William Baker Strang^[1]

1879 - 1967  (87 years)

• Name	William Baker Strang
  Born	31 Dec 1879	, , New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1891	Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  	11 in census
  Census	1901	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  	21 in 1901 census
  Misc	W.B. Strang was a business man in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He owned and ran a livery stable which was located across from the train station and next to the Amherst Hotel. He later started a taxi business around 1907 - believed to be the oldest taxi in the Maritimes - and was one of the first people to own a car in Amherst. He eventually owned a fleet of cars by the 1940's. He also had a contract with the Postal Service for parcel delivery. He owned a large Victorian home located at 99 Church Street. When his family was young, and while he supported other members of his family ie. sister Bessie, his mother-in-law, and cousin Hannah Embree Bent, he owned two working farms - one in Brookdale and took hay off the one on the Tantramar Marsh. I imagine the hay was used in the Livery Stable operation. The Brookdale farm provided vegetables and food for the family. Prior to his marriage he worked at the Amherst Car works as a carpenter and painter. Shortly after his marriage, he took sick with paritonitis (sp?) and spent some recovery time out west visiting his brother, Henry. When he returned, he started the livery stable business and the taxi business. According to Auntie Fran, Grandpa left home at an early age and took a job as a carpenter at the Canada Car Works in Amherst. People he worked with nicknamed him "Rock Maple" for some reason. She thought it was because he wore homemade wool socks but I think most people wore homemade socks in the late 1800's. Auntie Fran says she understood Grandpa's father, Ephraim Edgar, was a difficult man to get along with which is probably the reason the boys left home early.
  Occupation	founder of Strang's taxi, the oldest taxi in the Maritimes  [6]
  Occupation	1901	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  	carpenter, car works
  Died	10 Feb 1967	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I22661	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Edgar Strang,   b. 24 Oct 1850, , , New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Nov 1921, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Martha Eliza Embree,   b. 13 Apr 1853, East Amherst, , Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1914, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F8236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Watt McCallum,   b. 5 Mar 1882, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 1978, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1902	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	1. James Edgar Strang,   b. 11 Oct 1907, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1998, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 91 years)   2. Frank Sawyer Strang,   b. 13 Feb 1910, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 15 Feb 1967, Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   3. William Baker Strang,   b. 18 Feb 1912,   d. 1913, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. Isabella Marshall Strang,   b. 7 Dec 1914,   d. 3 Feb 1971, Montreal, , Quebec, Canada  (Age 56 years)   5. George Roger Strang,   b. 19 Sep 1919, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1984, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 64 years)   6. Janet MacCallum Strang,   b. 9 Apr 1921, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1998, Hamilton, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   7. Frances Embree Strang
  Family ID	F12346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Dec 1879 - , , New Brunswick, Canada Census - 1901 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Occupation - carpenter, car works - 1901 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Married - 25 Dec 1902 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 10 Feb 1967 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] Census: 1891 Westmorland Co, NB, V.2 Westmorland P, p.1017 (048-1) (Reliability: 2). [S994] Journal: Embree Family, v. 3, branch D, p.126 (Reliability: 2). [S995] Journal: Embree Family in NS, p.26 (Reliability: 2). [S1262] Census: 1901 Canada, Amherst (a-1), Cumberland Co, NS, T-6449, p.26. [S1466] Info: Nancy (Strang) Stewart, Ephraim Edgar Strang file, received 5 Sep 2004. [S1466] Info: Nancy (Strang) Stewart, e-mail 3 Aug 2004.