strange, b Eastbourne, 1878; d at Deganwy, Carnarvonshire, 28 Dec 1943;
m
Alice Challans, d at Didsbury, Manchester, 28 Aug 1944.
Hilder
Strange of Speldhurst Holme-road Didsbury Manchester died 28 December 1943 at
Cornerways
Overlea-avenue Deganwy Carnarvonshire. Probate Manchester 27 March to
Alice
Strange widow. Effects £9461 19s.
Alice
Strange of Speldhurst Holme-road Didsbury Manchester widow died 28 August 1944.
Probate
Manchester 9 February to Thomas Vernon Tattersall captain H.M. army and Edgar
Stopford
Holland hotel proprietor. Effects £13800 18s 2d
1f
Nevill Hilder, d at Deganwy, Carnarvonshire, 14 Sept 1940
on war service
Nevill
Hilder Strange otherwise Nevill of Speldhurst Holme-road Didsbury Manchester
died
14 Sept 1940 on war service. Probate Manchester 16 Dec to Hilda Strange
consulting
engineer
and Alice Strange married woman. Effects £3006.9s.9d.
Nevill
Hilder Strange, Pilot Officer, 77486, Nav., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
who
died
on Saturday 14 September 1940 . Age 31. Son of Hilder and Alice Strange,
of
Manchester.
M.Sc. (Manchester). Cemetery: Manchester Crematorium, Lancashire.
Grave
or Reference Panel Number: Panel 21.
7e
Alice Mary, b Eastbourne, 1880; m Percival Davies
8e
Ebenezer William Strange, b 1883; m
(1)
Eliza Millington King, d Eastbourne, 18 April 1916
Eliza
Millington Strange of 9 Mountney-road Eastbourne (wife of Ebenezer William Strange)
died
18 April 1916. Administration London 2 June to the said Ebenezer William
Strange
draper.
Effects £766.5s.7d.
(2)
Hilda Alexandra Fletcher
9e
Anne Constance, b 1886; d 1947; m J. W. Venn
8d
Jane, b 1843; d 1903; m Richard James Pennington, a printer
and deacon of the Baptist church.
6
children
9d
Emily, b 1844; d 1914; m Enos Barfoot. 5 children
10d
Orlando, b 1849; d 1927; compositor in Pelton's printing works
3c
Jane, bp Tunbridge Wells, 8 Mar 1805; m Joseph Delves
4c Elizabeth,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 28 Oct 1807
5c Sophia,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec 1808; m Tunbridge Wells, 25 Oct 1831 Thomas Durrant
6c Nicholas
Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 3 Oct 1810; d 21 May 1872, age 61y; m
(1)
Sophia --
(2)
Eliza Battman, d 12 Sept 1917, age 89y
The
1881 census of Tonbridge, Kent (0913/80) listed:
Eliza
Strange H wid 50 Dressmaker b Tonbridge Wells
Nicholas
Strange, son, 22, Accountant, b Tonbridge Wells
Annie
Strange, dau, 18, assistant, b Tonbridge Wells
Clara
Strange, dau, 14, b Tonbridge Wells
Caroline
Strange, dau, 9, scholar, b Tonbridge Wells
The
Monumental Inscriptions of Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells:
Sacred
to the memory of Nicholas Strange, who died May 21st 1872, aged 61 years. "He
was a
Trustee
and Assistant Secretary to the Hand in Hand Lodge, Secretary to the Excelsior
Lodge of Past
Grands,
and Provincial Corresopnding Secretary to the Tunbridge Wells District of the
Independent
Order
of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity: by whom this stone is erected as a tribute
to respect to his
memory.
Also in loving memory of Eliza, wife of the above, died Sept 12, 1917,
aged 89 years.
(by
first marriage)
1d
Thomas, bp Tunbridge Wells, 13 Aug 1835; [not in 1881 index]
(by
second marriage)
2d
Edwin Sidney, bp Tunbridge Wells, 1 Oct 1851; m Eliza J. J.
