Elmer F. STRAUP & Meda M. __?__ & Ms. __?_

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Elmer F. STRAUP
Meda M. __?__
Ms. __?__

WARNING: Please consider this page tentative. I have only circumstantial evidence to indicate Elmer had a second wife.

Husband: Elmer F. STRAUP
Birth: 17 Feb 1881, PA — presumably in either Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA, or Lansford, Carbon Co., PA
Death: Sep 1963
Last Residence: PA
Occupation: engineer
Father: James F. STRAUP
Mother: Sarah E. FESSLER

Marriage-1: 1906/7

Wife-1: Meda M. __?__
Birth: 1886/7, NJ
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-2: 1920-25

Wife-2: Ms. __?__
Birth: ca. 1880s
Death: 1925-30

Child with Meda:

1. Elma F. STRAUP, b. Apr 1909, PA — presumably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA

Child with Wife-2:

2. Winefred / Winifred STRAUP, b. 1925/6, PA — presumably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 14): 1322 50th St., Philadelphia City (Ward 40), Philadelphia Co., PA, Roll T624_1410 (Part 1), p. 29A, SN 4A, SD 1, ED 1009, enumerated 16 Apr 1929, 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 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28

* 1322 77 77 Straup James F Head M W 52 M1 32 PA PA PA Eng Painter House W N 7 Y Y R H

______ Sarah E Wife F W 52 M1 32 8 7 PA PA PA Eng None Y Y

______ Laura E Dau F W 31 S PA PA PA Eng Clerk Dry goods store W N 0 Y Y

______ Elmer F Son M W 29 M1 3 PA PA PA Eng Engineer Stationary W N 8 Y Y

______ William E Son M W 27 S PA PA PA Eng Conductor Street Car W N 0 Y Y

______ Chester A Son M W 25 S PA PA PA Eng Driver General W N 4 Y Y

______ Charles F Son M W 23 S PA PA PA Eng Clerk Drug W N 0 Y Y Y

______ Minerva J Dau F W 21 S PA PA PA Eng None Y Y N

______ Katheryn J Dau F W 19 S PA PA PA Eng Operating Sewing machine W N 0 Y Y N

______ Meda M Dau-in-law F W 23 M1 3 2 1 NJ PA NJ Eng None Y Y

______ Elma F GDau F W 11/12 S PA PA NJ None

*50th St

A line connects Meda to Elmer.

3a. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Elmer, and I really looked. My guess is he's a widower, otherwise we wouldn't find his daughter living with his parents (see next source).

3b. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 21): 1322 50 Street, Philadelphia City (Ward 40), Philidelphia Co., PA, Roll T625_1642, p. 161A, SN 6A, SD 1, ED 1508, enumerated 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).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28

* 1322 98 106 Straup James F Head R M W 62 M Y Y PA PA PA Y Painter House W

______ Sarah E Wife F W 63 M Y Y PA PA PA Y None

______ Laura E Dau F W 40 S Y Y PA PA PA Y None

______ Menerva Dau F W 30 S Y Y PA PA PA Y Operator Publishing House W

______ Katherine J Dau F W 28 S Y Y PA PA PA Y Sales Lady Retail Store W

______ Elma F GDau F W 10 S Y Y Y PA PA PA Y None

*50 Street

4. 1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #37 of 45): 451 61st Street, Philadelphia City (Ward 34, Block No. 409), Philadelphia Co., PA, Roll 2120 (Book 1), p. 46A, SN 19A, ED 51-441, SD 30, enumerated 13 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).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 30

* 451 325 342 Cannon Hugh Head O $5000 R M W 36 M 25 N Y PA PA PA Y Machanic Automobile W Y N

______ Edna G Wife F W 32 M 21 N Y PA PA PA Y None

______ Edna Dau F W 10 S Y Y PA PA PA Y None

______ Jean Dau F W 6 S Y PA PA PA Y None

______ Ursula Dau F W 4 4/12 S N PA PA PA

Mitchell William Great-Uncle M W 80 Wd N Y PA Eng Eng Y None

Straup Elmer Lodger M W 50 Wd N Y PA PA PA Y Engineer Electrical W Y N

______ Winefred Lodger F W 4 S N N PA PA PA

*61st Street

Elmer had no sister, Edna, so there's no obvious (or apparent) connection here between our subject and the CANNONs. Winifred appears to be Elmer's daughter, but if so, Elmer must have married again and been widowed a second time.

5. SSDI: Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name Birth Death Last Residence SSN Issued Post-em

Elmer STRAUP 17 Feb 1881 Sep 1963 (Pennsylvania) 182-05-8006 PA No

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