Adam Hugo Strauss (1842 - 1897)

Born 23 Nov 1842 in Danzig, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany

Husband of Elisabeth (Schmidt) Strauss — married 15 Dec 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary K. (Zeigler) Strauss — married 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 28 Dec 1897 at age 55 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Adam Hugo Strauss (sometimes recorded as Krauss or Strouse) was born November 23, 1842 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany (present-day Gdansk, Poland). He was the son of Carl Ludwig Strauss and Elisabeth Catharina Borski Strauss.
Adam was christened December 18, 1842, at St. Trinity Church in Danzig.^[1]
Adam immigrated from Germany to the United States in 1856, at the age of 14.^[2] His parents did not travel with him; he made the ocean voyage with his older sister Marie Louise Strauss (age 20) and his younger brother Carl August Strauss (age 9, though he was erroneously recorded as age 7).^[3] The siblings traveled aboard the steamer ship Louise Marie, departing from Bremen and arriving in Philadelphia on May 7, 1856. They traveled in steerage, the lowest possible category of long-distance steamer travel.^[4]
Adam then resided in Philadelphia, where he would live for the rest of his life. He married Elisabeth Schmidt on December 15, 1870 in Philadelphia.^[5] However, Elisabeth died sometime between 1871 - 1879.
Adam then married Mary Ziegler around 1879. Adam was 36, and Mary was about 16. The couple had their first child, Bertha E. Strauss, in 1880.^[6] They would go on to have 10 children.
Adam worked as a machinist.^[7] His last address before death was 1020 Leithgow St.^[8]
Adam died in Philadelphia on December 28, 1897, at the age of 55. He was buried at Monument Cemetery.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ christening / baptism record, Dec 18, 1842, Danzig, Germany
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDWB-SC9?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=MFZ9-6ZB "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897"]
3. ↑ voyage passenger list, lines 52-54
4. ↑ information on steerage travel on long-distance steamer ships of the time period.
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," marriage record of Elisab. Schmidt in entry for Adam Hugo Strauss, 1870.
6. ↑ birth record of Bertha E. Strauss
7. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census records, listing "Occupation: Machinist."
8. ↑ last address listed on death certificate
9. ↑ "Registration of Deaths in the City of Philadelphia," handwritten entry, Dec. 28, 1897

• Family Search person profile page with various sources, Person ID: MFZ9-6ZB
• Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic & Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981" Baptism record, Baptised Dec 18, 1842, Danzig, Germany.
• Immigration records: "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897,"; entry for Hugo Strauss, 07 May 1856; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, NAID identifier 1746067; Ship Louise Marie, departed from Bremen, arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA ARC 566634, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
• passenger list of the May 7, 1856 voyage of the ship (the Louise Marie), which brought Adam to the U.S.: "Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Louise Marie," passenger #53. Also see: complete passenger lists of the ship Louise Marie, all voyages.
• record of 1st marriage: "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", Elisab. Schmidt in entry for Adam Hugo Strauss, 1870.