| 1 Cambridge Trades Directories 1875 Isaac Strange Fort St George & Boat Builder Midsummer Commons 1865 Morgans Directory Isaac Strange 4 Fishers Lane Boat Builder 1875 No STRANGE 1887 Spaldings Directory: Isaac Strange Alpha Rd/Chesterton Rd Boat building workshops Isaac Strange 29 Chesterton Rd Yacht and Boat Builder also Strange Villas John C I Strange 1 Stranges Cottages Boat building workshops John C I Strange 29 Chesterton Rd (Note 29 Chesterton Rd and 1 Stranges Cottages are probably the same, it still exists and it is still an Off Licence) (Note The Stranges Cottages or Villas were on the land behind 29 Chesterton Rd on Alpha Road and have long since been demolished. A modern monstrosity stands in their place.) 1900 Sydney Strange 87 Gwydir St Cow Keeper And in Chesterton: John Strange, boat builder & beer retailer, Chesterton Road. (See Russell Ellwood's family below for John Cottage Ireland STRANGE) 1907 Spaldings Directory Stranges Boatbuilding Workshops 1 Stranges Cottages Stranges The Freshmans Boathouse between 12 & 14 Chesterton Rd Jack Strange 54 Victoria Rd 1908 Mrs Mary Strange 87 Gwydir St Beer Retailer 1908 No STRANGE (query I must have the year wrong) 1917 Spaldings Directory J C I Strange Riverside Chesterton Rd Boat Builders Yard 1930 Spaldings Directory: A K Strange 9 Fair St Mrs F Strange 17 Botolph Lane Percival Strange 6 St Edwards Passage John C I Strange Riverside Chesterton Rd Boat Builders 1940 Spaldings Directory: J Strange (D P Strange) 1 Riverside Chesterton Rd Boat Builders 1953 Stranges Boat Builders still there but gone by 1955 2. Parish Registers Most of the following information came to me from Sheila STRANGE in various forms. The surname is that of her husband and it follows on to Essex : Bartlow Baptisms: 1813 Susannah d William and Amey, 6m 1815 Mary d William & Amey, 2m Burial: 1815 Mary STRANGE inf Cambridge St Clements Baptisms: 1665 William STRANGE 1904 Madge Jesaline STRANGE 1904 Rose STRANGE Witness STRANGE Banns: 1839 Hannah STRANGE Marriage: 1839 Hannah STRANGE 1903 Laura Ann STRANGE Cambridge St Mary's Baptisms: 1806 Robert base born of Mary 1809 Sara base born of Mary Castle Camps Marriage: 1760 John STRANGE & Susan STUBBING Chesterton See Families below from Jonathan Gray. Foxton Baptisms: 1803 Sarah d Thomas & Sarah 1806 Thomas s Thomas & Sarah (See 1861 Census on the Middlesex page) 1813 Hannah d Thomas & Sarah Ickleton Marriage: 1742 George STRANGE & Elizabeth SIMONS Burial: 1824 George STRANGE 78 From James Peto-Gundersen: John Hill-Yeoman Of Ickleton, Cambridge(born 1746-Lambourn, Berkshire, died 1839-Ickleton, Cambridge) His will mentions property of my late Uncle Edward Hedden(1702-1785-Will/Ely) + 1742 Amy Swan, IGI (Swan's where a wealthy Yeoman family in Ickleton. They had no issue and Edward in his will names his Nephew John Hill as his heir). John Hill's will also mentions land which belonged to the late George Strange (born1746, Buried 1824 at Ickleton). According to the IGI There is a George Strange who married a Simmonds at Ickleton (above). Linton (Anglican) Baptisms: 1779 Sep 10 Mary STRANGE d William & Susanna (Note: nee CARTWRIGHT)(See family from Jonathan Gray, 10th April 2017) 1781 Feb 25 James STRANGE s William & Susanna (ditto) (Note: married 1812 Oct 14) Not sure of the origin of records 1784 to 1790 inclusive - I asked "are these really from Linton?" 