Leslie Aurelia Stratton

Brief Life History of Leslie Aurelia

When Leslie Aurelia Stratton was born in 1857, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Albert Stratton, was 50 and her mother, Hannah Mead Whitney, was 44. She died on 10 January 1864, at the age of 7.

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Family Time Line

Albert Stratton
1807–1881
Hannah Mead Whitney
1813–1880
Martin Whitcomb Stratton
1833–1922
Joel Augustus Stratton
1837–1923
Albert Osman Stratton
1839–1915
Charlotte Amelia Stratton
1842–1932
Wilber Fletcher Stratton
1844–1847
Ellen Augustus Stratton
1848–1851
Adeliza Hannah Stratton
1851–1931
Porter Raymond Stratton
1855–1933
Leslie Aurelia Stratton
1857–1864

Sources (6)

  • Leila Stratton, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Leila A. Stratton, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
  • Leila Aurelia Stratton, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (2)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Stratton or Stretton, almost all named with Old English strǣt ‘paved road, Roman road’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Stratton in Cornwall, which may also be a partial source of the surname, probably has as its first element Cornish stras ‘valley’.

English: variant of Sturton, a habitational name from Sturton le Steeple (Nottinghamshire), Great Sturton (Lincolnshire), Sturton by Stow (Lincolnshire), or possibly Sturton (Northumberland), all of which placenames share the same etymology and early spellings as 1 above.

Scottish: habitational name from Straiton (Ayrshire), Straiton in Liberton (Midlothian), or South Straiton in Logie (Fife), all named with Old English strǣt ‘street, Roman road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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