5. Families
5.1 From Richard Carruthers-Zurowski
Descendants of John STRANGE, of Hannington, Wiltshire
I descend from the Purton families of LARGE and SHEPPARD, though not from the individuals
shown, who are related to me in various degrees. I have collected this information and
compiled it for my one-place study of Purton Wiltshire.
1 John STRANGE, of Hannington, Wiltshire
+ Joan BALLOW 5 January 1679/80, Hannington, WIL
2 Elizabeth STRANGE, bap 30 January 1680/81 Hannington, WIL, d 6 February 1680/81
2 John STRANGE, of Purton, WIL bap 5 April 1686 Hannington, WIL,
bur 12 December 1727 St Mary the Virgin, Purton, WIL,
+ Martha BAKER, of Liddenton, i.e. Liddington, WIL 29 Dec 1712 St Mary the Virgin
Church, Marlborough, WIL, bur 23 October 1724 St Mary the Virgin,Purton, WIL
3 Richard STRANGE, bap 6 April 1713, Hannington, WIL
3 Joan STRAINGE, mantua maker, of Witcomb, GLS bap 12 August 1714 St Mary the Virgin,
Purton, WIL, bur 24 March 1769 St Mary the Virgin, Purton; Occ 21 December 1734
mantuamaker. Residence: 21 December 1734 Witcomb, Gloucestershire
+ William LARGE, of Purton, Tetbury & London 22 December 1734 St Mary the Virgin,
Purton, WIL; bap 24 December 1705 St Mary the Virgin, Purton, WIL,
bur 11 November 1770, Tetbury, Gloucestershire; Occ: 21 December 1734 baker
2 Samuel Ballow STRANGE bap 14 March 1688/89, Hannington, WIL
2 Mary STRANGE bap 3 March 1697/98, Hannington, WIL
5.2 Descendants of John STRANGE, of Purton, Wiltshire
1 William STRANGE, of Purton, Wilts, Burial: 1 July 1588 St Mary the Virgin, Purton, WIL
+ Margaret Taylor 25 April 1584 St Mary the Virgin, Purton; buried: 4 July 1588 St Mary
the Virgin, Purton
2 Elizabeth STRANGE, bap 10 February 1587/88 St Mary the Virgin, Purton,
buried 23 December 1620 St Mary the Virgin, Purton, no parentage given in the entry
for her baptism, but likely to be the daughter of the only STRANGE couple married at
Purton in the 16th century,
i.e.William STRANGE and Margrett TAYLOUR [sic] on 25 April 1584
+ Robert MOULDEN, The Elder 29 September 1614 St Mary the Virgin, Purton;
bap 12 December 1589 St Mary the Virgin, Purton; no parentage given in baptismal
records kept in Purton parish register before 1615; buriedn 11 June 1664 St Mary
the Virgin, Purton,
3 Robert MOULDEN bap: 6 August 1617 St Mary the Virgin, Purton
The foregoing Robert MOULDEN, The Elder married again after his wife Elizabeth STRANGE died and probably had another son Thomas by her, unless Thomas was born to his first wife. Thomas Moulden ca 1620-1630 is one of my Purton ancestors.
4.3 Michael STRANGE of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, died 1613, (Will Prob11/122-26/11/1613)
See "Gloucestershire" page for family details of James Peto-Gundersen
5.4 From Stewart MILLAR in Jan 2005
I have noticed that there is some on-going activity in updating the IGI with “STRANGE”entries that match some of my wife’s ancestry – these are located in and around the parish of Lydiard Tregoze, near Swindon, Wiltshire – registration district of Cricklade. These IGI updates seem to be predominantly made from New Zealand with some from the USA. These IGI updates, having been made after 1991, do not offer any means of contacting the contributors – if anyone on this list might be those contributors, I would welcome establishing direct contact.
