STRUNK Elenora

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850; Upper Mt. Bethel, Northampton, PA

Notes:

Death Record of Surry Co. cause of Death: Phneumonia.
Death Certificate of son John Royal Barnes
First name appears as Ellen, Elnora, Eleanor in various records.
listed in 1900 Commemorative Beers book of PA families.
Identified in personal documents of Edna Barnes Strunk.
Year of death appears as 1876 in microfilmed page
Records of Ray Strunk

listed in 1900 Commemorative Beers book of PA families.
Also documented in personal documents of Edna Barnes Strunk.
Year of death appears as 1876 in microfilmed page

Family/Spouse: BARNES Elisha Stinson. Elisha (son of JR. William Barnes and KIRKHUFF Catherine) was born on 15 May 1817 in Delaware Gap, Warren Co. N.J.; was christened on 30 Nov 1817 in Saint James Episcopal Church, Delaware, Warren, New Jersey; died on 25 Jan 1884 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BARNES Mary E. was born on 13 Nov 1850 in Warren County New Jersey; died on 10 Jan 1881 in Spring Grove, Surry County, Va.
2. BARNES Ervin Wheeler was born on 19 Aug 1852 in Northampton Co. PA; died in 1932 in Spring Grove, Surry County, Va; was buried in Claremont, VA (St. Anne's Cemetary).
3. BARNES John Royal was born on 5 Dec 1854 in Delaware Watergap PA; died on 19 Jun 1942 in Binghamton, Broome, NY; was buried on 22 Jun 1942 in Rush Center.
4. BARNES Elijah Decator was born on 10 Nov 1856 in New Jersey; died on 29 Dec 1883.
5. BARNES Wellington Edward was born on 10 Dec 1858 in Northhampton Co. Pennsylvania; died on 16 Oct 1945 in Spring Grove, Surry County, Va; was buried in Oct 1945 in Claremont, VA (St. Anne's Cemetary).
6. BARNES William T. was born on 26 Dec 1860 in Pahaquarry , Warren Co. N.J.; died on 14 May 1863 in Pahaquarry, Warren Co. NJ; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Knowlton, NJ.
7. BARNES Jacob was born on 14 Mar 1863 in Warren County New Jersey; died in 1902.
8. STRUNK- BARNES Sabra E. was born on 14 Feb 1866 in Pahaquarry Twp. Warren Co. New Jersey; died on 1 Nov 1937 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried in 1937 in Claremont, Surry County, VA.
9. BARNES William H. was born on 25 Mar 1870 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died before 1930 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1830; Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, PA
• Census: 1840; Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, PA
• Residence: 1846; Pahaquarry, Warren Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1850; Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, PA
• Census: 1860; Stroud, Monroe, PA pg 765

Notes:

Research with Monroe Historical society.
1850 Jacob and Catherine in Upper Mt. Bethel Name istranscribed as Strong in index and has caused some confusion with another Jacob and Catheri ne Strunk in the area during the same period.
Benjamin and Janette are living nextdoor. Name spelled Strong 1860 Census PA Monroe Stroud pg 765 Im 345 Living with daughter Sarah Str unk Shiffer. Catherine presumably has died.

Research shared by Clara Strunk:
Jacob lived in Upper Mt. Bethel. He, also, had property and worked in Warren Co., NJ. After Jeremiah's death it seems as though Elizabeth married twice more. Jeremiah home location was Portland and his occupation w as slater; that is he worked in the slate quarries that were scattered thoughout Northampton Co. His mother, Catharine is buried in the Mt. Bethel Presybterian Church Yard. This church building is now a Slate Museum.

Jacob married CATHERINE. was born on 11 May 1801 in Pennsylvania; died on 30 Oct 1855 in Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, PA; was buried in Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church Yard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850; Upper Mounty Bethel, Northampton, PA

Notes:

In the 1850 she is identified as Catherine Strong.
Also referred to as Katie
Beers used as a reference page 47
Quotation from COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVA NIA BY BEERS, Chicago, 1900 Page 48
Mrs. Sarah (Strunk) Shiffer is a veritable " Mother in Israel" and h er Christian character wins the affection of all who come within her ran ge of influence. She was born in July, 1823, in Smithfield township, Monr oe County, and still resides at the old homestead at the advanced age of s eventy-five years. Her parents, Jacob and Katie Strunk, were natives of S mithfield township but their last days were spent in Northampton County, P ennsylvania. They had ten children: Lizzie, Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin, Dav id, Jeremiah, Ellen, Charles, Annie and Catherine. Besides herself, no ne are now living except Annie, wife of Frederick Smith of Northampton Cou nty.

Research shared by Clara Strunk