I am researching the ancestors and decendents of one Andreas Strittmatter of Strittmatt,Baden,Germany.Who with his wife Mary Agnes(Unknown maiden name??) and son Thomas immmigrated to these shores via the sailing vessel Xenophon, circa 1817 and settled in The Nittnay Valley of Pennsylvania.From there they spread across this new,untaimed land in all directions,adding more branches to our family tree as they followed the credo of the day "Live fruitful and multiply"!! If your family fits into our wierd little piece of this worldly puzzle,please feel free to add anything that you can!! FYI : We hold our version of the family reunion on the same day (1st Sunday in August), in the same spot (Millersylvania State Park,Maytown,Wa) rain or shine for over 50 years!! If you are interested in attending please send me us email w/ all your vitals and we will get ya all the details!!

• Joseph Stritmatter clan Deer Lodge,Tenn (61 KB)
  Photo was taken outside the family homestead, Seated in the center are Joseph and wife Nancy Anna(Grimshaw)w/grandchildren(??)Directly behind and to the left are my Gr-Gr grandparents Richard Thomas Stritmatter and his wife Mamie Aldridge Stritmatter. If anyone knows who the others are,please let me know!
• The Richard Thomas Stritmatter Family (105 KB)
  Family photo taken sometime in the early to mid 1920's by Espedal Photo(Hoquiam,WA). Back L to R : sons Lester Otho,Joseph David and my GP Roy Theodore Roosevelt. Seated: Richard Thomas and wife Mamie and the twins,Jewell Nancy and Jean Henrietta.
• The original Stritmatter family home,Hoquiam,Wa (116 KB)
  Photo taken looking east on what is now Chenault Ave.The structure still exists today.It became the storage and pantry area of the addition(not visible in next pic)
• Addition to the original Stritmatter family home,H (174 KB)
  Add some steps to the front porch, a proper yard and of course a few more houses and you can imagine how it looks today.It is still in the family,now owned and inhabited by Richard Thomas's grand-daughter (and my auntie)Pansy Glee Stritmatter.Many of our family gatherings have been held here for nearly 100 years!! I will post a current photo @ a later date. Back

• The Pools of Scioto County, Ohio
• Royer Family in America
• RootsWeb "Strittmatter" Message Board
• Brethren History & Genealogy Web Site Links

William Nathan Lewis
312 J St
Hoquiam, Washington 98550
United States
Strittyfish@hotmail.com

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