+-William STRONG
| (Was he George?)
|
+-Solomon STRONG---------------+
| b. 12 Sep 1811 |
| d. 5 Feb 1894 |
| m. 1836 |
| +-[unknown name] (1)
+-Elizabeth (Betsy) STRONG-----+
| b. ABT 1836 |
| d. 20 Oct 1909 |
| |
+-James SHEARING |
b. ABT 1820 |
d. 6 Apr 1903 |
|
+-Henry J. STRONG--------------+
| b. 8 Apr 1838 |
| d. 15 Nov 1908 |
| m. 7 Dec 1873 |
| |
+-Mary Ann WHITE |
|
+-Saphira (Sophie) STRONG------+
| b. 6 Dec 1841 |
| d. 17 Sep 1913 |
| m. 7 Feb 1873 |
| |
+-Henry KNIGHT |
b. 6 Jul 1830 |
d. 7 Nov 1921 |
|
David STRONG-----------------+
b. ABT 1843 |
d. 12 Aug 1916 |
|
+-Job STRONG-------------------+
| b. Jul 1844 |
| d. 25 Apr 1924 |
| |
+-Mary Jane UPWARDS (1) |
b. ABT 1847 |
d. 6 Dec 1883 |
m. 7 Dec 1873 |
| |
+-Ruth PROLE (2) |
b. ABT Nov 1854 |
d. BEF 1921 |
m. 5 Jun 1886 |
|
+-Lavenia STRONG---------------+
| m. 7 Dec 1873 |
| |
+-William Pullen UPWARDS |
|
Samuel STRONG----------------+
b. Aug 1848 |
d. ABT 1870 |
|
+-Frederick J. STRONG----------+
| b. ABT 1851 |
| d. 4 Apr 1915 |
| m. 10 Dec 1877 |
| |
+-Rebecca Jane LANGDOWN |
b. 26 Feb 1853 |
d. 5 Aug 1932 |
|
+-Thomas E. STRONG-------------+
| b. ABT 1857 |
| d. 7 Apr 1929 |
| |
+-Elizabeth (Eliza) BOWERS |
b. ABT 1851 |
d. 2 Jan 1938 |
|
John STRONG------------------+
d. Infancy |
|
+-William Joseph Armstrong |
| b. ABT 1860 STRONG---+
| d. 19 Dec 1903 |
| m. 3 Nov 1884 |
| |
+-Sarah Ann LANGDOWN |
b. 14 Jan 1862 | +-William WELLS
d. 21 Nov 1910 | |
+-Jane WELLS-------------------+
d. 13 Apr 1888 |
+-[unknown name]
We believe Solomon was born in Back Harbour, Twillingate. He moved to Three Arms and is noted
as living there in 1846 (Seary). He married Jane, sister of
John Burge Wells. They were one of the first settlers in
Three Arms, a good fishing site and a safe harbour.
|
John H. Strong, Strong Family Anecdotes:
George's oldest son, Solomon, was famous for his strength, and many stories have been told of his feats. Dorman Knight, his grandson told me he had personally seen Solomon tuck a two-hundred pound barrel of flour under his arm and climb up the side of a wharf from a small boat. Another time he had been visiting Jackson's Cove and took Dorman home to Three Arms with him. They walked to Silverdale, got into a rowboat and rowed to Welch's Cove, where Solomon put the boat on his back and carried it across the neck to Three Arms, rather than rowing the long way around. According to John Wells' notebook he was in a store making some purchases and on the way out was accosted by two brothers known as the "Big Warrens". Solomon laid down his packages and grabbed one of the brothers in each hand and banged their heads together. The following stories about Solomon's strength were also related to me by Dorman Knight. However, most, if not all of them were often related by next generation Strongs, Wells' and Knights. He used to go to St. John's occasionally, perhaps on Norris Company's trading schooner. The St. John's locals had heard of his strength and some of them would usually want to challenge him to fight. Solomon was a peaceful man but could not always avoid an encounter. On one occasion, after having been baited unbearably he at last said to his tormentor, "all right then, if we must fight we will have to clear a space". He began by picking up a ship's anchor and giving it a toss. It landed a few feet away and went down clean through the wharf. The challenger left in a hurry. On another occasion, he was goaded into accepting a challenge from the local champion, whose name was Green. Solomon proceeded to take off his heavy sweater and while his arms were over his head, he was suddenly attacked by Green, who landed a terrible blow which knocked Solomon down. He was able to get up. Solomon gave Green one punch which knocked him out. Green was carried home and died a few days later. Solomon also felt the effects of the blow from Green for the rest of his life. He visited Green before he died and the two men shook hands. Once when Solomon was in St. John's for the last trip of the season, as he was buying his supplies for the winter he ran out of money before he could get his usual gallon of rum. He took his two-gallon keg under his arm after putting in one gallon of water, and started off for a tavern. The clerk poured in one gallon of rum and Solomon put his hand in his pocket, saying, "Gosh! No money!" Then he apologetically poured one gallon of the now diluted rum back in the measuring jug. He repeated this procedure at each tavern on Water Street and before long had some pretty good stuff in his keg, all for free. |