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1. | Magdalena SCHUDT was born 1798, Pennsylvania; died 1876, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania. Notes: Name Magdalena from birth records for Johannes and Carolina in Tupelhocken Church birth records Magdalena married Johannes/John EMMERT Abt 1818. Johannes/John (son of Martin EMMERT and Catherine BRUA) was born 28 Nov 1796, Bethel Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania; was christened 26 Dec 1796, Altalaha Church, Rehersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 1871, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]
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2. | FNU EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born Abt 1820, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. |
3. | Anna Maria EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 9 Apr 1823, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; was christened 8 Jun 1823, Altalaha Church, Rehersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 1856, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania. |
4. | Johannes/John Schudt EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 10 Apr 1825, Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania; was christened 19 Jun 1825, Altalaha Church, Rehersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lynn, Iowa. Notes: Occupation: Capitalist Johannes/John married MARY LAWVER 28 Jan 1847, Stephenson, Illinois. MARY was born Abt 1826, Pennsylvania; died 5 Aug 1906, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lynn, Iowa. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Rebecca EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 1826, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 1863, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania - Tuberculosis; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania. Rebecca married Thomas Foster STRAHORN Abt 1848, Centre, Pennsylvania. Thomas (son of Samuel STRAYHORN and Elizabeth LNU) was born Abt 1824, West Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania; died 18 May 1886, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, Section O, Lot 74, #1SW. [Group Sheet]
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6. | Carolina EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 17 Aug 1828, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; was christened 8 Feb 1929, Altalaha Church, Rehersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 25 Jul 1878, Stephenson, Illinois; was buried Bellevue Cemetery, Stephenson Co., Illinois. Carolina married Frederick BOLENDER 17 Mar 1853. Frederick was born 29 Dec 1814, Middleburg, Union, (now Snyder) Pennsylvania; died 25 Nov 1885, Dakota, Stephenson, Illinois; was buried Dakota Cemetery, Dakota, Stephenson, Illinois. [Group Sheet]
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7. | Joseph EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 13 Mar 1831, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 29 Nov 1920, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; was buried Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Joseph married Mary E COCHRAN 13 May 1862, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA. Mary was born Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] |
8. | William P EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 7 Jul 1833, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 14 Sep 1912, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. William married Sara Louisa MEASE 1855. Sara was born Mar 1832, Pennsylvania; died 1903. [Group Sheet] |
9. | Martin EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 13 Dec 1935, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 09 Jun 1906, Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas; was buried Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas. Martin married Elvira BROCK 1861. Elvira was born 01 Jan 1834, Newbury, Orange, Vermont; died Aft 1911. [Group Sheet] |
10. | Susannah EMMERT (1.Magdalena1) was born 1839, Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania; died Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried 1869, Boalsburg Cemetery, Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania. Susannah married Harrison Christian KNARR 26 Jan 1860. Harrison was born 30 May 1835, Union, Pennsylvania; died 10 Jun 1910, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]
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11. | Harris Lover EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 8 Feb 1848, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Harris married Cornelia Francis WINSLOW 9 Jun 1875. Cornelia was born 24 Feb 1840, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
12. | Mary Jane Florence EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 30 Sep 1849, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; died 22 Jul 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Mary married Harry/Henry DECKER 14 Jun 1881, Cook, Illinois. Harry/Henry was born Abt 1856. [Group Sheet] |
13. | Oliver M. EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 1851, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; died 15 Feb 1854, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; was buried Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lynn, Iowa. |
14. | Charles Schudt EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 15 Apr 1854, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; died 10 Jan 1939, Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois; was buried Proviso Twp, Cook, Illinois. Charles married Emma Lena BINDER 24 May 1900, Porter, Indiana. Emma was born Abt 1875, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
15. | Franklin J. EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 1859, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; died 6 May 1861, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; was buried Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lynn, Iowa. |
16. | Olive Gracia EMMERT (4.Johannes/John2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 21 Jun 1868, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; died 8 Apr 1938, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida; was buried First Unitarian Church Crypt, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Olive — Warren Dibble HOWE. Warren was born 26 Nov 1867, Patriot, Switzerland, Indiana; died 8 Mar 1951, Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida; was buried First Unitarian Church Crypt, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
17. | John Calvin STRAHORN (5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 14 Mar 1849, Haines Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 27 Nov 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, Caliifornia, Great Mausoleum, Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith #3407. Notes: 1868 began career as Fireman for C.N.W.R.R. at Escanaba, Delta, Michigan John married Sarah Elizabeth WOOD 10 Jun 1875, Milton, Buffalo, Wisconsin. Sarah (daughter of Abiel Saunders WOOD and Mercy CLOSSEN) was born 14 Mar 1849, Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 24 Oct 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, Caliifornia, Great Mausoleum, Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith #3407. [Group Sheet]
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18. | Samuel R STRAHORN (5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 20 Aug 1850, Haines Twp Centre Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Jun 1851, Haines Twp Centre Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Reformed Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania. |
