Sarah Jayne Davies

...trying to find information on my great grandfather, Lucas Stratton

A bit about me...

I grew up in Kirkby, Liverpool (where I was a pupil at Springfield School), then Ainsdale in Southport.

I'm currently using the Ancestry website, and others, to attempt to trace my ancestors, one of whom is proving a mystery...

My great grandfather (my father's mother's father) was known as Lucas Stratton and his marriage certificate states that his father, my great great grandfather, was also called Lucas Stratton. Lucas married my great grandmother (Elizabeth Davies) on February 3rd, 1923 in West Derby, Liverpool (at the time, West Derby/ Liverpool were in Lancashire). The marriage certificate shows that at the time, Lucas Stratton jnr was a joiner, and his father (then deceased) had been a merchant seaman. Elizabeth's father, William Davies was a builder's labourer.

Sadly, my great grandfather died a young man at the age of 32 in 1931. The family were always told that he was dutch, but there is currently no evidence supporting this.

The facts I have are:

Lucas married my great grandmother (Elizabeth Davies) on February 3rd, 1923 in West Derby, Liverpool

He once worked for The Elder Demster Shipping Line.

No record of birth or immigration can be found.

Lucas Stratton died in West Derby in 1931.

I remember his wife, my great grandmother often saying that she could read people's tea leaves!

 

Addresses that Lucas Stratton lived at:

February 23rd, 1923: 27 Irvine street, West Derby, Liverpool (evidence: his marriage certificate)
April 15th, 1927: 37 Nuttall Street (off Wavertree Road), Liverpool (evidence: Baptism record for baptism of son, Eugene Eric Stratton - 28 May 1927 St Catherine, Liverpool)

Occupation:

1923: Joiner (evidence: marriage certificate
1927: Builder's Labourer (evidence: Baptism record for baptism of son, Eugene Eric Stratton - 28 May 1927 St Catherine, Liverpool)

If anybody has any information that could possibly help me in my search, or if you have lived at one of the addresses where Lucas Stratton lived, I would be extremely grateful if you would contact me, but please remove the -XXX- from the end of my e-mail address before sending - (the -XXX- prevents spam being automatically sent to me....!).

 

Many thanks,

Sarah Jayne Davies


A few of my favourite sites:

Tracing ancestors in Lancashire? The Lancashire Births, Marriages & Deaths website is extremely useful
As somebody who grew up in Liverpool, BBC Radio Merseyside's digital archive has to be one of my favourite places on the net to visit...
Liverpool at War - the impact of World War Two on Liverpool
Visiting the Peak District? Why not book a room at my Mum's pub, The Black Lion Inn, Butterton near Leek (Staffordshire), or book a table and enjoy her good cooking! A sat nav is recommended if you go, so use the postcode ST13 7SP
Penfriend XL - a brilliant word prediction package that I use in Windows XP
Want to see those old TV programmes of yesteryear again? I have ordered DVDs from Rare TV - brilliant!
Using a Macintosh computer? This list of assistive technology applications is interesting
If you have been using Pegasus Mail for Windows, but have switched to a Macintosh computer, MailSmith allows you to import your old PMM mail folder files by dragging them into the mail folder list. You can then import the new MailSmith folders in to Mail which is part of Mac OS X
There many card games out there, but my favourite is Thieves and Kings! - why is it no longer being sold???


Ever wish you were somewhere nice? I sometimes listen to online radio from other countries, often Radio New Zealand and CBC Radio 1 (Canada)


Web sites of some of my family & friends:

Southport Friends - moderated by my uncle, Bill Buck
The home of Mark Oakley

 

British humour at it's best...

The Yogi Bear Song not one for the children...
Going on holiday? Why not fly Yorkshire Airlines?
The brilliant Adrian Edmondson doing his stuff for Comic Relief does Fame Academy 2005 - should have been released on DVD to raise more money...



British music... Time to moan. As a seventies / eighties child, I think much of today's music stinks. What have today's children got to look back on when they are older? OK, moan over. Some of the tracks most played on my iPod are:

Boomtown Rats - I Don't like Mondays
Red Box - Lean on Me - (I have the original The Circle and the Square album on CD but was pleased to see it finally re-released after so long)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
One of the best songs of all time, Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (am not sure about the video, but the sound quality is better than other You Tube videos...)
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Liverpool Express - You Are My Love
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood





The text on this web page has been typed using KeyStrokes - brilliant word prediction for Mac OS X whether you can use a keyboard or not!
Click here to contact me, but please remove the -XXX- from the end of my e-mail address before sending - (the -XXX- prevents spam being automatically sent to me....!)

Last updated: July 20th, 2010