Rachel Strope (1890)

Ancestors

Wife of William Strope — married 18 Dec 1923 in Tioga, New York, United States of America

Biography

Rachel Strope's Husband Daniel Wells dies accidentally in 1926. Leaving Rachel a widow per family member accounts. Charles McNeal is her son who was raised on Nathaniel Strope's farm not her husband.

Manley Wells aged 1 month. dies October 1908

Rachel Strope was run off the family farm by Nathaniel leaving her son Charles Isaac McNeal . Charles is raised by his grandfather Nathaniel as Charles (Charley) Strope per the family.

Notes

• In the 1925 New York census, available on Ancestry, it looks like Rachel is living with her ex husband, their mutual children and her new husband. Charles McNeal is not with them.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ3K-WKB : accessed 16 February 2016), Rachel Strope in household of Joseph Wells, Ward 3, Ithaca, Ithaca City, Tompkins, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-27, sheet 6A, family 117, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2792
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX9X-B45 : accessed 16 February 2016), Rachael A Wells in household of Daniel Wells, North Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,541.
• Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.