When Joseph Stritmatter was born on 16 June 1855, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Stritmatter, was 41 and his mother, Margaretha Magdelena Glasser, was 30. He married Nancy Ann Grimshaw on 14 August 1878, in Scioto, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Morgan, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Hoquiam, Chehalis, Washington, United States in 1910. He died on 29 April 1929, in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Fritz, Guenther, Kurt.
South German: habitational name for someone from Strittmatt, near Waldshut.
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