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Lavina Warren 1841 - 1919

Lavina Mercy Warren (Bump) Stratton of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts United States was born on October 31, 1841 in Middleborough. Lavina Stratton was married to Charles Sherwood Stratton on February 10, 1863 at Grace Episcopal Church in New York, NY, and died at age 78 years old on November 25, 1919 in Middleborough, MA.

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    October 31, 1841
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  • Professional Career

    At first, Lavina was a school teacher, beginning at the age of 16. Later, she became a dancer and singer on a Mississippi showboat. Then she married Tom Thumb. Like her husband, Charles Sherwood Stratton - Tom Thumb - Lavina was a performer for Phineas T. Barnum and also appeared in a 1915 silent film, "The Lilliputians' Courtship". After Phineas T. Barnum died, Lavina married Count Primo Magri who was also a dwarf and they continued to perform.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Lavina Mercy (Warren) Stratton was born to David Samuel "D.S." Warren Bump (1819 - 1881) and Fanny "Frances" Fowler (1815 - 1881) on October 31, 1841 in Middleborough, Massachusetts and she had siblings Elmira, Eliza, David, Gideon, Sarah W., born 1844, Sarah Ann, born 1845, Mary, Justen, James, Jane, William, George, Samuel and Jessie. Although the other members of her family were of normal height, Lavina and her sister Minnie were dwarfs. Lavina married Charles Sherwood Stratton known as "General Tom Thumb" on February 10th, 1863 in Middleborough, Massachusetts. After her first husband, Charles, died in 1883, Lavina married Count Primo Magri, another person who had dwarfism and they both continued performing until her death in 1919.
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    November 25, 1919
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    chronic interstitial nephritis
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Tom Thumb and Wife
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Tom Thumb and Wife
Tom Thumb and wife Lavina Warren.
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Mrs. Tom Thumb - Lavina Warren
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Commodore Nutt w/ Tom Thumb
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General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march
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Tom Thumb, 1863 Wedding
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Tom Thumb, 1863 Wedding
General Tom Thumb, aka Tom Thumb was a famous dwarf because of the even more famous P.T. Barnum. Tom's actual name was Charles Sherwood Stratton.

Thanks to a seminar with Maureen Taylor, I've learned that this particular photo of Tom Thumb, taken during his marriage to Lavinia Warren, was very popular since P.T. Barnum sold this particular photo for $1.00 wherever his circus would travel.

Over 10,000 people went to Tom's funeral in June 1883.
Date & Place: at Grace Episcopal Church in Manhattan New York City, New York USA
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Genl. Tom Thumb & wife, Com. Nutt & Minnie Warren
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Genl. Tom Thumb & wife, Com. Nutt & Minnie Warren
General Tom Thumb & wife, Commodore Nutt & Minnie Warren: four wondrously formed & strangely beautiful ladies & gentlemen in miniature, natures smallest editions of her choicest works
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Lavina Warren Oct 31, 1841 - Nov 25, 1919
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Charles Sherwood Stratton

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Lavina Warren

February 10, 1863
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Lavina Warren
Lavina Warren Oct 31, 1841 - Nov 25, 1919
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Charles Sherwood Stratton Jan 4, 1838 - Jul 15, 1883
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Bump, Dennis (Feb 6, 1917 - Aug 4, 1990) Bump, Scott (Mar 8, 1914 - Apr 1972) Bump, James (Aug 19, 1912 - Jun 1982) Bump, Ralph (May 11, 1910 - Apr 16, 1990) Bump, Rita (Feb 9, 1918 - Jun 1984) Bump, Viola (May 24, 1909 - Dec 2, 1997) Bump, Mattie (Apr 3, 1882 - Dec 1979) Bump, Beatrice (Apr 28, 1910 - Jun 1971) Bump, Carlene (Sep 9, 1933 - Mar 9, 2005) Bump, Rhea (Nov 3, 1907 - Dec 1982)
Bump, Estelle (Apr 19, 1903 - Apr 1983) Bump, Velma (Jul 16, 1900 - May 1974) Bump, Jack (Jun 1, 1928 - Dec 12, 1994) Bump, John (Oct 9, 1934 - Sep 9, 2005) Bump, Geneva (Apr 1, 1925 - Dec 31, 1998) Bump, Lillian (May 26, 1917 - Mar 10, 2003) Bump, Beatrice (Mar 14, 1918 - Feb 1992) Bump, Vernie (Feb 12, 1887 - Jul 1967) Bump, Noyce (Aug 9, 1908 - Jul 1979) Bump, Laurence (Jun 21, 1918 - Jul 1977)
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