Robert Strange

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Strange was born in 1814, in South Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, his father, John Strange, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Dunn, was 40. He married Frances Marshall on 25 September 1844, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Normanton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in 1874, in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England, at the age of 60, and was buried in Normanton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Robert Strange
1814–1874
Frances Marshall
1826–1854
Marriage: 25 September 1844
John Strange
1845–
Isaac Strange
1850–1897
Sarah Ann Strange
1853–1854

Sources (28)

  • Robert Strange in household of Anthony Strange, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Robert Strange, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • (1857) Marriage - Robert Strange to Elizabeth Moorwood , "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"

World Events (5)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire): nickname for a newcomer to a district, from Middle English strange ‘foreign’ (Old French estrange, Latin extraneus, from extra ‘outside’).

Irish (Antrim): this name is also common in Ireland, where, in addition to its English etymology, it may represent an Anglicized form of any of several Irish names containing the element gall ‘stranger’, e.g. Doyle , Gallagher .

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

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