Roland Stratford

Brief Life History of Roland

When Roland Stratford was born on 6 April 1893, in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, his father, William Levi Stratford, was 48 and his mother, Emily Sophia Brewerton, was 42. He died on 16 May 1966, at the age of 73, and was buried in Motueka Cemetery, Tasman, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

William Levi Stratford
1844–1927
Emily Sophia Brewerton
1850–1929
Albert Stratford
1871–1948
Ernest Stratford
1874–1952
Frank Stratford
1875–1954
George Stratford
1878–1961
Ellen Stratford
1879–1968
John Stratford
1881–1958
Ben Stratford
1883–1950
Horace Cyril Stratford
1886–1943
William Stratford
1889–1968
Florence Stratford
1891–1973
Roland Stratford
1893–1966

Sources (5)

  • Roland Stratford, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ronald Stratford, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"
  • Roland Stratford, "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998"

World Events (8)

1896 · National Council of Women

The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.

1907

The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.

1914

Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from any of various places called Stratford, for example in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire, from Old English strǣt ‘Roman road’ (see Street ) + ford ‘ford’.

habitational name principally from Strafford Sands (now lost) in Mexborough (Yorkshire), presumed to be the ancient meeting-place of Strafforth Wapentake, and deriving from the same source as 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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