Hubert Arthur Stretton b1872
About
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Summary:
Hubert was the twelfth child of Samuel and Kate Stretton. There is little information regarding his life other than the brief recollections in the Bio section below. - Archive link: Link to Hubert’s documents and images
- No of documents: 3
- No of Images: 6
- No of photo albums: 1
- Born: Sunday, 25 February 1872
- Birthplace: Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Died: Sunday, 21 October 1951
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Bio:
FAMILY:
In 1897, at the age of 25, Hubert married Octavia Isabella Elizabeth Auchmuty, who was 22 years his senior. They were to have no offspring and Octavia died in 1920.
As a widower, Hubert lived with his spinster sister Kate Mary, at Parkwych, Droitwich.
One of Hubert’s grand-nieces recalls visits to see him in his latter years and recalls:
“A wonderful, kind man who lived in Katie’s kitchen with very many various clocks on the mantlepiece. He was a photographer of great skills. He wore silver rimmed glasses. I always looked forward to seeing him: he was lovely.” - Place of Death: Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Spouse: Octavia Isabella Elizabeth (Née Auchmuty)
- Mother: Kate Stretton (née Birch)
- Sibling-1: William Richard Stretton
- Sibling-2: Ernest Samuel Stretton
- Sibling 3: John Lionel Stretton
- Sibling 4: Kate Mary Stretton
- Sibling 5: Edward Alfred Stretton
- Sibling 6: Unnamed twin
- Sibling 7: Unnamed twin
- Sibling 8: Gertrude Rosa Stretton
- Sibling 9: Harry Weston Stretton
- Sibling 10: Robert Bertram Stretton
- Sibling 11: Francis Byrche Stretton
- Sibling 12: Sidney Sturges Stretton
- Sibling 13: Archibald Callendar Stretton
- Sibling 14: Philip Cecil Braddyll Stretton