Godfrey Bell followed up with:
I am from New Zealand (living in London) and have strong connections to a NZ branch of STRANGEs, however, I did not contribute to the LDS data. However, I do have some Lydiard Tregoze links in my tree and I wonder if any of them are in common with yours. Richard STRANGE, died in Lydiard Tregoze (Mannington Farm), 23 Jun 1883 married Martha STRANGE, 3 Apr 1809 – 28 Jan 1858,
{appears to have married a cousin with same name} Lived at Mannington Farm, Lydiard Tregoze Daughter Julia b 1842 in Devizes, Wiltshire, lived Lydiard Tregoze, Mannington Farm
5.5 From Gill Piper My STRANGE connection here is:
Bridget STRANGE married to Richard TUCKEY 28 February 1703/4 by licence both of the parish of Rodbourne Cheney married at St Andrews Blunsden; Bridget has a brother Richard STRANGE. Their father is Thomas STRANGE of Lydiard Millicent Wiltshire; he died 4 December 1710. His last will is made on 25 November 1710. He bequeathed equally to his son and daughter:
1 close of meadow ground situate in Parish of Purton Wilsthire, commonly called Robbins Lane 5 acres with the land late of Edward Pearce on the north, land of .....Maskelyne, gent, on the west, land of .....Woodridge, gent, on the south, a parcel of waste ground called Common Plot on the east.
Both brother and sister are since dead, so Ann Church widow of Richard STRANGE, and son of Bridget Tuckey - Richard Tuckey are administrators - source indenture 1763 between Edward Church (gent) and Ann Church (nee STRANGE) and Richard Tuckey (gent) and the second part Richard Goddard of Marlborough Esq.
5.6 Here is a puzzler that Betty Judge found in Ancestral File
James STRANGE b 1809, christened Jan 1809 Little Somerford Wilts, died 1898 Malmesbury Wilts, buried 22 Feb 1898 Little Somerford Wilts. son of James CLIFFORD and Ann STRANGE, married 20 Oct 1834 Brinkworth Wilts. Elizabeth DIXON b 1815 Brinkworth Wilts. died 1896.
Children are nearly all CLIFFORD not all; perhaps Asenath was STRANGE CLIFFORD?
Robert CLIFFORD bap 16 Jan 1835 Brinkworth Wilts
Asenath STRANGE bap 1836 Brinkworth Wilts
John Dixon CLIFFORD bap 24 April 1839 Little Somerford Wilts d1920 Pontypridd Glam S Wales
William CLIFFORD bap 8 may 1842 Little Somerford Wilts died 5 Dec 1916 Charney Bassett Berks
Albert CLIFFORD bap sep 1843 Brinkworth Wilts, died mar 1844 Little Somerford Wilts
Catherine CLIFFORD bap 1845 Little Somerford Wilts
Bethia CLIFFORD bap 1849 Little Somerford Wilts, bur 6 march 1881 Little Somerford Wilts.
Thomas CLIFFORD bap 1852 Somerford Parva Wilts
Mark CLIFFORD bap 1854 Somerford Parva Wilts
Allen CLIFFORD bap 1857 Somerford Parva Wilts
Ruth CLIFFORD bap 1859 Somerford Parva Wilts.
5.7 From Jane Masri in August 2005 (updated April 2009)
My main line of research is with my mother's maiden name, BRAVERY. The name, STRANGE, enters into the family tree on December 6 1879 with the marriage of Joseph BRAVERY to Bertha STRANGE in Croydon, Surrey who were my great grandparents. Bertha STRANGE was born about 1851, Little Somerford, Wilts, daughter of Simon and Lucy STRANGE, nee MILES who married at Little Somerford March 6 1847. Simon was baptised 6 August 1826, Little Somerford, son of Robert & Elizabeth STRANGE nee THRUSH who married May 10 1813 at Little Somerford. Just recently, I was checking the 1871 census, to find out what Bertha was up to prior to her marriage and was shocked to find her, with what appears to be an illegitimate son! In 1871 she was at 6 Lower Somerset Terrace, Walcot, Bath, St. Swithin's with:
Sarah DUPE - wid - 55 - Nurse
Bertha STRANGE - Dau - unm- 21 - Charwomen - born Somerford
Charles STRANGE - g/son - 1 - son of Bertha STRANGE - born Chippenham, Wilts.
