Is Strode ok for Letitia, or would Stroud or Stroude be a better choice?

Question

a proposed merge of Strode-2 and Stroud-874 has been postponed pending comments on this question. If you have an opinion or sources one way or another, please share by November 20. Thanks!

P.S. Stroud-744 is lowest-numbered profile with that spelling; a Stroude profile does not exist for Letitia

Answer 1

speaking as a descendent of Margaret Stroud who married Thomas Porter, the Southern branches of the family have always preferred Stroud. [huge Stroud family reunions] Letitia's father by the way was James Edward Stroud

Answer 2

Stoud is the town of origin in Gloucestershire. There are several books you might check

https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct=search&mode=Basic&tab=default_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=FHD_PUBLIC&frbg=&vl%28freeText0%29=Stroud+family

Comments

Stoud is another option completely. However, since the IP address for the anonymous post is the same as the previous one... you meant Stroud (with an "r")?

Answer 3

STROUD in Glouc. yes. sorry. cold and rainy here. 73 yrs old.  finger joints not good today. sorry

Comments

just checking - thanks for the confirmation

Answer 4

The burial plaque of Letetia has Stroud.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8757523&ref=acom

Comments

it's definitely looking like Stroud is the better choice, but since I gave a "reply by" date of Nov. 20, I'll wait till then to make changes.  Thanks everyone. 

P.S. See http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/52617/opinion-sources-family-search-ancestral-files-grave-markers for comments about tombstones/memorial markers as a source.

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I concur as a descendant that Stroud seems to be the best option especially since that is what her marker says.