, b Biddenden, Kent, c1850
The
1881 census of Tonbridge (0913/90):
Edwin
S Strange, head, 29 Builders Clerk b Tunbridge Wells Kent
Eliza
J J Strange. wife, 31 b Biddenden Kent
Alfred
H Strange, son, 5 b Tonbridge Wells. Kent
Sydney
Strange, son, 3 b Tonbridge Wells. Kent
Ernest
G Strange,son, 2 b Tonbridge Wells. Kent
The
1891 census of Tunbridge Wells: (13 Warwick Road):
Edwin
S. Strange, 39, plumber & decorator, b Tunbridge Wells
Eliza
J. Strange, wife, 41, b Biddenden, Kent
Alfred
H. Strange, son, 15, carpenter's apprentice, b Tunbridge Wells
Sydney
E. Strange, son, 13, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Ernest
G. Strange, son, 12, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Arthur
Strange, son, 9, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Cicely
J. Strange, dau, 7, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells.
1e Alfred
Henry, b Tunbridge Wells, 1875
2e Sydney,
b Tunbridge Wells, c1878
3e
Ernest George, b Tunbridge Wells, 1879
4e
Arthur, b Tunbridge Wells, c1882
5e
Cicely Idina, b Tunbridge Wells, 1883
3d
Henry Stephen ("Harry"), bp Tunbridge Wells, 25
July 1854;
m
Emily --, b Peterboro, Northants, c1853.
The
1881 census of Camberwell, Surrey (1 Belmont Villas, Ondine Road) listed
Henry
S. Strange, 27, b Tunbridge Wells, accountant
Emily
Strange, wife, 28, b Peterboro, Northants
and
three visitors.
The
1891 census of Ashwell, Herts, listed Henry S. Strange, visitor, 38, chartered
accountant,
b
Tunbridge Wells, in the home of John George Berifield.
4d
Eliza Jane, bp Tunbridge Wells, 25 June 1856; m Kenward
5d Nicholas
Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 2 March 1859; m Edith F. Stringer
The
1891 census of Tunbridge Wells:
Nicholas
Strange, 32, auditor & accountant, b Tunbridge Wells
Edith
F. Strange, wife, 28, b Tunbridge Wells.
6d Mary
Ann, bp Tunbridge Wells, 5 Feb 1858
7d Anne,
b c1863; m Neale
8d Clara
Elizabeth, b c1867; m 1893 John Alexander F. Killick
9d Caroline
"Carrie", b 1872
7c George
Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 4 Nov 1812; d 1885; m Charlotte Richardson
The
1881 census of Tonbridge (0913/97) listed:
George
Strange H Wid 68 Carpenter b Tonbridge Wells
Minnie
Strange, daughter, s 20 Milliner b ditto
1d George
Richardson Strange, b 1844; d 1897; m Charlotte Love
The
1881 census of Tonbridge, Kent (0915/15)
George
R Strange H M36 Carpenter & Joiner b Chelmsford Sussex
Charlotte
Strange wife 32 b Tunbridge; Wells Kent
Percy
L F Strange son 9 b ditto
Edith
G Strange daughter 6 b ditto
Albert
F Strange son 3mths ditto
The
1891 census of Tunbridge Wells (79 St James Street):
George
R. Strange, 46, joiner, b Chelmsford, Essex
Charlotte
Strange, wife, 42, b Tunbridge Wells
Percy
L.F. Strange, son, 19, shorthand clerk, b Tunbridge Wells
Edith
C. Strange, dau, 16, dress milliner, b Tunbridge Wells
Albert
F. Strange, son, 10, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Olive
C. Strange, dau, 6, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
and
one boarder.
1e Percy
Leonard Fitzgerald Strange, b 1871, d Tunbridge Wells, 2 Oct 1942
Percy
Leonard Fitzgerald Strange of 8 London-road Southborough Kent died 2 Oct 1942
at
The
Clarence Nursing Home Tunbridge Wells. Probate Llandudno 8 Jan. to The
Public
Trustee.
Effects £8879.19s.2d.
