Person:Henry Strouse (1)

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Henry Austin Strouse
b.6 Jan 1868 Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
d.23 Oct 1947 St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m.
  1. William Milton Strouse1855 - 1862
  2. Ellen Jane Strouse1858 -
  3. Charles Benjamin Strouse1863 - 1894
  4. Henry Austin Strouse1868 - 1947
  5. Josiah Franklin Strouse1871 - 1923
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Aug 1890
  1. Austin LeRoy Strouse1894 - 1983
  2. Lester Milton Strouse1896 - 1984
  3. Wesley M. Strouse1899 - 1989
  4. Valentine E. Strouse1904 - 1934
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Jun 1908
  1. John Harms Strouse1909 - 1960
  2. Julia Mildred Strouse1911 - 1995
  3. Minnie Ellen Strouse1914 - 2002
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Facts and Events
Name Henry Austin Strouse
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4] 6 Jan 1868 Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 6 Aug 1890 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United Statesto Mary Magdelena Mondientz
Marriage 1 Jun 1908 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United Statesto Bertha M Harms
Census 7 Apr 1940 Stevensville, Berrien, Michigan, United Stateswith Bertha M Harms
Death[1][2] 23 Oct 1947 St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Burial[1][2][5] 26 Oct 1947 Stevensville Cemetery, Stevensville, Berrien, Michigan, United States

In 1880 at age 11 he may be a farm hand living with Josiah Kreva in Delaware Twp., Mercer County Pennsylvania. We can assume this is him based on age, birth place and the fact that his 2 brothers were also living as farm hand/servant on other farms after their parents died. 1900 and 1910 he lived in Chicago; 1920 in River Forest Township, Cook County, Illinois; 1930 and 1940 in Berrien County, Michigan. In 1900, he was a clerk in an office; 1910 a salesman for plumbing supply; 1920 clerk in plumbing supply; 1930 a fruit farmer. He was not a veteran.

Obituary HENRY A. STROUSE 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Kerlikowske chapel for Henry Austin Strouse, 79, of Stevensville, who died at 10 a.m. Thursday in the St. Joseph hospital where he was taken on Wednesday.
   The Rev. Emerson Minor, pastor of the Stevensville Methodist church which the deceased attended, will officiate.  Burial will be in Stevensville cemetery.
   Born Jan. 6, 1858 in Greenville, Pa., he moved to Chicago when 16 years of age, and was employed for 20 years as a shipping clerk for the L. Wolff plumbing company.  On Oct. 9, 1920 he moved to Stevensville and for several years was employed as custodian of the Stevensville high school.
   Surviving are his wife, Bertha Strouse, four sons, Austin Strouse of Oak Park, Ill., and Lester, Wesley and John of Chicago;  three daughters, Mrs. Julia Weger of Detroit, Mrs. Bertha Clemonsen of Chicago, and Mrs. Richard Burns of Stevensville;  eight grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
  Mr. Strouse was a member of the Grace Reform church in Chicago and held the position of treasurer and elder in the church.
 Source: The News Palladim, Benton Harbor, MI, Friday, Oct. 24 1947.

Cause of death was uremia prostatic obstruction.

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The News Palladim, Friday, Oct. 24 1947.
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The News Palladim, Friday, Oct. 24 1947.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Compiler: Berrien County MI County Clerk. Berrien County MI Deaths.

    1947 Pg 957. Record includes birth date/place, both parents names. Informant was his wife, Bertha.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Obituary, in The News Palladim, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

    Friday, Oct. 24 1947, includes birth date/place.

  3. ↑ Illinois births 1878-1922.

    His daughter, Genevive's record includes his birth place.

  4. ↑ Mercer County PA Probate.
    1. 3510, Owen W. Strouse. He is listed as minor child in father's probate
  5. ↑ Find A Grave.
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