Brief Life History of Mary Alice
When Mary Alice Stroh was born on 2 February 1858, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew J. Stroh, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Bodin, was 23. She married John M Houtz on 18 June 1882, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Washington Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 16 November 1934, in Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary Stroh in household of Andrew Stroh, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Alice Stroh, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Mary Alice Stroh Houtz, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German strō ‘straw’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in straw, or a nickname for an exceptionally thin man or someone with straw-colored hair. Compare Straw and Strow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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