Worked in woolen mill 1910
It appears the Thomas Stranger came to the United States on the ship Arago in 1867 and returned to England shortly thereafter. For reasons not yet determined the wife Elizabeth returned to the US in 1871 aboard the ship City of Brooklyn without husband Thomas. UK records provide:
Name: Thomas Stranger
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 46
DISTRICT: St Thomas
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 64
Elizabeth Susan (Bessie) Brooking
Fathers first name from death cert.
He and all of his sons woked as operaters for the RR in Lowell, Kent MI. in 1910 (census data)
Births Jun 1862
Surname Given Name District Volume Page
Stranger Alice Matilda Plymouth 5b 238
Lived in Hyde Park, cook county, Chicago Illinois in 1900. Returned to MI by 1910
WWI draft card 1917- Single, Lived in Detroit ,worked for RR
Possible family 1930 census:
Name: Harry I Smith
Home in 1930: East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law
Spouse's name: Bernice B
Race: White
Occupation: RR Dispatcher
Rent/home value: Lived w/ in laws
Age at first marriage:28
Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Bernal A Proctor 60
Minnie L Proctor 55
Bernice B Smith 28 (wife of Harry)
Harry I Smith 38
Marilyn M Smith 1/12
Elizabeth Susan (Bessie) Brooking
Fathers first name from death cert.
Father may be Albion Bartlett of Ohio born 6-1847 (wife Emma)
Possibly another child Cora B Clay buried at Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Emmet, MI (no other info on headstone)
Lived in Hillsdale MI in 1930 (Cora Cousins)
Tombsone inscription:
Bartlett, Floyd Lorenzo, d. 4-18-1900, son of Ted & Marjorie Slocum. (I believe this to be a transciption error and Slocums are not the parents. SS)
With mother Cora Cousins on 1930 census
Birth from cemetery data
Possibly father of Cora B Clay buried at Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Emmet, MI (no other info on headstone)
Mother likely Cora Elizabeth (Smith) Clay
Possibly another child Cora B Clay buried at Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Emmet, MI (no other info on headstone)
Lived in Hillsdale MI in 1930 (Cora Cousins)