Minnie Stratton
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Minnie Warren Stratton (1863 - 1866)

Minnie Warren Stratton
Born in Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Died at age 2 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdommap
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Minnie was born in 1863. She was the daughter of Charles Stratton and Lavinia Bump. She passed away in 1866.

During her short life, known as 'Minnie Tom Thumb'. Died aged 2, in the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, of inflammation of the brain whilst touring with her father, Charles Stratton (General Tom Thumb), her mother (Lavinia Bump), her aunt (Minnie Warren), and Commodore Nutt. Buried on 26th September 1866.

Mentioned In...

British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries Minnie Warren in entry for Tom Or Charles E Thumb Or Stratton[1]

Death Records

1538-1991 England Deaths and Burials[2]

Name Minnie Warren Stratton
Gender Female
Burial Date 26 Sep 1866
Burial Place St. Gregory, Norwich, Norfolk, Englad
Father's Name Tom Thumb

1837-2007 England and Wales Death Registration Index[3]

Name Minnie W Stratton
Event Type Death
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1866
Registration District Norwich
County Norfolk
Event Place Norwich, Norfolk, England
Age (available after 1866) 2
Birth Year (Estimated) 1864

Find A Grave[4]

Name Minnie Warren Stratton
Event Type Burial
Event Date 1866
Event Place Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
Photograph Included Y
Birth Date 05 Dec 1863
Death Date 25 Sep 1866
Affiliate Record Identifier 160325474
Cemetery St Gregory

Sources

  1. ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q26M-9XHB : 8 March 2017), Minnie Warren in entry for Tom Or Charles E Thumb Or Stratton, 1883.
  2. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD48-N6D : 24 December 2014), Minnie Warren Stratton, 26 Sep 1866; citing , reference p 142 item 2; FHL microfilm 1,517,748.
  3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2V9F-BLC : 31 December 2014), Minnie W Stratton, 1866; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Norwich, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
  4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q23T-NDWY : 7 June 2016), Minnie Warren Stratton, 1866; Burial, Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England, St Gregory; citing record ID 160325474, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160325474.




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Minnie Stratton with Charles and Lavinia
Minnie Stratton with Charles and Lavinia


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Smith-18204 Deena (Smith) Cross
I believe it very questionable whether or not Charles Stratton and Mercy Lavinia Bump had a child. From what I have read this was a hoax made up by P. T. Barnum because the public wanted them to have children. If the birth record is correct wouldn't they have used a legal name of Charles Stratton instead of the stage name of Tom Thumb?
posted by Deena (Smith) Cross
Beardsley-386 John Beardsley
Late reply, but after watching a documentary about Charles Stratton and looking at the records I believe the preponderance of evidence supports the existence of a child. I do not believe the use of Charles' stage name invalidates the birth record as it can be shown that other family members were identified according to their relationship to "Tom Thumb", for instance the 1850 federal census wherein his father's occupation as listed as "Gen. Tom Thumb's father". Remembering that Charles Stratton's stage persona was, in a manner of speaking, a "Taylor Swift" of his day it is not surprising to see records making the connection between Charles' family members to his more commonly known name.
posted by John Beardsley
Beardsley-386 John Beardsley
I do not believe the paper evidence either proves or disproves whether the child, Minnie, was the biological child of Charles and Mercy. She may have been a child that, through the mechanisms of PT Barnum, Charles and Mercy were caring for in the guise of being their daughter. Whatever the case may be, there was a child who died and at the time of her death was identified and interred as their daughter. The records exist. The grave exists. Only DNA testing could possibly make a definitive determination.
posted by John Beardsley
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