Ancestry of General
Tom Thumb
Dwarf Circus Performer
-
- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Sherwood Edward Stratton
- Mother:
- Cynthia Thompson
- Birth Date:
- 4 Jan 1838
- Birth Location:
- Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 15 Jul 1883
- Death Location:
- Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Notes:
aka General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb was a dwarf circus performer for the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Charles Sherwood Stratton
View famous kin of Charles Sherwood Stratton
Marriages for Charles Sherwood Stratton
- Spouse:
- Mercy Lavinia Bump
- Marriage Date:
- 10 Feb 1863
- Marriage Location:
- Grace Episcopal Church, New York, New York
Scroll down to see sources.
Sources for Charles Sherwood Stratton
- 1 Federal Census, MA, Plymouth County, 1870, Middleborough, p. 60, Image 60 of 118.
- 2 Federal Census, CT, Fairfield County, 1860, Bridgeport, p. 250, Image 250 of 333.
- 3 Federal Census, MA, Plymouth County, 1880, Middleborough, E.D. 568, p. 32, Image 32 of 65.
- 4 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/21/2019).
- 5 Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945, Immigration record for Gen. Tom Thumb.
- 6 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Middleborough, Vol. 347, p. 330, Death record for Charles S Stratton.
- 7 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1988, Vol. 5, p. 21.
- 8 New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 7, p. 1765.
- 9 Holt, Nellie Beardsley and Charles Eleazer Holt, Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut, West Hartford, Connecticut: n. p. (1951), 28.
- 10 Originally compiled by Harriet W. Hodge; Revised by Robert S. Wakefield and John Bradley Arthaud, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 21, Part 3, John Billington, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2018), 137.
- 11 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 94.
- 12 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 603.
- 13 Sharpe, W. C., History of Seymour, Connecticut, with Biographies and Genealogies, Seymour, Connecticut: Record Print (1879), 209.
- 14 Stratton, Harriet Russell, A Book of Strattons: Being a Collection of Stratton Records from England and Scotland, and a Genealogical . . ., Vol. 2, New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publisher (1918), 319.
- 15 Wikipedia, "General Tom Thumb", (accessed 01/03/2015).