Now, I don't believe for one minute that Sarah DUPE was her mother, I think Sarah's place was a place where pregnant unmarried girls were sent to (out of sight out of mind)
Following up on that, I wanted to find what happened to Charles STRANGE. In 1881 he is a boarder at Blagrove Cottages, Wroughton, Wilts, with John & Elizabeth HADDRELL. In 1891 Charles STRANGE, John & Elizabeth are in Gloucester but the name is HATHERALL. I know that Bertha had an older sister, Elizabeth born about 1848 and this Elizabeth fits her profile, so I need to find a marriage between Elizabeth STRANGE to a John HATHERALL. It's evident from later census that John & Elizabeth are childless. By 1901 Charles is married to Martha and at Bradford on Avon with their first child, Bertha, born 1894.If all my findings are correct, I'm so surprised that my great grandmother had a child out of wedlock, as the family were staunch Baptists and very strict. Did the STRANGE family keep this to themselves? Did Joseph know about her son, Charles?
Charles's birth registration is in the name of LANCELOT CHARLES STRANGE, Q4 1869, Chippenham. The IGI has an extracted baptismal record for LANCELOT CHARLES STRANGE, born 13/9/1869, Chippenham & baptised 27/3/1870, Chippenham.
He married Martha HARDIMAN, 1893, Bath registration district.
They had five children that I know of;
Elsie Bertha born Q1 1894, Wooley, Bath
Charley born Q1 1895, Wooley, Bath
Frederick George born Q1 1897, Wooley, Bath
Gwendoline Rose born Q1 1906, Kelston, Somerset.
Lancelot born Q3 1908 (DOB 21/8/1908 from death reg) Kelston, Somerset.
This last child, Lancelot, has a death reg. in the name of LANCELOT CHARLES STRANGE, 10/1991, Bristol, GLS
Charles Lancelot senior has a death reg. Q2 1954 at Kingswood, GLS.
In 1911 the family is at Hardenhuish, Chippenham. I'm still looking for descendants!
I would be very interested if someone is connected to CHARLES STRANGE 1870 and could perhaps shed some light on this,
5.8 From Julie Hando
My family came from Wiltshire originally, my maiden name was STRANGE, my family are now in the South Wales area. The furthest I have been able to go back is 1773 (or 1775) to Charles STRANGE who lived in the Broad Blunsden/Poulton area of Wiltshire.
Here is what I have to date from Ed Hanson:
1 Charles STRANGE, b Broad Blunsden, WIL, 1773; agricultural labourer
+ Mary PEPALL
2 William STRANGE, b Rodbourne Cheney, 16 Sept 1804; labourer
+ Alice BALLARD 16 Oct 1828, Broad Blunsden, WIL
3 Charles STRANGE, b 1830; 1881-1891, Ag Lab at New Land Farm, Broad Blunsdon
+ Charlotte MILLER 2 June 1852 Poulton, WIL; b 22 Aug 1822, d 10 Sept 1894
From the 1871 census of Highworth, WIL (New Land Farm):
Charlotte STRANGE, m, 46, Ag Lab., b Poulton, GLS
Henry STRANGE, son, 18, Ag Lab., b Blunsdon, WIL
Hannah STRANGE, dau, 10, scholar, b Blunsdon
Ann STRANGE, dau, 7, scholar, b Blunsdon
4 Henry STRANGE, b Blunsdon, 1854
+ Hannah ---
From the 1891 Census of Wales:
"Blaendare", Panteg, MON
Henry STRANGE, head of household, 39, horsekeeper, b Broad Blunsdon, WIL
Hannah STRANGE, wife, 43, b Llanfrencha, MON
Sarah Ann STRANGE, dau, 15, brick yard, b Panteg
Charlotte STRANGE, dau, 12, b Panteg
Alice STRANGE, dau, 9, scholar, b Panteg
Lizzy STRANGE, dau, 7, scholar, b Panteg
Charles STRANGE, son, 5, scholar, b Panteg*
Henry STRANGE, son, 3, b Panteg
Julie says, "This Charles STRANGE* was my great grandfather. Most of his descendants still
live in the Pontypool area.
