The Stratton Family

Joseph Stratton gets married

The 1881 census shows the following family living in Upper Dagnall Street (Dog and Christopher yards open off the road.)

Joseph Stratton (40, gas works)
Mary Ann Stratton (40, household work)
Charles Peacock (25, gas works)
Eliza Peacock (20, straw work - hat)
James Peacock (18, day labourer, unemployed)
Thomas Peacock (12)
Joseph Peacock (10, scholar)
George Peacock (9, scholar)
Ellen Peacock (6, scholar)
Rose Peacock (6, scholar)

In the 1871 census Mary Ann Peacock was a 33 year-old widow living in Snatchup Alley (adjacent to Stonecross)

In 1873 Joseph Stratton claimed to be married.

In 1875 Joseph Stratton married Mary Ann Peacock (nee Denton)

In the 1891 Mary Ann Stratton was living in Christopher Yard with three children - now surnamed Stratton

July 2006

Dorothy Stephenson (dstephe127 @t aol.com) writes I was extremely interested to read the pages concerning the Stratton family as I have to confess that I am one of their descendants! My gr-gr-grandmother was the Mary Ann Peacock (nee Denton) who married Joseph Stratton in 1875 and who appears to have become embroiled in his activities. I suspect that Mary Ann's daughter Rose Peacock was Joseph's illegitimate daughter and the information on your web-site points in that direction. I had always had a suspicion that they lived close to the edge and this enlightening article has certainly confirmed that. I would be very happy to be contacted by any of your readers who is also connected to this family.