Re: frederick strohman(stroman) wed effa bursley--lived indiana and mi., need info
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frederick strohman(stroman) wed effa bursley--lived indiana and mi., need info
Joyce Dunn 12/13/08
Joyce,
I don't know a lot . . . but I have gathered a little information about Frederick C. Stroman born July 1867 in Indiana. He is my great, great grandfather. As near as I can tell he was married three times. First to Clara Belle Thompson 1887 in LaGrange, Indiana. Fred and Clara had two children, a son in 1889 (I don't know what happend to him) and a daughter, Lena Marie in 1890. Lena was my great grandmother.
When Clara died in 1899 at the age of 35 in LaGrange, IN. Fred left his daughter with her maternal grandmother and moved to nearby Elkhart Indiana, where he married Cora Kahler. She too died very young at age 28 in 1905. March 19, 1907 Fred maried Effie Bursley in Grand Rapids. They had three children. A boy was stillborn Feb. 27, 1913, Doris was born Oct. 15, 1914 and Myrtle was born July 2, 1916.
Originally Fred had a Harness Shop . . . in his later years in Grand Rapids, he was listed in census' as a paper hanger and a house painter.
I would love any information you have that you would be willing to share about my great grandmother's father, stepmother and half sisters, Doris & Myrtle.