Eben Edwin STROUP & Sarah Lena JOLE

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Eben Edwin STROUP
Sarah Lena JOLE

Husband: Elbin / Ebin / Ebben / Eben Edwin STROUP / STROUB
Birth: Dec 1860 or 26 Dec 1861, Algonquin, McHenry Co., IL
Death: 14 Jun 1929, Edmunds Co., SD
Disposition: buried Lot 16, Bowdle City Cemetery, Bowdle, Edmunds Co., SD
Occupation: laborer, conductor, clerk
Religion: Methodist
Father: William STROUP
Mother: Mary Adelia BEDFORD

"Eben" is a nickname for Ebenezer, which is not a typical German given name, but Eben's mother was English, so the name probably came from her side of the family. We do know that she had a brother named, Edwin.

Eben's parents were divorced, and their children appear to have scattered. As often happens in such cases, the children have inaccurate memories with regard to their own origin and their parents origins, hence we see Eben with at least three different birthplaces in his records. Based on his parents' census records, he was born in Illinois; it was his father who was from Jefferson Co., NY.

STROUP is the most common Anglicized spelling variation of the German surname, STRAUB, while STROUB is much less common.

Marriage: 1889/90

Wife: Sarah Lena JOLE / JOEL
Birth: 9 May 1870, Liberty, Manitowoc Co., WI
Death: 25 Feb 1942, Walworth Co., SD
Disposition: buried Lot 16, Bowdle City Cemetery, Bowdle, Edmunds Co., SD
Occupation: homemaker
Religion: Methodist
Father: Andris/Anders/Andreas/Andrew Oleson/Olson JOLE, b. 12 Jun 1843, NOR; d. 6 Mar 1927
Mother: Gertrud __?__, b. 1842/3, NOR
Stepmother: Ingeborg __?__, b. 23 Aug 1854, NOR; d. 8 May 1919

"Lena" is a nickname for Magdalena.

Children:

— born in Bowdle, Edmunds Co., SD:
1. Harry Adolph STROUP, b. 7 Apr 1891/2; d. 27 Apr 1924, Edmunds Co., SD; bur. Wauconda Cemetery (WWI: Co. H, 21st Engrs. AEF); m. 19 Dec 1917, Brown Co., SD, Natalie Luella STOXEN (1893-1971)
2. Clarence Charles STROUP, b. 7 Jan 1894
3. Mary STROUP, b. 2 Mar 1897; m. 5 Jun 1915, Edmunds Co., SD, G.S. REYNOLDS

— born in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN:
4. Chester Lewis STROUP, b. 18 Mar 1900; d. 1 Feb 1985, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR

— born in Bowdle, Edmunds Co., SD:
5. Lloyd K. STROUP, b. 17 Apr 1904; d. 8 May 1961; m. 29 Jun 1926, Roberts Co., SD, Charlotte PEDERSON
6. Floyd STROUP, b. 17 Apr 1904; d. 17 Aug 1950
7. Gladys Hazel STROUP, b. 10 May 1906; d. 4 Oct 1966; m. 29 Mar 1925, Brown Co., SD, Charles H. TRUDE
8. Arlo STROUP, b. 26 Jun 1908; d. 30 Aug 1993, Aberdeen, Brown Co., SD;

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; DEU, Deutschland, FRG; NOR, NO, Norway, Norge, Noreg; USA, US, United States, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Sources (n.b., Edmunds Co. and Brown Co. are adjacent):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Eben STROUP (æ 9, b. IL) is living in Florence, Goodhue Co., MN, with his parents (q.v.). Sarah Oleson (æ 2/12, b. WI) is living in the Town of Liberty, Manitowoc Co., WI (p. 171) with her parents, Andrew Oleson (æ 27, b. NOR) & Gertrud (æ 27, b. NOR), plus an older brother. Note that they have been enumerated using Andrew's patronym, Oleson, rather than his surname, JOLE.

3. 1875: Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 (online at Ancestry.com): Ebem (sic) STROUP (æ 13, b. IL) is living in Florence, Goodhue Co., MN, with his parents (q.v.).

4. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Eben's parents are divorced, and while I can find his mother living with her only daughter in Lake City, Wabasha Co., MN, I can't find Eben, his father, or any of his four brothers with certainty. Sarah JOLE (æ 10, b. WI) is living in the Town of Liberty, Manitowoc Co., MN (b. 148B), with her father, Andew (sic) O. JOLE (æ 37, b. NOR) and stepmother, Engebor (æ 25, b. NOR), plus siblings.

5. 1885: Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 (online at Ancestry.com): Eben's mother is still living with her daughter in Lake City, Wabasha Co., MN, but I still can't find Eben, his father, or his brothers.

6. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1895: South Dakota Territorial Census (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the index there does not include records from Edmunds County.

8. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 31): 519 3rd Ave. NE, Minneapolis City (Ward 9), Hennepin Co., MN, Roll 769 (Book 1), p. 148A, SN 10, SD 5, ED 99, enumerated 7 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900: 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 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27

* 519 142 104 Stroup Edwin Head W M Dec 1860 39 M 10 New York New York New York St?? conductor 0 Y Y Y R H

______ Lena Wife W F May 1870 30 M 10 4 4 Wisconsin Norway Norway Y Y Y

______ Hary Son W M Apr 1891 9 S South Dak New York Wisconsin 9 Y Y Y

______ Clarence Son W M Jan 1894 6 S South Dak New York Wisconsin 2 N N Y

______ Mary Dau W F Mar 1897 3 S South Dak New York Wisconsin

______ Chester Son W M Mar 1900 2/m S Minnesota New York Wisconsin

*3d Ave NE

Eben was born in Illinois. It's likely that Lena, not Eben, was the informant here and in following enumerations, and she may have mistakenly believed Eben was born in New York as his parents, indeed, were.

9. 1905 South Dakota State Census Index/Images (online at FamilySearch.org):•

He's indexed "Eben Stroupe"; she's indexed "Sena Stroupe." There are cards for the children (surnamed Stroupe): Harry, Clarence, Mary, Chester, Lloyd, and Floyd, but I didn't download them as they don't tell us anything we don't already know.

The bombshell here is that we find out Eben believes he was born in Jefferson, NY, and that tells us which William STROUP in the 1850 census is his father.

10. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #12 of 19): Bowdle Village (Ward 3), Edmunds Co., SD, Roll T624_1480 (Book 1), p. 167B, SN 6B, SD 1, ED 180, 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 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 20 23 24 25 26 28

20 20 Stroub Ebben Head M W 47 M1 19 New York Germany German Scottland English Eng Laborer W Y Y R H

       Lena Wife F W 40 M1 19 8 8 Wisconsin Norway Norwegian Norway Norwegian Eng none Y Y

       Harry Son M W 19 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin Eng Odd Jobs W Y Y N

       Clarence Son M W 16 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin Eng none Y Y Y

       Mary Dau F W 13 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin Eng none Y Y Y

       Chester Son M W 10 S Minnesota New York Wisconsin Eng none Y Y Y

       Floyd Son M W 6 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin none

       Loyd Son M W 6 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin none

       Gladis Dau F W 4 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin none

       Arlo Son M W 2 S South Dakota New York Wisconsin None

Eben was born in Illinois, and his parents were born in New York, but this record gives us important clues to their origins. We already know STRAUB/STROUB/STROUP has a German origin, and this record suggests his mother was Scottish, which could explain our subject being named, "Ebenezer."

11. 1915 South Dakota State Census Index/Images (online at FamilySearch.org):

He's indexed twice, both times as "Ebin Shoup." A note on the image says the document was repeated intentionally. I don't see any difference in the two images. Indexed "Lena Shoup." There are cards for all the children, all indexed "Shoup." I didn't check to see if there was anything of interest on them.

12. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 18): Milo Street, Bowdle City (Ward 1), Edmunds Co., SD, Roll T625_1720 (Book 1), p. 20B, SN 2B, SD 2, ED 132, enumerated 9/10 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).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

* X 37 41 Stroup Eben Head O F M W 58 M Y Y New York New York New York Y Laborer Cowman? Wd

______ Lena Wife F W 48 M Y Y Wisconsin Norway Norwegian Norway Norwegian Y None

______ Clarence Son M W 25 S Y Y South Dakota New York Wisconsin Y Laborer Cowman? W

______ Chester Son M W 19 S N Y Y Minnesota New York Wisconsin Y Teacher Public Schools W

______ Floyd Son M W 15 S Y Y Y South Dakota New York Wisconsin Y None

______ Lloyd Son M W 15 S Y Y Y South Dakota New York Wisconsin Y None

______ Gladis Dau F W 13 S Y Y Y South Dakota New York Wisconsin Y None

______ Arlo Son M W 11 S Y Y Y South Dakota New York Wisconsin Y None

*Milo Street

13. 1925 South Dakota State Census Index/Images (online at FamilySearch.org):•

The most important item to note on these records is that Eben STROUP, husband of Lena JOEL (sic), finally gives his birthplace correctly as Illinois, erasing any doubt we might have had that our subject was the son of William STROUP.
There are also cards for Clarence, Chester L., Floyd, and Lloyd, but I can't find one for Lena or the others. There's no way to browse the cards, so unless you can match how they're indexed, you can't find someone.

14. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 17): Trail Street, Bowdle City, Edmunds Co., SD, Roll 2222 (Book 2), p. 198B, SN 8B, ED 23-3, SD 3, enumerated 10 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 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 24 25

* 187 193 Stroupe Lena Head O 1500 N F W 58 Wd N Y Wisconsin Norway Norway Y none

*Trail Street

Plus two lodgers not extracted.

15. 1935 South Dakota State Census Index/Images (online at FamilySearch.org): can't find Lena.

16. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 26): 207 1st St. NE, Aberdeen City (Ward 1), Brown Co., SD, Roll T627_3849, p. 32A, SN 2A, SD 3, ED 7-2A, enumerated 3 Apr 1940, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1940 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1940: for an explanation of the column headings,
please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

LOC HOUSEHOLD NAME RELATION PERSONAL EDUCATION BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE in 1935 EMPLOYMENT STATUS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 33

* 207 26 R 18 N Stroup Lena Head F W 69 Wd N 2 Wisconsin same house N N N N H 0 0 Y

*1st Ave N E

17. 1945 South Dakota State Census Index/Images (online at FamilySearch.org): not found, as expected.

18. South Dakota Births and Christenings, 1856-1903 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name: Harry A Stroup Mary Stroup

Birth Date: 7 Apr 1892 2 Mar 1897

Gender: Male Female

County: Edmunds Edmunds

Father's Name: Elbin Stroup Ebin Stroup

Mother's Name: Lena Jole Sarah Jole

File Date: 27 Jan 1940 6 Jun 1942

Can't find Clarence, and I really searched.

20. Index to South Dakota Death Records, 1905-1955. South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre, SD (online at Ancestry.com):

File No. Surname Given Name County Death Date

124016 STROUP EBIN EDMUNDS 06-14-29

204749 STROUP SARA L WALWORTH 02-25-42

92221 STROUP HARRY A EDMUNDS 04-27-24

21. Cemetery Record Search (online at the SD State Historical Society web site):

First Name Last Name Death Date Lot # Block # City County Cemetery Name

EBEN STROUP 1929 16 BOWDLE EDMUNDS BOWDLE CITY

SARAH LENA STROUP 1942 16 BOWDLE EDMUNDS BOWDLE CITY

22. Minneapolis City Directory (online at Ancestry.com):

1900 p. 1320 Stroup Ebin, cond T C R T Co, r 519 3d av n e.

1901 p. 1277 Stroup Eben, clk Yerxa Bros & Co, r 519 3d av n e.

1902 p. 1447 Stroup Eben E, clk Yerxa Bros & Co, r 519 3d av n e.

In all three cases, he's the only STROUP in the directory.

23. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com): two trees with minimal information, except for Harry; both call our subject, "Edwin."

24. LDS Family Search (online at familysearch.org): some old entries from the IGI and Pedigree Resource Files (q.v.), which call our subject, "Eben." Mistakenly has Sarah Lena born in Louisiana, mixing her up with a different Sarah JOLE, whom I ran across in the censuses.

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