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Thomas S. STAKEM
Elizabeth M. STRAUB
Husband:  Thomas S. STAKEM
Birth:  1870-75, MD
Occupation:  civil engineer
Marriage:  1914/5
Wife:  Elizabeth M. STRAUB
Birth:  Mar 1880, Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Death:  15 Dec 1958, Mercy Hospital, Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Disposition:  buried IOOF Cemetery, Stoystown, Somerset Co., PA
Occupation:  homemaker, saleslady
Religion:  member of Stoystown Lutheran Church
Father:  Charles Gottlieb STRAUB
Mother:  Maria MOCK
Children:
-
Keywords for search engines:  genealogy; USA, US, United States, Maryland, Pennsylvania

Sources (n.b., Somerset and Cambria Cos. are adjacent):

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found in PA, but then most of the Somerset Co., PA, census is too faded to read.

3a.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 10):  Stoystown Borough, Somerset Co., PA, Roll T624_1420 (Part 2), p. 162B, SN 4B, SD 22, ED 156, enumerated 22 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28
53 61 Giffin Jonathan E Head M W 66 Wd PA PA PA Eng Shipper Hay & Grain OA     Y Y O F H
    ______ Foster B Son M W 34 S PA PA PA Eng Plumber Water & Heat W N 0 Y Y      
    Barnhart Sarah Servant F W 52 S PA PA PA Eng House Keeper Gen House work W N 0 Y Y      
    Stakem Thomas Boarder M W 40 S MD MD MD Eng Civ Engineer Coal Mines W N 0 Y Y      
Listed two households from Thomas's future wife, Elizabeth STRAUB (see next source).

3b.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #6 of 10):  Stoystown Borough, Somerset Co., PA, Roll T624_1420 (Part 2), p. 162B, SN 3B, SD 22, ED 156, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
57 59 Dobsen Geo S Head M W 47 M1 26 PA PA PA Eng Merchant Department Store OA     Y Y   O F H
    ______ Ellen L Wife F W 42 M1 26 PA Germany Wit PA Eng None         Y Y        
    ______ Albert R Son M W 21 S   PA PA PA Eng Salesman Depart Store W N 0 Y Y Y      
    ______ Elizabeth Dau F W  4 S   PA PA PA Eng None         Y Y Y      
    Straub Elizabeth S-in-law F W 30 S   PA Germany PA Eng Sales Lady Department Store W N 0 Y Y        

4.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 7):  Stoystown Borough, Somerset Co., PA, Roll T625_1654 (Book 2), p. 164A, SN 3A, SD 21, ED 190, enumerated 8 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 28
X 47 47 Stakem Thomas Head O F M W 45 M Y Y Penna Penna Ireland Irish Y Engineer Civil Engineer Employes?
      ______ Elizabeth Wife     F W 39 M Y Y Penna Penna Penna   Y None Keeping Servants?  
This enumerator's handwriting was difficult to read, so my extraction may not be entirely accurate.

5.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 9):  Stoyestown Borough, Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll 2150 (Book 1), p. 145A, SN 1A, ED 56-58, SD 24, enumerated 2 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 30
9 10 Stakem Thomas S Head O 5000 N M W 55 M 40 N Y MD Scot Scot Y Assistant Supt Coal Mines W Y N
    ______ Elizabeth M Wife       F W 50 M 35 N Y PA Ger PA Y None        

6.  Messages posted to the Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Board (online at Ancestry.com), including:
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, December 15, 1958:

STAKEM - Mrs. Elizabeth (STRAUB), 78, Stoystown, died Dec. 15, 1958, at Mercy Hospital, Johnstown.  Preceded in death by husband, Thomas STAKEM.  Survived by these brothers and sisters:  Mrs. Emma Jane ANKENY, Johnstown; Harvey, Lakewood, Ohio; Dr. Lewis, Miami, Fla.; Ralph and Dr. Theodore, both of Somerset.  Was member of Stoystown Lutheran Church.  Friends received at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday.  Interment, IOOF Cemetery, Stoystown.

7.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):  not found.

8.  Messages posted to the STAKEM Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com).

9.  Messages posted to the Stakem Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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