When David Stroud was born on 13 January 1835, in Ireland, his father, Michael Stroud, was 35 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Shoemaker, was 30. He married Martha Johnston on 26 January 1860, in Huron Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Particles, County Limerick, Ireland in 1835 and Ashfield Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 24 January 1912, in Lucknow, Bruce, Canada West, British North America, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lucknow, Bruce, Canada West, British North America.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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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