Helen Walker Strang

Brief Life History of Helen Walker

When Helen Walker Strang was born on 19 April 1869, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Archibald Strang, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Jane Johnstone Goodall, was 21. She married Charles McKinnon Groves in 1895. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Milton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871 and Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 26 July 1962, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 93, and was buried in Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Charles McKinnon Groves
1861–1934
Helen Walker Strang
1869–1962
Marriage: 1895
George Groves
1896–1989
Charles Groves
1898–1982
Helen Marion Groves
1900–1997
Jean Groves
1903–1997
Jessie Groves
1904–1988
James Groves
1906–1984
Clark William Groves
1909–1990
Archibald Strang Groves
1911–1912

Sources (5)

  • Helen Strang in household of Mathew Strang, "Scotland Census, 1871"
  • Helen Walker Strang, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Helen Walker Strang Groves, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1896 · Palm House Opens

In 1896, the Palm House opened. It was designed by Mackenzie and Moncur of Edinburgh. It was designed in the tradition of Joseph Paxton's glass houses and originally had a rich collection of exotic plants.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Strong .

German: topographic name from Middle High German stranc ‘strip of land’, or a habitational name from any of the places so called.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a rope maker, from Middle High German stranc, German Strang ‘cord, rope’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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