When William H. Strachan was born on 20 November 1874, in New York, United States, his father, Robert Wallace Strachan, was 36 and his mother, Hennetta W. Swallow, was 26. He married Elizabeth Donnelly on 12 August 1898, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. He lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1910 and New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1915. He died on 1 April 1944, in Queens, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 69.
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1874–1944 Male
1873–1915 Female
1838–1918 Male
1848–1892 Female
1871– Male
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Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Angus): habitational name from Strachan in Banchory (Kincardineshire), pronounced Strawn. The placename derives from Gaelic srath ‘valley’ + a lenited form of the local river name Feugh.
Irish (Mayo): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Srutháin, Ó Sruitheáin, ‘descendant of Sruithán’, a personal name from a diminutive of sruith ‘sage, elder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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