Brief Life History of Porter Raymond
When Porter Raymond Stratton was born on 13 July 1855, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Albert Stratton, was 48 and his mother, Hannah Mead Whitney, was 42. He married Annie M Jewett on 8 March 1880, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. He died on 22 August 1933, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Porter R Stratton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Porter Raymond Stratton, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Porter R. Stratton, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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