STRANGER Chart 0402

This is a Chart for William Stranger and Ellen Buckingham

married
1
WILLIAM STRANGER
born about
22nd September 1853
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1881 Clerk
1891 Stone Merchant
1901 Stone Merchant's Manager 		  2
ELLEN BUCKINGHAM
born about
 1854
Dale
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
 1871 Scholar
3
William
STRANGER
born about
1878
Dale
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1891 Scholar
1901 Stone Merchant's
Clerk
1911 Carter

married
about
1903
Youpha
UPHAM
 born about
September
quarter
1880
Brixham
Devon 		4
Helen
(Ellen)
STRANGER
born about
1881
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1891 Scholar 		5
Frank
STRANGER
born about
1884
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1891 Scholar
1901 Fruit Grower
educated
 Burlase School
Buckinghamshire
England
WWI
joined army
13th April 1916
wounded
15th March 1918
Battle of Ypres
rank 
2nd Lieutenant
(Private)
regiment
 57th Battalion,
 Australian Infantry
services number
2266
medal
Mons Star
died 
22nd March 1918
WWI
memorial
Outersteene
Communal
Cemetery
Extension
Bailleul
France
also remember
at
 Bailiwick Memorial  Smith Street
Guernsey
and the
 St Sampson's Memorial  parish church
 and the 
memorial the family had built at the Vale Church 		6
Gertrude
STRANGER
born about
1885
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1891 Scholar
1911 Jeweller 		7
Edith
STRANGER
born about
1890
(5 months on the 1891 Census)
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands 		8
Harry
Easterbrook
Knollys
STRANGER
born about
1893
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
educated
 Burlase School
Buckinghamshire
England
WWI
joined army
 17th December 1916
rank
Captain
regiment
 Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 
1st Battalion 
medal
Military Cross
died 
11th Mary 1918
WWI
memorial
Baraques Military
Cemetery
Sangatte
France
also appears on
 Jersey Roll of Honour