2e Edith
Gertrude, b 1875; d 1939
3e Albert
Frederick, b 1881; d 1921; m Edith Emily Spurrier
4e Olive
Charlotte, b 1885; m Walter James Roberts
2d Emily
Jane, b 1846; d 1921; m Henry Chatfield
3d Alice
Elizabeth, b 1849; m Albert Hunt
4d Frank
Strange, b 1852; d Farnborough, Kent, 10 Feb 1933; m Alice Roberts
The
1881 census of Tonbridge, Kent (0916/131) listed
Frank
Strange H M 28 Plasterer b Tonbridge Wells Kent
Frank
R Strange, son, 4, b East Farleigh Kent
Florence
A. Strange, dau, 1, b Tonbridge Wells
The
1891 census of Tunbridge Wells (27 Stone Street)
Frank
Strange, 38, plasterer, b Tunbridge Wells
Alice
Strange, wife, 35, b East Fairleigh, Kent
Frank
Reginald Strange, son, 14, errand boy, b Tunbridge Wells
Florence
Ethel Anne Strange, dau, 11, scholar, b Tunbridge Wells
Ernest
Victor Brooks Strange, son, 2, b Tunbridge Wells
Frank
Strange of 20 Corbylands-road Sidcup Kent died 10 Feb 1933 at the Farnborough
Hospital
Farnborough Kent Probate London 10 March to Frank Reginald Strange sub postmaster.
Effects
£392.0s.2d
1e
Frank Reginald, b East Farleigh, Kent, c1877; d Tunbridge
Wells, 1 Feb 1936
Frank
Reginand Strange of 53 St James-road and 103 and 105 Camden-road both in
Tunbridge
Wells died 1 Feb 1936 at Kent and Sussex Hospital Tunbridge Wells. Probate
London
19 March to Sarah Louisa Strange widow and Frank Reginald Peak Strange bank
clerk.
Effects £2476.15s.8d.
2e Florence
Ethel Anne, b Tunbridge Wells, c1880; m Gale
3e
Ernest Victor Brooke, b Tunbridge Wells, c1889; d Tunbridge
Wells, 24 Aug 1947; m
Ernest
Victor Brooke Strange of 23 Farmcombe-road Tunbridge Wells died 24 August 1947
Probate
Lewes 28 January to May Florence Brooke Strange spinster and Ernest Victor Brooke
Strange
civil servant. Effects £2072 10s 2d
5d Kate
Mary, b 1854; d 1897; m Henry Victor Scales
6d Ernest
Alfred Strange, b 1857; m Clara Parker; registrar at Halifax, Yorkshire
The
1881 census of Caistor, Lincolnshire (Horse Market Row):
Ernest
A. Strange, unm, 23, b Tunbridge Wells, solicitor's general clerk,
was
listed in the 1881 (?1891) census in the household of Martha Sharpe, widow.
1e
Cecil Rupert
7d
Ethel Minnie, b 1860; m George Bagwell
8c William,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 15 Nov 1816; [not in 1881 index]
9c Caroline
Ann, bp Tunbridge Wells, 19 May 1819
5b Elizabeth,
b 9 Dec 1774; bp Tunbridge Wells, 12 Dec 1774; d 1839; m Maids
6b Mary
Taylor, bp Tunbridge Wells, 28 June 1777; d 1835; m
(1)
St Marylebone, London, 23 July 1798 John Price;
(2)
Samuel Phillips
7b Sarah,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 15 Aug 1779; d 1850; m Orlando Crease
8b Jane,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 30 Sept 1781; d 1824; m Tonbridge, 5 Nov 1805 John Young
9b Sophia,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 27 Jan 1786; d 1823; m Gore
10b Caroline,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 7 Apr 1790; m Madden
11b Louisa,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 7 April 1790
12b James
Strange, bp Tunbridge Wells, 25 Sept 1792; d 1824; m St James, Westminster,
26 Oct 1816
Elizabeth
Bailey Thompson, d. at Brompton, Middx., 1 Dec 1847.
Elizabeth
Bailey Strange. Personal Estate under £450. 19 March [1878].