1784 Feb 22 Frances STRANGE d William & Susanna (ditto), born 8 Feb 1786 Apr 05 Susanna STRANGE d William & Susanna (ditto), born Mar 10 1788 Feb 24 Rachel STRANGE d William & Susanna (ditto), born Feb 22 1790 Nov 28 John STRANGE s William & Susanna (ditto), born 1789 Nov 22 - Jonathan Gray advises me that there was reputed to have been a family name change as, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society disc CD/PR/04a the records are: STRAHAN, Frances – born 08.02.1784 baptised 22.02.1784 buried 06.08.1786 aged 1½ STRAHAN, Susanna - born 10.03.1786 baptised 05.04.1786 buried 30.12.1787 aged 1½ STRAHAN, Rachel - born 20.02.1788 baptised 24.02.1788 STRAHAN, John - born 22.11.1790 baptised 28.11.1790 I believe this must be a clerical error in the register but see 3. Rachel below, this needs checking in the register. 1. William Strange, b. 1745 or 1753?. He married Susannah Cartwright, 20 Oct 1778, in Linton, Cambridgeshire (daughter of James Cartwright and Rose Pluckrose); bur 26 May 1839. William died 1833, Linton,aged 88; bur Linton Parish Church. i Mary Strange. 2. ii James Strange. iii Frances Strahan, b 8 Feb 1784, Linton, bur 6 Aug 1786, Linton iv Susanna Strahan, b 10 Mar 1786, Linton, bur 30 Dec 1787, Linton 3. v Rachel Strahan b 20 Feb 1788 4. vi John Strange b 22 Nov 1789 vii Susan/Susannah Strange, b 15 Oct 1792, Linton; bur 20 Nov 1793, Linton viii Thomas Strange, b 6 Apr 1797, Linton. 3. Rachel Strahan, (1.William1) b 20 Feb 1788, Linton; she married James Ireland, 1812, in St Giles Parish Church Cambridge 7. i James Ireland b 1806 8. ii Sarah Ireland b 1830 1792 Oct 21 Susan STRANGE d William & Susan, born Oct 15 (ditto) 1797 Apr 17 Thomas STRANGE s William & Susanna, born Apr 17 (ditto) 1813 Sep 05 John STRANGE s James & Susanh lab, born Aug 18 (Note: nee SEAMAN) (See Penny STRANGE's family below) 1815 Mar 27 Mary Anne d James & Susan, lab, born Mar 4 (ditto) 1817 Jun 22 William STRANGE s William & Susannah lab, b Jun 7 (ditto) (marr as James); Emigrated to Australia in 1841 with his father and sister Jane 1818 Jul 19 Martha STRANGE d John & Mary lab, born May 4 1819 Sep 05 James STRANGE s James & Sussannah lab, born Aug 25 (nee SEAMAN)(father b 1781) 1825 Aug 28 Thomas STRANGE s James & Susan lab, born Aug 9 (ditto) 1828 Aug 17 Anna Maria STRANGE d James & Sussanh lab born Jul 29 (ditto) 1839 May 19 Jane STRANGE d William & Mary Ann, born Apr 23 (From IGI) 1847 Feb 17 Maria STRANGE 1848 Sep 21 Elizabeth STRANGE 1849 Jun 24 John STRANGE 1851 Jun 29 Mary STRANGE 1851 Aug 28 Susanna STRANGE 1853 Jul 31 Martha STRANGE 1855 Apr 29 James STRANGE of Thomas STRANGE & Sarah 1856 Jun 16 Isaac STRANGE (possibly in 1901 census for Linton, House Painter, 45) 1858 Dec 25 Maria STRANGE 1859 Jul 31 Emma STRANGE 1863 Jul 26 Mary Ann STRANGE 1866 Jan 01 Emily STRANGE 1875 May 08 William STRANGE Marriages: 1778 Oct 20 William STRANGE (x) bac & Sussanna CARTWRIGHT (x) sp. botp Wits Henry CLAYDON & Robert GLASSCOCK (Note Susanna was baptised 1755 Jul 27, Linton to James CARTWRIGGHT & Rose (nee PLUCKROSE) See Barry Dean's family 1812 Oct 14 James STRANGE (x) bac & Sussannah SEAMAN (x) sp botp Wits Edward GILSON & Joseph GLASSCOCK There is an inconsistency in the next two entries, one appears in one transcription and the other in two sets of notes. 