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
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"
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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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