Administration of the
Personal
Estate of Elizabeth Bailey Strange late of 11 Pelham-place Brompton in the County
of
Middlesex
Widow who died 1 December 1847 at 11 Pelham-place was granted at the Principal
Registry
to James Walter Strange of Upper Tulse Hill in the County of Surrey Gentleman
one of the
Executors
of the will of James Thompson Strange the son and one of the Next of Kin.
1c James
Thompson, bp St James, Westminster, 14 Sept 1817; d 19 Alfred St, Tottenham
Court Road,
London,
28 April 1869; m [Sept quarter 1846 Kensington] Martha Kemp, b Islington, c1819,
d. 42
Appach
Road, Brixton Rise, Surrey, 6 Dec 1884.
He
left a considerable will of £8,000 to his wife Martha and children James
Walter, Orlando Baily,
Frederick
William and Elizabeth Patty. Also mentioned is his brother Francis Thompson
Strange. His
death
reported in The Times of London on the 4 May 1869 says he was a wine merchant
and
formerly
a Professor of Mathematics at the late College of Civil Engineers Putney.
The
1861 census shows part of the family living at 19 Alfred St, but the 3 first
born sons were not
living
there. In the 1862 Kelly and Co directory of London it shows James at 'Marlborough
Arms'
19
Alfred St, wine merchant and counting house. Three years later he is still at
the same address but
has
added importer of foreign wines and spirits to the list.
James
Thompson Strange. Effects under £6,000. 27 September. The
Will with two Codicils of
James
Thompson Strange late of 19 Alfred-street and of 5 Francis street Tottenham-Court-road
in
the
County of Middlesex Wine and Spirit Merchant deceased who died 28 April 1869
at
19
Alfred-street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of
Martha Strange of
19
Alfred-street and of 5 Francis-street aforesaid Widow the Relict, James
Walter Strange of the
"London"
Coffee House Ludgate Hill in the City of London Wine Merchant the Son and Francis
Thompson
Strange of 7 Stratford-place Hastings in the County of Sussex Hosier the Brother
the
Executors.
Martha
Strange. Personal Estate £330.8s.1d. 17 February [1885]. Administration
(with the Will)
of
the Personal Estate of Martha Strange late of 42 Appach-road Brixton Rise in
the County of
Surrey
Widow who died 6 December 1884 at 42 Appach-road was granted at the Principal
Registry
to
Elizabeth Patty Deer (Wife of Edward Joseph Deer) of 42 Appach-road the Daughter
one of the
Residuary
Legatees.
1d James
Walter, b Kensington, 1847; bur 2 April 1915, age 68; m Eleanor Otway, b Pimlico,
c1871,
d Kingston, Surrey, 20 Feb 1929, age 63; both buried Richmond Cemetery.
The
1871 census of Chiswick (Oxford Lodge, Spencer Road)
James
W. Strange, 33, wine merchant, b Brompton, Middx
Martha
Strange, mother, 56, annuitant, b St Pancras
Orlando
Strange, brother, 19, medical student, b St Pancras
Frederick
W. Strange, brother, 17, clerk to wine merchant, b St Pancras
Elizabeth
Strange, sister, 15, scholar, b St Pancras
and
1 visitor and 3 servants.
The
1901 census of Richmond, Middx (24 Clarence Road) listed:
James
Walter Strange, 53, auctioneer, b Kensington
Eleanor
Strange, wife, 30, b Pimlico
Cecil
Strange, son, 9, b East Molesley
Jack
Royal Strange, son, 7, b Clapham
George
Strange, son, 5, b Clapham.
Eleanor
Otway Strange of Ebor House 59 The Green Kew Surrey widow died 20 Feb 1929 at
Tudor
Lodge Upper Park-road Kingston Surrey. Administration London 27 April
to George
Frederick
Strange traveller. Effects £70.
1e Cecil
Barker, b East Molesley, 1891; d 13 April 1917.
Cecil
Barker Strange, Driver, 926534. 55th Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Field
Artillery,
who
died on Friday 13 April 1917 . Age 25. Additional Information: Son of
Mrs. N. Strange,
of
Ebor House, Kew Green, Kew, Surrey. Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery,
peringe,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave or Reference Panel Number: XI. C. 40.