1816 Dec 17 John STRANGE (x) bac & Mary SEARLE sp botp (also shown as 1817 in a note) Wits William WEATHERALL and Joseph GLASCOCK 1817 Dec 17 John STRANGE (x) bac & Mary CASBOLT (x) sp botp 1833 Feb 09 Thomas COCK (x) bac & Mary Anne STRANGE (x) sp botp Wits James WAKELING & James GLASSCOCK 1837 Dec Susannah STRANGE (not shown in transcription but is in a set of notes) 1838 Jul 29 James STRANGE (born William) (x) full age bac s of James lab & Mary Ann BROWN (x) full age sp d of James dead Wits John WIFFIN and William SMITH 1842 Apr 09 John COTTAGE full age wdr lab s of John lab & Martha STRANGE full age sp d of John lab Wits Stephen COTTAGE and Jemima COTTAGE 1845 Dec 25 Thomas STRANGE s James STRANGE & Sarah LLOYD 1845 Jul 30 Joseph STRANGE s Joseph STRANGE & Rebecca HILL 1853 Jun Martha STRANGE (needs to be investigated) 1872 May 25 Martha STRANGE d Joseph STRANGE & Charles STOCK; Charles - son of Charles Stock & Sarah Cottage; see mention of Cottage below. 1876 Feb 27 Thomas STRANGE s James STRANGE & Mary Ann SWANN 1876 Mar 18 Susannah STRANGE d Thomas STRANGE & Thomas COOK 1878 Oct 20 William STRANGE (x) bach & Susanna CARTWRIGHT (x) sp botp Wits Harvey CLAYDON & Robert GLASSCOCK Burials: 1786 Aug 06 Frances STRANGE 1787 Dec 30 Susanna STRANGE 1793 Nov 20 Sussanah STRANGE d William & Susannah, age 1 year 1821 Jul 08 Joseph STRANGE s John & Mary, infant 1821 Jul 25 James STRANGE s James & Sush, infant 1833 May 15 William STRANGE, age 80 (relict Susanna CARTWRIGHT 1839 May 26 Sussanah STRANGE, wid (of William STRANGE) age 84 1841 Dec 27 James STRANGE age 76 Linton (Congregational) Baptisms: 1818 Martha STRANGE (See Anglican record) 1820 Sep 17 Joseph STRANGE s John & Mary 1822 Jul 14 Joseph STRANGE s Jno. & Mary 1824 Nov 14 Sarah STRANGE d John & Mary 1826 May 25 Isaac STRANGE s Jno. & Mary 1828 Aug 28 Elizabeth STRANGE d John & Mary 1830 Sep 26 Isaac STRANGE s John & Mary; Isaac probably married Mary COTTAGE and had children: John Cottage Ireland STRANGE Roaslie Ellen STRANGE who married Frank ELLWOOD in 1889 Mary Josoline STRANGE Lydia A. STRANGE 1832 Jun 17 Jabez STRANGE s Jno. & Mary 1837 Aug 20 Frederick STRANGE s John & Mary Linton Meeting House Burials: 1826 Sarah STRANGE inf 1827 Isaac STRANGE 1832 Jabez James STRANGE s John & Mary inf 1860 Mar 09 John STRANGE Little Shelford Burial: 1821 Elizabeth STRANGE 68 Royston Baptisms: 1829 John s Thomas & Susan 1833 Mary d Thomas & Susan 1835 Susan d Thomas & Susan 3. Census 1841 Cambridge Parish of the Holy Sepulchre Globe/Glebe Passage Rachel Ireland; H; 65; Bedmaker; b Linton Sarah Ireland; D; 21; At Home; b Cambridge Isaac Strange; 21; Errand/Carrier b Linton at Coffee House Linton (H0107/66/9, F 13B) - Y/N born in County about the date shown Market Lane John STRANGE; 50; Ag; Lab; Y Mary STRANGE; 45; N Isaac STRANGE; 12; Y Frederick STRANGE; 4; Y; bap 1837 Aug 20 Linton High Street (H0107/66/10, F 18B) James STRANGE; 60; Lab; Y; Susan STRANGE; 60; Y (nee SEAMAN) Thomas STRANGE; 15; Y Ann STRANGE; 12; Y She also lists a family of COTTAGE and I have seen references to Cottage STRANGE so I guess this may be a connection as well as there being a STRANGE in the household. Bull Yard (H0107/66/9, F 16B) John COTTAGE; 30; Ag; Lab; Y Mary COTTAGE; 10; Y Rebecca COTTAGE; 8; Y; Sarah COTTAGE; 6; Y Martha STRANGE; 20; Housekeeper; Y Bartlow Parish HO107/66/4/5 Linton village William STRANGE; 60; ag/lab; N Amey STRANGE; 50; N 1851 Linton 208a and 228a The Allotments Joseph STRANGE H M 28 Ag Lab Linton 1823 Reb STRANGE W M ?? ?? ???? Maria STRANGE D 4 Linton 1847 Elizabeth STRANGE D 2 Linton 1849 Mary STRANGE D 1 mo Linton 1851 Market Lane John STRANGE H M 60 Ag Lab Linton 1791 Mary STRANGE W M 56 ESS Newport 