1.  Marriage Record:

2.  North Carolina Birth Index: 1913-2000.  North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	Winfred Luther Stroupe	Bertha Mae Stroupe	Mamie Gertrude Stroupe	Thamar Edgar Stroupe	Berlin Moses Stroup
Date of Birth:	19 Jan 1900	8 May 1902	11 Nov 1904	8 Oct 1908	8 Aug 1917
Birth County:	Gaston	Gaston	Gaston	Gaston	Gaston
Parent1 Name:	Michael Luther Stroup	Michael Luther Stroupe	Michael Luther Stroupe	Michael Luther Stroupe	Michael L Stroup
Parent2 Name:	Bertie Beatrice Helton	Hertie Beatrice Helton	Bertie Beatrice Helton	Bertie B Helton	Bertee B Helton

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Luther STROUP (æ 5, b. NC) is living in Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, with his parents (q.v.).  Bertie isn't born yet.

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 47):  Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll T9_964, p. 12B, SN 12, SD 8, ED 74, enumerated 13 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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
202	203	Stroup Mike L	Head	W	M	Jun 1875	24	M	1			NC	NC	NC	Farmer	0	Y	Y	Y	R	F	F	25
		"   Birda B	Wife	W	F	Mch 1881	19	M	1	1	1	NC	NC	NC	Keeping House		Y	Y	Y
		"   Winfred L	Son	W	M	Feb 1900	3/12	S				NC	NC	NC

6.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #36 of 58 — indexed "Straup" and "Strauf"):  Morganton Road, Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll T624_1112, p. 18B, SN 18B, ED 52, enumerated 28 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).

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Strau? Michael L

Head

M

W

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M1

12

NC

NC

NC

Eng

Farmer

General Farm

Emp

Y

Y

O

M

F

91

______ Bertie B

Wife

F

W

29

M1

12

6

6

NC

NC

NC

Eng

None

Y

Y

______ Winferd L

Son

M

W

11

S

NC

NC

NC

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Bertie M

Dau

F

W

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S

NC

NC

NC

Eng

None

Y

______ Mamie G

Dau

F

W

6

S

NC

NC

NC

None

N

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Strau? Robert C

Son

M

W

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S

NC

NC

NC

None

______ Andrew C

Son

M

W

2

S

NC

NC

NC

None

______ Edgar T

Son

M

W

6/12

S

NC

NC

NC

None

7.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 32):  Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll T625_1299, p. 15A, SN 15A, SD 9, ED 72, enumerated 24/27 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).

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Stroup Mike

Head

O

F

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M

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

Farmer

General farm

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______ Bertie

Wife

F

W

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M

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Winford

Son

M

W

20

S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Bertha

Dau

F

W

17

S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Mamie

Dau

F

W

15

S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Colman

Son

M

W

13

S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Connie

Son

M

W

13

S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Thamer

Son

M

W

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S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Aron

Son

M

W

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S

Y

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

______ Berlin

Son

M

W

2

S

NC

NC

NC

Y

none

8.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16-17 of 40):  Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll 1691, pp. 64B-65A, SN 8B-9A, ED 36-6, SD 7, enumerated 15 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).

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Stroupe Mike L

Head

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M

23

N

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

Farmer

General Farm

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Y

N

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_______ Birdie

Wife

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F

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M

17

N

Y

SC

SC

SC

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None

_______ Bertha

Dau

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F

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S

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Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

None

_______ Mamie

Dau

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F

W

25

S

N

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

None

_______ Coleman

Son

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M

W

22

S

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

Laborer

Farm

NP

Y

N

_______ Cone

Son

X

M

W

22

S

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

Laborer

Farm

NP

Y

N

_______ Thamer?

Son

X

M

W

20

S

N

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

Laborer

Farm

NP

Y

_______ Aaron

Son

X

M

W

17

S

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

None

_______ Berlin

Son

X

M

W

12

S

Y

Y

NC

NC

NC

Y

None

9.  North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	-	Bertie Beatrice Stroupe	Winfred Luther Stroupe		Berlin Moses Stroupe
Date of Birth:	-	3-19-1881	1/19/1900	-	8/8/1917
Birthplace:	-	N.C.	N.C.	-	N.C.
Date of Death:	-	Sept. 5, 1963	9/25/1967	-	3/5/65
Place of Death:	-	Route #2, Cherryville, Cherryville Twp.,  Gaston County	Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia Gaston County	-	Route #2, Cherryville, Cherryville Twp.,  Gaston County
Cause of Death:	-	myocardial failure due to hip fracture	Myocardial infarction	-	stroke lung cancer
Usual Residence:	-	Route #2, Cherryville, Cherryville Twp.,  Gaston County	Route #1 Bessemer City Gaston County	-	Route #2, Cherryville, Cherryville Twp.,  Gaston County
Marital Status:	-	Widowed	Married	-	Married
Name of Spouse:	-	Mike L. Stroupe	Geneva Kiser Stroupe	-	Emilie Marie Stroupe
Name of Father:	-	Drayton Helton	Michael L. Stroupe	-	Mike Luther Stroupe
Birthplace of Father:	-		-	-	-
Name of Mother:	-	Clemintine Bridges	Bertie Helton	-	Bertie Helton
Birthplace of Mother:	-	-	-	-	-
Occupation:	-	Housekeeping	Farming	-	Military Service
Name of Informant:	-	Miss Bertha Stroupe, Route 2, Cherryville	John Stroupe, Bessemer City, N.C.	-	Mrs. Emilie M. Stroupe, Rt. 2, Cherryville
Date of Burial:	-	9-7-1963	9-16-67	-	3/7/65
Place of Burial:	-	St. Mark's Lutheran Cem. Rt. 2, Cherryville	Concord Methodist Cem Gaston County, N.C.	-	St. Mark Luth. Ch. Cem. Gaston County

10.  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	-	-	Connie Andrew Stroupe	Thamer Edgar Stroupe	Aaron Hubert Stroupe
SSN:	-	-	-	239 22 7161	243 24 9439
Death Date:	-	-	23 Apr 1983	16 Jan 1993	3 Sep 2000
Death City:	-	-	Kings Mountain		-
Death County:	-	-	Cleveland	Gaston	Gaston
Date Death Recorded:	-	-	-	-	-
Death Age:	-	-	75	84 years	88 years
Birth Date:	-	-	5 May 1907	8 Oct 1908	20 Jun 1912
Birth Location:	-	-	North Carolina	Gaston	Gaston
Father's Last Name:	-	-	S	Stroupe	Stroupe
Residence City:	-	-	Kings Mountain	-	-
Residence County:	-	-	Cleveland	Gaston	Gaston
Gender | Race:	-	-	Male | White	Male | White	Male | White
Marital Status:	-	-	Married	Married	Married
Autopsy:	-	-	-	No	-
Institution:	-	-	General Hospital	Home	Residence
Attendant:	-	-	Physician	Physician	Physician
Burial Location:	-	-	in state	in state	in state
Source:	-	-	NC Dept. Health	NC Dept. Health	NC State Ctr.  Health Stats.

11.  James L. Beam.  John Teeter Beam Family Tree (online at www.frontiernet.net/~beam/teeter/).