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• Summary:
   

  William Weston Stretton was the second child in a family which will have suffered much sadness as five of the eight children died at a very young age. The father of the Kidderminster surgeon, Samuel, he lived his life in the Leicester area, following his father’s trade as a currier but not enjoying it and leaving the business as soon as he could. Mary Annie Sloane recalls more aspects of the life of her grandfather here.

• Archive link: Link to William Weston’s documents and images
• No of documents: 7
• No of Images: 6
• Born: Wednesday, 10 January 1798
• Birthplace: Leicester
• Died: Monday, 18 June 1888
• Bio:

  His grandson, John Lionel recalls in his book that “I never heard of his doing any work, but he was a Justice of the Peace and he used to go down to the town every morning and often sat on the Bench”. Also that he “was a great Judge of port wine and kept the very finest vintages. He considered that when a bottle was opened it ought to be finished and not kept for another day. He used to dine at 2 o’clock, and he would sit all the afternoon and drink at the wine till the bottle was finished.”

• Spouse: Jane (Née Harris)
• Marriage Date: Thursday, 20 July 1826
• Father: William Stretton
• Mother: Mary Stretton (Née Richardson)
• Sibling-1: Mary Stretton
• Sibling-2: Ann Stretton
• Sibling 3: Clement Stretton
• Sibling 4: Elizabeth Stretton
• Sibling 5: Clement Stretton
• Sibling 6: James Stretton
• Sibling 7: Sarah Stretton
• Sibling 8: James Stretton
• Child 1: Clement Stretton
• Child 2: William Harris Stretton
• Child 3: Joseph Harris Stretton
• Child 4: Samuel Stretton
• Child 5: Jane Stretton
• Child 6: George Stretton
• Child 7: John Stretton
• Child 8: Augustus Stretton
• Child 9: Albert Stretton
• Child 10: Sarah Stretton