1795 Frederick STRANGE S U 14 Linton 1837 John MARSH Lg M 20 Ag Lab Linton 1831 High Street Thomas STRANGE H M 25 Farm Lab Linton 1826 Sarah STRANGE W M 26 Linton 1825 John STRANGE S 2 Linton 1849 1881 Cambridge Chesterton Rd Chesterton Cambridge Isaac Strange; H; 51; Head Master Boat Builder Linton CAM Mary Strange; W; 50; Linton John C I Strange; S; 18; Boat Builder; Cambridge Rosalie E Strange; D; 17; Scholar; Cambridge Annie R Strange; D; 16; Scholar; Cambridge Mary J Strange; D; 14; Scholar; Cambridge Claudine S Strange; D; 10; Scholar; Cambridge Lydia A Strange; D; 9; Cambridge 1891 Cambridge Parish of St Lukes 29 Chesterton Rd John C I Strange; H; 28; Boat Builder; Cambridge Louisa A Strange; W; 23; Cambridge Mary J Strange; Sister; 23; Cambridge Lydia A Strange; Sister; 19; Cambridge 24 Trafalgar St Frederick W Strange; H; 31; College Servant; Cambridge Alice Strange; W; 31; Longstanton Harry Frederick Strange; S; 5; Chesterton Hetty Ethel Strange; D; 3; Chesterton William Henry Strange; D; 1; Chesterton Parish of Chesterton 17 Albert St John Samuel Strange; H; 29; Boat Person ( University Servant ) Emma Strange; W; 22 Rosalie Ellen Strange; D; 5 John Lewis Strange; S; 1 1901 Linton RG13 / 1535 Folio 33 page 10 Ecclesiastical& Parish Linton Hadstock road, Long Lane Linton Isaac STRANGE; H; M; 45; House painter; Linton Ellen STRANGE; W; M; 40; Linton Isaac STRANGE; Son; S; 18; Ag Lab; Linton Joseph STRANGE; Son; S; 15; Ag Lab; Linton George STRANGE; Son; 11; Linton Richard STRANGE; Son; 9; Linton Reuben STRANGE; Son; 7; Linton 4. Families From Jonathan Gray 14 April 2017 - his families and individuals headed up by William James Strange of Linton c1750-c1833 download. Jonathan said, "My grandmother was Claudine Sarah Strange; I have only just got back to researching the family after an absence of some years, so am unfamiliar with some of the sourcing. As a result, you may find that there is some duplication of entries, for which I apologise, and if you find this to be the case, I would very much appreciate your correcting any errors or omissions that you find. In particular, there are a number of entries where I have not been able to find the family name of a female spouse, so the program has used the second Christian name of the lady ! Much of my data has come from the CFHS records; I find them very useful, though I have come across a number of errors - mainly of duplication of entries. Isaac is reputed in our family to have built one or more of the early rowing shells for the Cambridge team in the annual boat race with Oxford, but I have no evidence to support this claim. An additional item is an extract from the CFHS transcriptions for Linton marriages - 1780-1849:- 1817 Dec 17 STRANGE John (x) bac SEARLE Mary sp botp wits: William WEATHERALL Joseph GLASSCOCK I cannot find any record of the 1816 marriage, but there is a record of Mary CASBOLT marrying a Joseph PAMMENTER on the 9th Nov 1817. Trawling through the above transcript, I found over 35 marriages in which a CASBOLT was either a male or female partner, including three "Marys" -so it was obviously a pretty big family One or two anomalies:- 1. Baptism date for Isaac Arthur STRANGE: CD/PR/75a St Luke Chesterton – Baptisms 1869-1899 p6 Jul 5 1874 STRANGE Isaac Arthur of Isaac & Mary of Midsummer Common, boat builder born 7 Feb age 5 mo CD/PR/75a St Andrew Chesterton – Baptisms 1860-1892 p202 Jul 5 1841 STRANGE Isaac Arthur of Isaac & Mary, of St