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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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
1858–1901 Male
1861–1904 Female
Children (5)
1881– Male
1882– Male
1884– Male
1886– Male
1888– Male
Parents and Siblings
1833–1862 Male
1836–1868 Female
Siblings (3)
1856– Male
1858–1901 Male
1860– Female
World Events (7)
1859 · Big Ben
Age 1
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
Age 10
1877 · Trial of Detectives
Age 19
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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