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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.
3	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.
1	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.
2	Ella Beals Wilson(1917- ) family interviews & research, done 1970-1985.

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; possibly the parents of Samuel and John Henry Strotman

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