5.9 From Tony Flemming-Blake , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Jan 2006
1 Mary Ann Hedges b: 07 Sep 1851 in Purton, WIL; d: 13 Feb 1941
+ Robert William Strange m: 11 Jun 1870 in Swindon, WIL; b: 30 Aug 1846 in
Lydiard Tregoze, WIL; d: 19 Jul 1920
.. 2 William Robert Strange b: 04 Jul 1870 in Swindon, WIL
.. 2 Ernest Frederick Strange b: 01 Oct 1871 in Wroughton, WIL
.. 2 Henry James Strange b31 May 1873 in Wroughton, WIL; d:31 Oct 1968 in Toronto, Canada
+ Amy Bertha Gunn m: in (Prob) England; b: 14 May 1879 in East Barnet, HRT;
d: 15 Dec 1965 in (Prob) Canada
...... 3 Ernest Henry Strange b: 10 Jan 1907 in Islington Dist, London; d: 30 Oct 1992
...... 3 Stanley William Strange b: 09 Apr 1914; d: 14 Dec 1979
....2 Bertha Jane Strange b:18 Sep 1875 in Wroughton, WIL; d:10 Mar 1958 in Lambeth, London
+ Frederick James Millard m: 1901 in Cricklade Dist, WIL; b: Abt. 1875 in (Prob) WIL
.. 2 Beatrice Mary Strange b: 22 Dec 1877 in Swindon, WIL
.. 2 Rowland George Strange b: 06 Feb 1880 in Swindon, WIL; d: Abt. 1960 in New Zealand
+ Margaret Fenella Dobson m: 22 Aug 1913 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;
b: 24 Aug 1888 in Ramsbury, WIL; d: 1947 in New Zealand
........3 John Strange b: 13 Mar 1914 in Canada; d: 1974 in New Zealand
........3 Rupert Strange b: 15 Sep 1916 in Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada; d: 1984
........3 Richard Strange b: 15 Mar 1920 in (Prob) Canada; d: 25 May 1941 in Crete, Greece
........3 Charles Strange b: 08 Dec 1922 in Quesnel, B.C., Canada;
d: 23 Apr 1987 in Crawley, Sussex, England
........ + Doris Josephine Victoria Chapman m: 22 Jul 1944 in Woodford, Essex, England
b: 07 Jun 1921 in Walthamstow, Essex; d: 20 Jan 2003 in Chichester, Sussex
....2 Nellie Strange b: Abt. 1882 in (Prob) Swindon, WIL
....2 Edith Emma Strange b:07 Oct 1883 in Wroughton, WIL; d:03 Nov 1946 in Swindon Dist, WIL
+ Henry Albert Higgins m: 1910 in Cricklade Dist, WIL; b: Abt. 1883;
d: 21 Nov 1946 in Swindon Dist, WIL
....2 Tom Strange b: 23 Jan 1885 in (Prob) Swindon, WIL; d: 03 Jan 1961
.... + Carrie Waller b: 25 Dec 1884 in Finchley, MDX; d: 03 Jan 1961
...... 3 Winifred Strange b: 29 Mar 1906 in Barnet Dist, HRT; d: 09 Jun 1976
...... 3 Arthur Strange b: 10 Jun 1907 in Hornsey, MDX; d: Aug 1973 in Broadstairs, Kent
.... + Margaret Ross b: 02 Feb 1906 in Edmonton, MDX; d: 27 Dec 2001
...... 3 Marjorie Gladys Helen Strange b: 28 May 1914 in Edmonton, MDX;
d: 10 Apr 1987 in Ilford, Essex, England
......... + Reginald Charles Edwin Cumplen b: 12 Nov 1910 in Westminster, London;
d: 18 Mar 1993 in Tenterden, Kent, England
........3 Francis Nelson Strange b: 19 Dec 1918 in Tottenham, MDX;
d: 28 Jan 1988 in Watford, Herts
........ + Mary Bennett b: 07 May 1922 in Bude, Cornwall; d: 22 Nov 2001
........3 Ernest Henry Strange b: 02 May 1924 in Tottenham, MDX; d: 06 Aug 2002
....2 Arthur Sidney Strange b: 13 Nov 1886 in (Prob) Swindon, WIL; d: 15 Dec 1974 in
Swindon Dist, WIL
......+ Laura Elizabeth Blythe b: 28 Jan 1892; d: 04 Jun 1957
........3 William Roberts Strange b: 29 Nov 1916; d: 20 Sep 1943
....2 Elsie Ann Strange b: 21 Apr 1888 in (Prob) Swindon, WIL
......+ William Thornton b: 19 Feb 1886; d: 05 Jul 19645