Andrew’s the Less, Cambridge Boatbuilder This has now been resolved as the entries do indeed appear in both registers because St Luke was newly consecrated in 1874 and, when the entries were recorded in an 'unofficial' register which was just a hard backed notebook, it would appear that the vicar of the parent church felt a need to regularise the entries by putting them into the standard format printed registers in use at the time. It is assumed that the baptism actually took place in St Luke's. 2. Children of Isaac STRANGE and Mary COTTAGE under Linton (Congregational Baptisms). I have a few more names to add: Annie Rebecca - Baptism:- 27th January 1867, St Andrew, Chesterton Claudine Sarah - Baptism:- 17th July 1870, St Andrew, Chesterton Claudine was my grandmother, and her sister, Mary, was always known as “Auntie Madge” in our family. I think she must have been Mary Jesoline in your list. From your notes, it would seem that Claudine was Rosalie’s younger sister. So I guess Rosalie was my great aunt. This must make you and I some sort of cousins ! William Vickers - Baptism:- 11th October, 1868, St Andrew, Chesterton Isaac Arthur - 5th July 1874, St Andrew, Chesterton, Address:- Midsummer Common, Cambridge Note: Source for all 4: CD/PR/75a Chesterton – Baptisms. I should stress that my files are still very much a “work in progress”, so please consider them in that light. Jonathan" Jonathan has conducted a considerable amount of work on the COTTAGE family so I am delighted to include this research too: Descendants by Generation of Jeffrey Cottage 1626 - ? From Russell W Ellwood I am the great great grandson of Isaac STRANGE of Linton/Chesterton in Cambridge. Also referenced here is John Cottage Ireland STRANGE he took over his boatyard (Stranges Boatyard) in Cambridge and it operated from 1850 to 1950 approximately; hiring out punts to students etc. I have a photo of the boatyard. His daughter, Roslaie Ellen STRANGE married my great-grandfather Frank ELLWOOD. When Rosalie became pregnant with my grandfather she went to stay in Tottenham, London; presumably there was a branch of the family there. My grandfather was registered as William ELLWOOD STRANGE in 1888. Rosalie married Frank ELLWOOD a year later. From Susan Broadhurst in Aug 2004 My interest is mainly the Cottage family........have traced them back to Jeffrey Cottey (Cottage) b.1628 at Blasham, Cambs. We branch off on 5.11.1859 when Lydia Cottage (b.10.7.1842) in Linton married Robert Dennis b.1840 in Fordham. Lydia and Robert are my g. grandparents. Lydia Cottage was the daughter of John Cottage (b.1811) and Martha STRANGE b.1818 (John's second wife). I know Martha back to William b Circa 1760 and Susannah Cartwright. The STRANGE family were tied in with the Cottages in another way. Martha's brother Isaac b.1826 did not bother to look far afield when seeking a bride; .he kept it in the family. He first married his first cousin Sarah Ireland (daughter of his mother's sister Rachel and John Ireland). When Sarah died he married Mary COTTAGE (b.1830) daughter of his brother-in-law John Cottage and his FIRST wife Rebecca Myson. So......Isaac was first cousin to his first wife and related by marriage to his second wife. My main areas of interest are: COTTAGE ancestors Cottage married - STRANGE...........Strange ancestors Cottage married - DENNIS................Dennis ancestors (Fordham, Cambs Dennis married - CACKETT..............Cackett ancestors (Gravesend, Kent) Dennis DIDN'T - BETTESWORTH....Bettesworth ancestors Addition from Derek Stock: A marriage at Linton refers to a Martha Strange and Charles Stock (1872). Charles is the son of Charles Stock and Sarah Cottage (both born 1817). From Shaun Montgomery We have a book "The Diaries of Whittlesford" (Cambridgeshire), compiled and edited by Keith A Strange. It was first published and printed in Great Britain in 2000 by Maynard + Strange Publishing. It was printed and bound by Watkiss Studios Limited (Biggleswade) with the typeset by Russell Associates. From Penny Strange I have a John Strange b.18 Aug 1813 in Linton, Cambridgeshire (don't know when he died), first child of James Strange and Susannah Seaman, grandson of William Strange and Susannah Cartwright, all of Linton. John's siblings were William Strange, who went to Australia,Mary Ann Strange, James Strange, Thomas Strange and Anna Maria Strange. Full details are here - Penny says that much is from Russell Ellwood's document so there will be duplicated information. From Sheila Strange I am seeking the birth of James Strange said to have been born Linton CAM c1811/12 in the 1841 Census in Waltham Cross, (ESS). She says, "I cant find any parents for him, nor can I find his wife Ann". From Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837 1803 STRANGE Sarah d. of Thomas & Sarah; Foxton 1806 STRANGE Thomas s. of Thomas & Sarah; Foxton 1809 STRANGE Sarah d. of Mary; Camb.St.Mary 1806 STRANGE Robert bb. s. of Mary; Camb.St.Mary 1813 STRANGE John 18d s. of James & Susanh.; Linton 1813 STRANGE Hannah d. of Thomas & Sarah; Foxton 1813 STRANGE Susan 6w d. of William & Amey; Bartlow 1815 STRANGE Mary A. 23d d. of James & Susan; Linton 1815 STRANGE Mary 2m d. of William & Amey; Bartlow 1817 STRANGE William 15d s. of William & Susannah Linton 1818 STRANGE Martha 2m d. of John & Mary; Linton 1819 STRANGE James 11d s. of James & Susannah; Linton 1820 STRANGE Joseph 1m s. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1822 STRANGE Joseph 2m s. of Jno. & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1824 STRANGE Sarah 4m d. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1825 STRANGE Thomas 19d s. of James & Susan; Linton 1826 STRANGE Isaac 1m s. of Jno. & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1828 STRANGE Anna M. 19d d. of James & Susanh. ; Linton 1828 STRANGE Elizth. 5m d. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1829 STRANGE John s. of Thomas & Susan; Royston 1830 STRANGE Isaac 6m s. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1830 STRANGE Isaac 6m s. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1832 STRANGE Jabez 2m s. of Jno. & Mary; Linton Congreg. 1833 STRANGE Mary d. of Thomas & Susan; Royston 1835 STRANGE Susan d. of Thomas & Susan; Royston 1837 STRANGE Frederick 2m s. of John & Mary; Linton Congreg. From Valerie Fairbrass 06 Apr 2005 I seem to have opened up a hornets nest with my 1861 transcription. The couple in question at 5 Palace Street (and still resident there in the 1881) are Joseph Thurley (appearing as Humley in my transcription but the whole entry was very difficult to read) and Mary(nee Strange), They married June Q 1854 St Pancras 1b 147 While the 1881 only gives Cambridge as place of birth I had a trawl through the IGI and see that there are Thurley births at Abington Piggots, Cambridge and also at Bassingbourne, Cambs (birthplace of Susan, wife of Thomas Strange in this same 1861 entry) |