Robert Alexander Stratton

Male3 September 1858–1901

Brief Life History of Robert Alexander

When Robert Alexander Stratton was born on 3 September 1858, in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Richard Stratton, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Amelia Dawson, was 23. He married Elizabeth Farnsworth in October 1879, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Nottingham St Nicholas, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Radford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in 1901, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Robert Alexander Stratton
1858–1901
Elizabeth Farnsworth
1861–1904
Marriage: October 1879
William F Stratton
1881–
John E Stratton
1882–
Arthur Stratton
1884–
Robert Alexander Stratton
1886–
Charles Stratton
1888–

Sources (20)

  • Robert Stratton in household of Ann Dawson, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Robert Alexander Stratton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    October 1879Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (7)

    1859 · Big Ben

    Age 1

    Big Ben is the name of the bell that is inside the clock tower. It is one of the most famous landmarks in London. The famous ringing from Big Ben is the result of it cracking four months after opening.

    1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate

    Age 10

    On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.

    1877 · Trial of Detectives

    Age 19

    The Trial of Detective, also known as the Turf Fraud Scandal, was a scandal involving 3 senior Scotland Yard detectives. It was a scam involving bets made on horse races. 

    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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