Brief Life History of Robertson A.
When Robertson A. Stafford was born on 28 January 1837, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Levi Oliver Stafford, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Haines, was 26. He married Louzeia C. Shields on 16 January 1860, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Abbotts Creek Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 May 1912, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bunker Hill, Richmond, North Carolina, United States.
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- Robinson A Stafford in household of Levi Stafford, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robertson A. Stafford - Government record: birth-name: Robertson A. Stafford
- Robertson Stafford, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.
Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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