Brief Life History of Cornelius
When Cornelius Stratton was born in March 1864, in Wheeler, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Perry Bradley Stratton, was 54 and his mother, Lydia Ann Simmons, was 27. He married Edith Caroline Harrison in 1887. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 September 1906, in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States.
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- Cornelas Stratton in household of Perry B Stratton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cornelius Stratton, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Cornelius Stratton, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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