Esther Marie (Altland) Strausbaugh (1900 - 1975)

Born 14 Oct 1900 in Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Lehman Strausbaugh — married 2 Jun 1923 in Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 18 Mar 1975 at age 74 in Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Esther (Altland) Strausbaugh has German Roots.

Esther (Altland) Strausbaugh was a Pennsylvanian.

Esther, daughter of Elmer Wilson Altland and Annetta Gantz, was born 14 October 1900 in Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2]

Her parents Elmer W. (age 28, tenant farmer) and Annetta Altland (30, mother of four, all living) rented a farm on Pike Road in Jackson Township in 1910, where they lived with Esther "Marie" (9), her siblings Raymond Michael (8), George Washington (4) and Harvey Peter Altland (2), as well as her maternal grandfather Michael Gantz (62, hand on the home farm).^[3]

By 1920, they had purchased a farm in Jackson Township.^[4] The household then encompassed Elmer W. (age 38, farmer), Annette (39), Esther M. (18), and her siblings Raymond M. (17, sawyer in furniture factory), George W. (13), Harvey P. (11) and Mary P. Altland (8).^[4]

On 2 June 1923^[5] in Jackson Township, she married Lehman Strausbaugh, son of Nathaniel Miller "Nathan" Strasbaugh and Cordelia "Cora" Dissinger.^[6] They had two sons:

• George E. Strausbaugh (b. 1 January 1924;^[7] m. Ethel Romaine Altland;^{[citation needed]} d. 29 March 1995).^[8]

• Robert Nathaniel Strausbaugh (b. 22 October 1927;^[9] d. 8 April 1991).^[9][10]

Esther M. (age 29) and Lehman (age 33, stone quarry worker) owned their own home in Jackson Township by 1930, which they shared with their sons George E. (6) and Robert Nathaniel Strausbaugh (2).^[5]

They weathered the Great Depression and remained in their home through 1940, when the household continued to include Lehman (age 43, stone and lime company worker), Esther M. (39), George E. (16) and Robert N. Strasbaugh (12).^[11] The record shows that Esther and Lehman had completed seven years of formal education.^[11] George and Robert were still in school.^[11]

Esther died 18 March 1975 in Spring Grove, York County,^[2] and was buried there at Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery.^[12]

^{[3] [4] [5] [11] [1] [12] [2] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (15 February 2020), Esther M Altland, 1900.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (8 January 2021), Esther Strausbaugh, Mar 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 June 2021), Marie Altland in household of Elmer W Altland, Jackson, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 16A, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1434; FHL microfilm 1,375,447.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (3 February 2021), Esther M Altland in entry for Elmer W Altland, 1920.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 June 2021), Esther M Strausbaugh in household of Lehman Strausbaugh, Jackson, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 16B, line 77, family 379, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2165; FHL microfilm 2,341,899.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (15 February 2020), Lehman Strausbaugh, 1897.
7. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (8 January 2021), George E Strausbaugh, 29 Mar 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for George Edward Strausbaugh (1 Jan 1924–29 Mar 1995), Find A Grave: Memorial #21332177, citing Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Spring Grove, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by bill brick (contributor 46930687).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (8 January 2021), Robert N Strausbaugh, 08 Apr 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for Robert N. Strausbaugh (22 Oct 1927–8 Apr 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #21332153, citing Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Spring Grove, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by bill brick (contributor 46930687).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (7 January 2021), Esther M Strasbaugh in household of Lehman Strasbaugh, Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-45, sheet 27A, line 32, family 489, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3642.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 June 2021), memorial page for Esther Marie Altland Strausbaugh (14 Oct 1900–18 Mar 1975), Find A Grave: Memorial #21332236, citing Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Spring Grove, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by bill brick (contributor 46930687).

• FamilySearch entry for Esther Marie Altland.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (related only by marriage).