married
Beatrice M
???
of
Midlanes
Andover
Hampshire
 9
George
STRANGER
born about
1895
St Sampsons
Guernsey
Channel Islands
occupation
1911 School
educated
Elizabeth
College
WWI
joined
31st October 1917
rank
Lieutenant
regiment
 Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 
1st Battalion
and
1st R Surr TLI
medal
possibly shows
Victory and British
died 
11th April 1918
WWI
memorial
Ploegseteert
Memorial
Reference Panel 11
also
 Elizabeth College for old boys
  1. 1871 Les Monts, St Michael in the Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    1881 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. (Living next door to his father Philip STRANGER and their family.)
    1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1918 36, Hauteville, Guernsey, Channel Isles.
    My attention has been drawn to the following article on a BBC Web Site regarding this family of STRANGER's by Justin ALLPRESS.
    Story of the Stranger Family
    By Ben Chapple
    A headstone led a local researcher to uncover the story of a Guernsey family who lost all three sons during the last year of the First World War.
    Stranger Memorial at the Vale Church
    After spotting a headstone in the Vale Church cemetery amateur researcher Liz Walton was intrigued.
    The inscription "In proud and loving memory of the three sons of William and Ellen Stranger, Easterbrook, St Sampson, who gave their lives for Britain's cause in the Great War, and passed on to the fuller life" was the start of her research into the story of the family.
    "All three of them were killed within about six weeks of each other during the First World War. It's seeing something like this that makes you realise the effect that the war must have had on families on the island, because they weren't the only family that was hit in this way," said Liz.
    The family memorial at the Vale Church was not unusual Liz explained: "Quite a few families did that, I think because the graves were so far away and they couldn't travel to them and they felt they had to have somewhere, some focus over here."
    William Stranger was a prosperous stone merchant and he and his wife lived in New Road, St Sampson's and had three sons Frank, Harry and George.
    The records show the eldest son, Frank, joined up with the Australian Imperial Forces on 13 April 1916 in Melbourne at the age of 33 and was listed as single and his occupation as a clerk.
    Liz said that was not the whole story though as he "must have served previous to that as his records show that he qualified for the Mons Star" which was awarded for action under fire between 15 August - 22 November 1914.
    Frank served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 57th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
    The first of the brothers to sign up was also the first to die. He survived being shot in the head, leg and arms on the 15 March 1918 at the third Battle of Ypres only to die of the wounds a week later.
    He is buried in the Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul, France and along with his brothers is remembered on the Bailiwick Memorial at the top of Smith Street, the St Sampson's Memorial in the parish church and the memorial the family had built at the Vale Church.
    Their names on the Bailiwick Memorial
    The youngest son George was 22 when he joined the 1st Battalion of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant on 31 October 1917.
    He was killed in action at Doulieu, northern France, on 11 April 1918 and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium and the memorial at the Elizabeth College for old boys, which his brothers do not appear on as they had been educated at the Burlase School in Buckinghamshire.
    Middle brother Harry also joined the 1st Battalion of the RGLI as a 2nd Lieutenant but almost a year earlier than his brother on 17 December 1916.
    He was awarded a Military Cross and his citation states: "He held an important bridgehead during a period of strenuous fighting at close quarters. He collected and organised men of several units, and held the bridge successfully against all the enemy's efforts to break through. He set a splendid example of courage and determination."
    The only one of the brothers who was married, to Beatrice Maynard from Hampshire, he was 27 and an acting Captain when he was injured in the same action as George, but he survived for a month before dying of his wounds on 11 May 1918.
    Harry is buried at Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte near Calais and he is the only brother who appears on the Jersey Roll of Honour.
  2. 1861 Chivret's House, The Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen is down as 7 a Scholar, her parents are Daniel aged 54 a Stonecracker born England his mother Charlotte is 48? (does not tie up with 1871 Census, but certain correct family)  born England, sibilings, Thomas 23 a Sailor born England, Frederick 10 a Scholar and Harriet 6 a Scholar all born The Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    1871 Bridge Road, St Michael in the Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen was with her mother Charlotte who was a widow aged 52 a Grocer born in England, Ellen had two siblings, Frederick aged 19 a Blacksmith and Harriett aged 14 a Dressmaker both born Vale, Guernsey. 
    1881 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - New Road St Sampson's Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen is down as married 23 years but William her husband is not with her. As well as the children there was a Amy BURROWS aged21 born St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a Donald STUART aged 24 a Minister Wesleyan Methodist born Nottingham and a William MAY a visitor aged 19 a Shipping Clerk born Southampton.
    1918 36, Hauteville, Guernsey, Channel Isles.
  3. 1881 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - Roland Road St Sampsons Guernsey. There is a son William Lloyd STRANGER aged 1 born St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands. They have William wife down as Youpha, this is correct, in 1901 she was living with her parents Albert UPHAM aged 44 a Fruit grower and his wife Youpha aged 44 both born Devon and at "Alta Victa", Rue des Montes, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Island. There was a sibling John and mother-in-law a Mary W JONES a widow aged 69 born Devon, there was also a servant. Youpha also appears on the 1881 and 1891 Census in Brixham, Devon, Youpha and her mother are the only two occurrences of this name on any census and on the BMD in England. Her mother married Albert UPHAM as Elizabeth Youpha JONES on  June quarter 1878 in Totnes district Devon. Marriages for Guernsey do not shown on the BMD and the marriage does not appear on the IGI.
  4. 1881 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
  5. 1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - Not found at present.
    1914 I think Frank went to Australia and that was why he was in an Australian Regiment in WWI. I believe he was in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1914 as a Garden at a Medical Establishment.
  6. 1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
    1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - New Road St Sampson's Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen is down as married 23 years but William her husband is not with her. As well as the children there was a Amy BURROWS aged21 born St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a Donald STUART aged 24 a Minister Wesleyan Methodist born Nottingham and a William MAY a visitor aged 19 a Shipping Clerk born Southampton.
  7. 1891 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Charlotte BUCKINGHAM, down as mother a widow aged 71 born England living on own means was with the family (I would think she was the mother of Ellen and have shown as such above) They also had a servant.
  8. 1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - New Road St Sampson's Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen is down as married 23 years but William her husband is not with her. As well as the children there was a Amy BURROWS aged21 born St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a Donald STUART aged 24 a Minister Wesleyan Methodist born Nottingham and a William MAY a visitor aged 19 a Shipping Clerk born Southampton.
  9. 1901 New Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  (down as STRAUGH on Ancestry.com). They had a servant a Mary SANDERS aged 27 a Domestic Servant born England
    1911 Census - New Road St Sampson's Guernsey, Channel Islands. Ellen is down as married 23 years but William her husband is not with her. As well as the children there was a Amy BURROWS aged21 born St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a Donald STUART aged 24 a Minister Wesleyan Methodist born Nottingham and a William MAY a visitor aged 19 a Shipping Clerk born Southampton.

The idea of these charts is to give the information that we have found in the research we have done and put together and with the help of many other people who have contacted us over the past thirty odd years we have been researching our family. The idea is that you click on the Chart box in blue to be taken to the next family. There is now a large number of charts to be found and connections can be made to all the main families I am researching. If a chart has a box with the standard background it means that as yet I have not put the Chart on the Web.
To conform to the Data Protection Act all the Charts have been altered to exclude all details for living people other than the name.

Go to Chart index

Return to Home Page

If you have comments, alterations, corrections, amendments etc. please follow the details to be found on the Home Page to contact me.

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 13:42