STRUNK Anna Maria

Notes:

1850 Census New Jersey Warren County Living with Shoemaker family
1860 PA Northampton Upper Mt. Bethel page 69
1870 PA Northampton Upper Mt. Bethel page 41
1880 Census PA Northampton, Upper Mt. Bethel Ed 104 page 7
Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern PA
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.
Records of Ray Strunk

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