Brief Life History of Adeliza Hannah
When Adeliza Hannah Stratton was born on 22 September 1851, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Albert Stratton, was 44 and her mother, Hannah Mead Whitney, was 38. She married Warren Jesse Lewis on 1 July 1869, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 6 March 1931, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Adeliza M Lewis in household of Howard L Page, "United States Census, 1920"
- Adalisa Hannah Stratton, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Adaliza H. 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.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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