My Family Tree

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 Rd., 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.