Brief Life History of Susan
When Susan Stroud was born on 31 March 1804, in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Stroud, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Shoemaker, was 29. She died in March 1878, in Rahway, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Susan Stroud, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Susan Stroud, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from Middle English strode ‘marshy ground’ (Old English strōd). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near marshy ground, or habitational, for someone from any of several places so named, including Stroud (Gloucestershire, Middlesex), Strood (Kent), and Strode in Winford (Somerset).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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