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Strode History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Motto Citations

Strode History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The illustrious surname Strode is classified as a habitation surname, which was originally derived from a place-name, and is one form of surname belonging to a broader group called hereditary surnames. Habitation names were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Topographic names, form the other broad category of surnames that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.

Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Strode is a place-name from in Stroud, a parish in Gloucestershire or from Strood, a parish in Kent.

Early Origins of the Strode family

The surname Strode was first found in Somerset where they were descended from the Alain, the Duke of Bretagne who arrived in England with William the Conqueror in 1066 A.D. The first to be granted lands was Sir Warinus Strode, Lord of Strode in Dorset, whose lands also pervaded Somerset. The Devon branch were originally from Strode, in the parish of Ermington, where Adam de Strode the first recorded ancestor was seated in the reign of Henry III. 1

Early History of the Strode family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Strode research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1249, 1290, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1480, 1522, 1561, 1589, 1597, 1598, 1600, 1624, 1626, 1637, 1638, 1643, 1645, 1660, 1666, 1676, 1685, 1689, 1690, 1707, 1750 and 1771 are included under the topic Early Strode History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Strode Spelling Variations

Since the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules, Breton surnames have many spelling variations. Latin and French, which were the official court languages, were also influential on the spelling of surnames. The spelling of surnames was rarely consistent in medieval times, and scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules. Therefore, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings of their surname in the ancient chronicles. Moreover, a large number of foreign names were brought into England after the Norman Conquest, which accelerated and accentuated the alterations to the spelling of various surnames. The name has been spelled Strode, Stroud, Strowd, Stroude, Strowde and others.

Early Notables of the Strode family

Notable of this family during the Middle Ages was

Colonel Strode of Southhill
Ralph Strode (fl. 1350-1400), an English schoolman, fellow of Merton College, Oxford, before 1360
Sir Richard Strode (c. 1480-1522), English tinner and British Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, Devon
William Strode (1598-1645), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1624 and 1645
William Strode (1600-1643), an English poet
Sir William Strode (died 1637), an English landowner, military engineer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1626
Sir William Strode (died 1676), an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1676

Strode Ranking

In the United States, the name Strode is the 7,571^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Strode migration to the United States +

Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Strode, or a variant listed above:

Strode Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jermiah Strode, who landed in Texas in 1835 3
C B Strode, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 3
Wm. C. Strode, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States from London, in 1892
Frank Strode, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1892
Sadie Strode, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States, in 1896
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Strode Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Wm. J. Strode, aged 25, who landed in America from Bristol, in 1906
George W Strode, aged 0, who immigrated to America from Bristol, in 1906
Agnes Strode, aged 25, who immigrated to the United States from Bristol, in 1906
Anges Strode, aged 25, who settled in America from Bristol, in 1906
Milton J. Strode, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States, in 1919
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Strode migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Strode Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Alfred Cheetham Strode, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840
Edward Cheetham Strode, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840
Mr. C. B. Strode, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Victory " arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 16th August 1848 4

Strode migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 5

Strode Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

George Strode who settled in Barbados in 1678
Henry, John and Margaret Strode, who settled in Barbados in 1680 with their servants

Contemporary Notables of the name Strode (post 1700) +

James M. Strode (1827-1848), American militia officer and politician from Illinois
William F. Strode, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Hannibal, Missouri, 1839-41 6
L. G. Strode, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1932 6
Jesse Burr Strode (1845-1924), American Republican politician, District Judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1892-94; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1895-99 6
Aubrey E. Strode, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Virginia State Senate 19th District, 1906-11, 1916-19; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912; Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1928 6
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode (1914-1994), American Golden Globe nominated actor, decathlete and football star
Morris Skip Strode (b. 1960), American former professional tennis player
Lester Strode (b. 1958), American Major League Baseball bullpen coach for the Chicago Cubs
Hudson Strode (1892-1976), American author and professor of creative writing at the University of Alabama
William Hall Bill Strode III (1937-2006), American two-time co-shared Pulitzer Prize winning photographer
... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

The Strode Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Hyeme viresco
Motto Translation: I flourish (or am green) in winter.

Citations +

Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html