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Sarah Jane Jane Woods

Born about 1860 in Strabane, Co.Tyrone, Ireland

Daughter of James Woods and Jane Gordon

Sister of James Woods and John Woods

Wife of Robert Henry Stretch — married 21 Oct 1878 in Waiau,Registrars office

Descendants

Mother of William Henry Stretch, Arthur Albert Stretch, Ethel Constance Stretch, Charles Robert John Stretch, Ernest Cuthbert Stretch, Edith Jane Stretch, Ella Gladys Stretch, Esther Grace Stretch, Elvira Emmaline Stretch, Vivian Clare Stretch, Hylton Hope Stretch, Athol Walter Stretch, Irene May Stretch and Cora Lee Stretch

Died 20 Jul 1946 at about age 86 in Hamilton

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hamilton East Cem

Sarah, of Scottish-Irish stock, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1860. Her parents Jane (nee Gordon) and James Woods had met in Ireland when Jane accompanied her father, a Scottish wool trader, on a business trip. It was here she met James. They married and had three children, two boys and a girl. Tragedy struck the family when an epidemic (possibly Tyhpoid) took the life of her father. After her mother died in October 1874, Irish relatives decided for Sarah Woods to be sent to an Aunt in New Zealand. After arrangements were made, Sarah was put on the ship Eastern Monarch, arriving in Lyttleton, New Zealand on the 22nd July 1874. A most traumatic experience for this young girl who had lost her parents by death, parted from her brothers and the land she knew, as well as being rejected by her maternal grandparents. Compounding all this, at journey's end, she was to discover that there was no one waiting to meet her.

Sarah was befriended and was taken to live with a minister of religion, Mr Entrician, his wife and family. She lived with this loving, caring family until she met her future husband, Robert Henry Stretch.

She met Robert Stretch and married in 1878 at the Waiau Registry Office, Canterbury. They had 14 children together and lived in the Kaikoura, Marlborough district. While they lived in the Canterbury district, Robert worked as a farmer. In 1905 they moved to Te Haroto, Hawkes Bay where Robert was a Station Hand on a farm and in 1911 they moved to Kairanga, Rangitkei, Manawatu , worked as a farmer. Onto Masterton in 1914 and between this year and 1928 they were farming in Te Kuiti, Waikato, until Robert died in 1919 and is buried in the Hamilton Cemetery. During these years Sarah went to live with her son Arthur Albert Stretch who was also faming in Te Kuiti. Sadly Arthur died of Turburculosis on the 21 May 1946, age 65 and Sarah died on the 30 July 1946, age 86. She is buried with her husband Robert.

Sources

↑ Woods-3301 was created by Coralie Hamilton through the import of Coralie Hamilton for gedmatch.GED x second try.GED on Mar 3, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.