2e Jack
Royal, b Clapham, c1894
3e George
Frederick, b Clapham [Kew, Surrey, according to CEF enlistment], 9 July 1895;
enlisted
in Canadian Expeditionary Force, 18 Feb 1916 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, listed
occupation
as farmer, unmarried, address Aberdeen House, Carlton Street, Winnipeg; next
of
kin:
(mother) Mrs Nellie Strange, The Green, Kew, Surrey.
2d Orlando
Wilfred (also known as Orlando Baily Strange), b 1851; bp Old Church, St Pancras,
5
Sept 1851; d Alderbury, 1894; m
(1)
St Bride's Church London, 20 Sept 1882, Margaret G. Fry, b Alderbury, Wilts,
c1852, dau of
Henry
Fry, builder;
(2)
Upton Warren, co Worcester, 6 June 1892 Anne Elizabeth Bird
He
was a medical student living in his brother James's household at Chiswick in
the 1871 census.
Listed
in Kellys London directory 1892 living at 36 Deacon St Walworth Surrey. He is
under
Strange
O. Baily, surgeon.
The
1891 census of Lambeth (11 St Mary's Street):
Orlando
B. Strange, 38, registered surgeon, b Paddington, London
Margaret
G. Strange, wife, 39, b Alderbury, Wilts
and
one visitor
(by
second marriage)
1e Gertrude,
b 28 Oct 1893; d 27 Dec 1964 [grandmother of John Francis Sims 
]
3d
Frederick William,
b 1853; bp at Old Church, St Pancras, 24 March 1854; d Tokyo, Japan, 5
July
1889; m Japan, 29 Dec 1881 Edith Dwight Sandford, b c1857; she remarried in
Japan. His
death
was reported in the Japanese newspapers and the North China Herald. He was a
teacher
and
rower and whilst in Japan had received the Order of the Rising Sun.
1e
Frederick Baily, b Yedo (now Tokyo), Japan, c1885
2e
daughter
4d Elizabeth
Patty, b 1855; bp Old Church, St Pancras, 1 Oct 1856; m Edward Joseph Deer,
Sept
quarter
1881 Lambeth.
5d
Kemp George, b 1856; bp Old Church St Pancras, 5 Oct 1859;
d 1861.
6d Frank
Hastings Strange, bp Old Church, St Pancras, 5 Oct 1859; d Croydon, 1912, age
52; m
Annie
--, b Croydon, c1864.
In
the 1881 census he is found living as a boarder at 26 Keens Rd Croydon Surrey
and his
occupation
is Commercial Clerk.
The
1901 census of Croydon, Suffrey, listed:
Frank
Strange, 41, b London, Commercial Clerk
Annie
Strange, 37, b Croydon
Cecil
Strange, 12, b Croydon
Lionel
Strange, 8, b Croydon
Gladys
Strange, 2, b Croydon.
The
1891 census of Croydon:
Frank
H. Strange, 31, merchant clerk, b London
Annie
A.A. Strange, wife, 27, b Croydon
Cecil
F. Strange, son, 2, b Croydon
Dorothy
A. Strange, dau, 7m, b Croydon
and
1 boarder, 1 servant
1e
Cecil, b Croydon, c1889
2e
Dorothy A., b Croydon, 1890
3e
Lionel Hastings, b Croydon, 1893
4e Gladys,
b Croydon, c1898
2c Julia
Ann, bp St James, Westminster, 25 May 1819; bur All Hallows, Bread Street, London,
1820
3c Emily
Mary, bp St James, Westminster, 10 Nov 1820; m 1842, Thomas Archer.
The
1881 census of Battersea, Surrey, listed at 24 Tyneham Road: George Knight,
52, b West Allington,
Dorset,
commercial clerk; Rose Knight, wife, 26, b Essex; Sydney Knight, son, 5, b Battersea,
Surrey,
scholar
Matthew
Knight, son, 3, b Battersea, scholar
Emily
Archer, mother-in-law, widow, 60, b Westminster, Middx, dressmaker.
