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Sarah Jane Strang
1828 - 1918 (90 years)-
Name Sarah Jane Strang Born 3 Aug 1828 Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] - year only in Island Refuge & Weeks
Gender Female Education Jan 1851 Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [8] Census 1881 Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada [9] - 53 in 1881 census
Census 1891 Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada [4] - 62 in 1891 census
AltDeath 1892 [10] Misc seven children [1] Misc Nov 1918 [11] thirty-six grandchildren and forty-one great grand children Died 2 Nov 1918 Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [1, 3, 6, 7, 11] Obituary 20 Nov 1918 Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada [11] Summerside Journal
Obituary
The death occurred at the home of her son in Calvin on November 2nd, of Sarah Jane Strang, aged ninety years. She leaves to mourn one brother Garett, one sister Mrs. Alice Littlefield, both of California; two sons, Joseph T., of Freetown, and Calvin (referred to above) Lower Freetown, three daughters, Mrs. E. J. Clark, of Wilmot, Mrs. J. M. Clark, of Edmonton, and Mrs A. A. MacCaul, of Ellerslie, and one adopted daughter, Mrs. Peter Reeves, of Freetown. She also leaves thirty-six grandchildren and forty-one great grand children. Interment was made in the Kirk Cemetery at Wilmot, and the pallbearers were her four nephews, Picton Reeves, Hubert Reeves, Colin Reeves and Bert Reeves and her two grandsons Thos. MacCaul and Walter Reeves.
Residence Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [1, 6] on the farm where Robert Burns now lives (1971) Buried Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [7] Notes - !NAME: - Catherine Dickie 18/10/92 PARN: BD: DD: HUS: 7 children
Person ID I498 Arthur - Research Last Modified 5 May 2013
Father Nathaniel Strang, b. 7 Apr 1804, Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 5 Jul 1884, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years) Mother Elizabeth Schurman, b. 20 Jun 1802, Central Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 7 Dec 1847, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 45 years) Family ID F3747 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas Reeves, b. 14 May 1827, , , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 9 Oct 1911, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 84 years) Married 21 Jan 1852 [1, 3, 6] Children 1. Eliza Alice Reeves, b. 8 Aug 1853, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 17 Aug 1941, Kelvin Grove, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 88 years) 2. Sarah Margaret Reeves, b. 27 Feb 1855, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 24 Feb 1922, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada (Age 66 years) 3. Mary Murdina Reeves, b. 7 Apr 1857, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 9 Jan 1950, Ellerslie, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 92 years) 4. Joseph T Reeves, b. 1 Mar 1859, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 13 Jun 1945, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 86 years) 5. Asenath Jane Reeves, b. CA 1861, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 21 Sep 1908, Medford, , Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 47 years) 6. Calvin Thomas Reeves, b. 5 Mar 1865, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 10 Sep 1947, Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 82 years) 7. William Alfred Reeves, b. 14 Apr 1870, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 11 Dec 1894, Muddy Creek, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 24 years) Family ID F90 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S587] BOK0012 Book: An Island Refuge:, Jesse Strang, p.283-289.
- [S579] Info: Alexander Weeks.
- [S106] BOK0031 Book: Freetown - Past and Present, p.390-394.
- [S1016] Census: 1891 Canada (Ancestry.com), Lot 25, W1.5/8, #125 (Reliability: 2).
- [S124] BOK0003 Book: William Schurman, Loyalist, p.94.
- [S124] BOK0003 Book: William Schurman, Loyalist, p.199.
- [S215] Archives: PEI Heritage Foundation Files, Strang, cemetery card.
- [S725] Vital Stats: PEI Marriage Licences, 1844-1851Thomas Resvis[?] & Sarah Strang, 2 Jan 1851.
2 Jan 1851 Thomas Resvis[?] (B) Bedeque & Sarah Strang (S) Bedeque John Wright Esq - [S1142] Census: 1881 Canada, Lot 25, PE, 1-U, p.7, C-13162.
- [S106] BOK0031 Book: Freetown - Past and Present, p.378.
- [S695] Obituaries: General, Sarah Jane Strang, Summerside Journal, 20 Nov 1918, p.5, col.4.
- [S587] BOK0012 Book: An Island Refuge:, Jesse Strang, p.283-289.