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Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4           Generation 5          Generation 6
 
                                               +-- John Klein
                                               |   (1801-<1877)
                         +-- Henry Kline ------+
                         |   (1827-1875)       |
Catherine "Kate" Kline --+                     +-- Anna Fenstermacher
 (1863-1930)             |                         (1806-????)
                         +-- Anna Catherine Howe
                             (1830-1890)

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Children

(all children with Samuel S. Strotman

• Census indicates 5 other children who died before 1900.

Places of Residence

Photo Gallery

Strotman family, date unknown

Strotman children at home. Bag may indicate first day of school

Strotman home with Strotmans & Coopers

l. to r. Kate Strotman, her sister & niece Maggie & Maud Cooper, Ted & Ruth Strotman

Studio portrait of Strotman family, and family photographs, photographers & dates unknown. The image of the Strotman children was sent as a postcard from Ruth Strotman to Miss Phlistia Kline, Emlenton, Pa, postmarked Shippenville, 1914. Message: "Can you guess who this is?"

Gravestone of Samuel S. Strotman & Katharine,
Perrys Chapel Cemetery,Clarion Co. PA

Gravestone photo 1991 by E W Williams; located by Bertha Chambers

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1880 United States Federal Census, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 14. Census date 7 Jun 1880 Lines 21-24: William Strutman, 56, farmer, born Hanover, parents born Hanover; Lavina, 57, wife, keeping house, b. PA, parents b. PA; Edward J., 17, works on farm, in school, b. PA, parents b. PA; William Barlett, 11, servant, b. PA, parents b. Scotland; Catherine Kline, 17, servant, b. PA, parents b. PA. The family of George Barlett is on lines 25-30.
2	1900 United States Federal Census, District 9, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 20. Census dated 21 Jun 1900. Lines 81-85: Samuel Strutman, 41, head, b. June, 1858, m. 14 years, farmer, owns farm, with mortgage; Katie(?), wife, b. Feb, 1863, m. 14 years, 9 children, 3 living,; William, 8, b. Aug, 1891, at school; Charles, 2, b. Jan, 1897; Elmer, 1, b. Nov, 1899. All born PA, all parents born PA except Samuel's father b. Germany; Samuel, Katie, and William can read, write and speak English.
3	1910 United States Federal Census, District 7, Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 2 Apr 1910. Lines 35-41: Samuel S. Strotman, 52, head, m. 24 years, farmer, general farming, owns farm, no mortgage; Kate, 47, wife, m. 24 years, 12 children, 6 living,; Charles W., 12; Elmer M., 11; Ruth M., 9; Taylor S (male), 7; Theodore B., 4. All born PA, all parents born PA except Samuel's father b. Germany; All can read, write and speak English, except Theodore can not read or write, but none indicated as in school. Family of Edward T. Strotman is on lines 32-34.
4	1920 United States Federal Census, District 62, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 20 Jan 1920. Lines 18-23: Samuel Strotman, 61, head, owns farm, general farming; Katherine, 56, wife; Ruth, 19; Taylor (male), 17, laborer, steel mill; Theodore, 14, in school; Henry, 69, brother. All born PA, all parents born PA except Samuel and Henry's father b. Germany; All can read, write and speak English.
5	Gravestone of Samuel S. Strotman and Katharine, Perrys Chapel Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA. "Strotman, Samuel S. 1858-1930, Katharine 1863-1930" Transcribed 1991 by E W Williams & Bertha Chambers.
6	Ella Beals Wilson(1917- ) family interviews & research, done 1970-1985.
7	Biography of Wm.Strotman, History of Clarion County, ed. A. J. Davis, 1887, Ch. 75, pg 7. Strotman, William, Valley p. o., Elk, is a farmer, and was born in Hanover, Germany, on December 22, 1823. He was a son of Conrad and Charlotte (Wherman) Strotman, who settled in Elk township in 1833, on what is now known as the Timmerman farm, where they died. They had two children, William and Louisa. William Strotman settled on the farm which he now occupies in 1846, and cleared and improved the same. He was married in 1845 to Lovina Dahle. They have had ten children, seven of whom are now living -- William, Henry, Amos, Jane, Mary A., Samuel and Edward. Lovina was a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Dahle.

Source notes

Ancestry.com search of 1930 Pennsylvania census gave no results for Katherine, Samuel or their children under either Strotman or Strutman.

Conjecture

• At Perry's Chapel Cemetery, near the gravestone of Samuel S. & Katharine Strotman is a large Strotman stone for Wm. J. Strotman 1823-1901 and L. Lavinia his wife 1822-1904; parents of Samuel and John Henry Strotman

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