4c Francis
Thompson, bp St James, Westminster, 14 May 1823; d Hastings, 27 Nov 1893; m
Tavistock,
Devon,
24 July 1851 Charlotte Matilda Roussette Boothyer, d Tonbridge, 21 June 1919,
age 88.
The
1881 census of St Michael, Hastings, Sussex (7 Stratford Place):
Francis
T. Strange, 57, b London, hosier & glover
Charlotte
M. Strange, 50, b St Clement Danes, London
Alfred
W. Strange, 28, b Clerkenwell, London, assistant
Frank
E. Strange, 9, b Silverhill, Sussex, scholar
and
one general servant.
By
1891 they have moved to 42 White Rock Place Hastings where they have living
with them their
granddaughter
Ethel Lilian Rodder age 10 who was born East End London.
Francis
Thompson Strange of 42 White-rock Hastings hosier died 27 November 1893. Probate
Lewes
28
December to Alfred Wellesley Strange hosier. Effects £1759.12s.9d.
Charlotte
Matilda Rousette Strange of 13 Buckingham-road Tunbridge Wells widow died 21
June 1919 at
Tunbridge
Wells Union Infirmary Pembury Kent. Probate London 24 September to Frank
Edward
Strange
electrical engineer. Effects £57.5s.6d.
1d Alfred
Wellesley, b Clerkenwell, 1853; d West Ashford, Kent, 26 Jan 1935;
m
Hastings, 1890, Phillis Maria Spencer.
1901
census:
Alfred
Strange 49 London Southwark London St Leonards Chair Maker
Alfred
Wellesley Strange of 8 Bank-street Ashford Kent died 26 Jan 1935 at the Ashford
Hospital
Ashford.
Probate London 3 May to Phillis Maria Strange widow Eric Strange draper
and Lilian
Howland
(wife of Sidney Harold Howland). Effects £4369.13s.1d.
2d Leonard
3d Florence,
m John Edward Price
4d Lilian
5d Frank
Edward, b Hastings, 1872; d there, 1957, age 85;
m
Hastings, 1893 Charlotte Victoria ---, d Hastings, 17 Nov 1947
He
was of Strange & Sons, Ltd, Electrical Engineers of Tunbridge Wells and
Sevenoaks.
Charlotte
Victoria Strange of 42 Lower Park-road Hastings (wife of Frank Edward Strange)
died 17
November
1947. Probate Lewes 31 January to the said Frank Edward Strange electrical engineer
and
Olive
Rousette Strange spinster. Effects £1817 19s 10d
5c Frederick
Metzner, bp St James, Westminster, 23 Jan 1825; d. Lewisham, 1886;
m
St Pancras, 9 Jan 1894 Sabina Sarah Jones, b Westerham, Kent, c1825-33, d Godstone,
1897, age 64
In
the 1862 Kelly and Co directory of London, Frederick is quoted as a oil and
lamp importer at
3
Adelaide Pl, EC and by 1865 he has moved to 15 Cannon St. In the 1881 census
Frederick is found at
Tormoham
Devon as F M Strange and is a Commercial Traveller living at the Queens Hotel.
The
1881 census of Deptford, Kent (24 Amersham Road, St Paul's Parish):
Sarah
Sabina Strange, wife (head), married, 56, b Westerham, Kent, no occupation
Sybil
Emily Strange, dau, unm, 31
Nina
Strange, dau, unm, 22, b Islington, Middx
Franklin
Christefor Strange, son, 19, b Walingham, Surrey, clerk.
The
1891 census of Lambeth (457 & 459 Brixton Road):
Sarah
Sabina Strange, widow, 64, visitor in the household of Charles John Biorn.
1d Sybil
Emily, b Sevenoaks, 1850
2d
Nina, b Islington, c1859
3d
Franklin Christopher, b Wallingham, 1861
3a James,
bp Tunbridge Wells, 20 May 1739
4a William, bp Tunbridge
Wells, 2 Sept 1745
5a Sarah, bp Tunbridge Wells, 24
April 1748
6a Richard, bp Tunbridge Wells, 27 Apr
1750, d 1846
He kept "Northumberland
House", Tunbridge Wells, as a lodging house.