19. | Mary STRAHORN (5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 1851, Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 1860, Stephenson, Illinois. |
20. | Robert Edmund STRAHORN (5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 15 May 1852, Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 31 Mar 1944, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried Riverview Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. Notes: Robert was the brother of our great-grandfather, John Calvin Strahorn. He was born east of Bellefonte in Haines Twp. Centre Co., Pennsylvania. He wrote later how as a boy, he was impressed by Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858. He was typesetter and then a newspaper correspondent for the Denver News and New York Times during the Sioux campaigns of 1876-77, and fought alongside General Crook as an embedded reporter while covering the Battle of Rosebud. He was hired by Jay Gould as the first head of the Publicity Department of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1877-1783, and wrote a number of books about the resources and attractions of the western states, which helped generate waves of migration into those territories, greatly benefiting the U.P. He was instrumental in building the Oregon Short Line Railroad from Granger, Wyoming to Huntington, Oregon and through his Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Co. founded or substantially developed the towns of Shoshone, Hailey, Mountain Home, Caldwell, Ontario, Payette, and Weiser along the route of the O.S.L. He was a founder and trustee of the College of Idaho in Caldwell. He went broke in the panic of 1893, then spent six years trading municipal bonds in Boston. He went on to build the North Coast Railroad under a secret financial arrangement with E.H. Harriman, and built Union Station in Spokane (which was demolished in 1974 for the Spokane World's Fair) and almost 750 miles of track in Washington State. This clandestine arrangement earned Robert the moniker "The Sphinx" because he would never publicly acknowledge his funding source. The North Coast Railroad was consolidated into the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. with Robert as Vice President and General Manager. He went on to develop several railroad expansion projects into eastern Oregon through his Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad. In the period leading up the 1929 stock market crash, Robert acquired a number of commercial properties in downtown San Francisco, but was forced to deed them back to his lenders to avoid to foreclosure and bankruptcy in the years that followed. He died in 1944 in San Francisco (not in Spokane as is claimed elsewhere) and his remains are interred in a granite and marble mausoleum in Spokane along with both of his wives. There were no children from either marriage. Upon his death in San Francisco in 1944, Robert's remains were taken by his friend Thurlow Bryant (who was mentioned on page 572 of Ninety Years of Boyhood, Strahorn's autobiography) to Spokane, and Robert's personal effects, including his steamer trunk, his personalized binoculars, numerous photos and papers, and the publishing rights to his autobiography, were taken by Thurlow to his home in Caldwell, Idaho. Thurlow's wife Nellie gave these items to us in 1995 because we were the only relatives who had ever inquired after him. Thurlow died in Caldwell in 1992, and Nellie in 2001. - Gary Zentmyer Robert married Carrie Adell GREEN 19 Sep 1877, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois. Carrie (daughter of John Wesley GREEN and Louise BABCOCK) was born 01 Jan 1854, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois; died 15 Mar 1925, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried Riverside Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] Robert married Ruby Shannon GARLAND 05 Oct 1927, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California. Ruby was born 25 Aug 1883, Waco, McLennan, Texas; died 01 May 1936; was buried Riverside Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] |
21. | Charlie STRAHORN (5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born Aft 1856, Stephenson, Illinois; died 1860, Stephenson, Illinois. |
22. | Mary Jane BOLENDER (6.Carolina2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 28 Nov 1853; died 13 May 1934. Mary — Elder YEAGLE. [Group Sheet] |
23. | Addie Elizabeth BOLENDER (6.Carolina2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 02 Jan 1856; died 26 Jun 1942. Addie — W.W. ETZLER. [Group Sheet] |
24. | William Frederick Emmert BOLENDER (6.Carolina2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 20 Jul 1867; died 23 Oct 1871. |
25. | Charles Emmert KNARR (10.Susannah2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 18 Dec 1860, Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 25 Aug 1945, Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma. |
26. | Levi Franklin KNARR (10.Susannah2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 1862, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 1863, Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania. |
27. | Mary Ellen KNARR (10.Susannah2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 13 Oct 1863, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 2 Dec 1939, Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania. |
28. | Margaret Elizabeth KNARR (10.Susannah2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 19 Feb 1866, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 13 Jul 1948, Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania. |
29. | Clara Alvira KNARR (10.Susannah2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 30 May 1868, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1947, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania. |
30. | Sarah E. STRAHORN (17.John3, 5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born Abt 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died Jul 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan. |
31. | Arthur Thomas STRAHORN (17.John3, 5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 14 Oct 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died 04 Jan 1974, Los Alamitos, Orange, California; was buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California. Notes: Arthur was a soil scientist with the Bureau of Soils, U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you google "Soil Survey - Strahorn" you will find twenty or so books he wrote about local soil conditions in the West, especially with regard to their potential for irrigation. I knew him as a retiree living on his property in Porterville, California, which was full of orange trees. He would send us a case of oranges every year. He was a kind and thoughtful man, and I am his namesake. He attended our wedding in 1973 at the age of 97. - Gary Arthur Zentmyer Arthur married Beatrice Josephine KEANE 19 Jan 1904, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; divorced Bef 1920. Beatrice was born 1881. [Group Sheet] Arthur married Zoe LIMBOCKER 31 May 1924, Los Angeles, California. Zoe (daughter of Thomas Benton LIMBOCKER and Caroline Cornelia SIGAFOOS) was born 20 Oct 1886, Erie, Neosho, Kansas; died 30 Jul 1984, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California. [Group Sheet] |
32. | Amy STRAHORN (17.John3, 5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 6 Sep 1877, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died 21 Sep 1877, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan. |
33. | Mary Elizabeth STRAHORN (17.John3, 5.Rebecca2, 1.Magdalena1) was born 22 Dec 1885, Sterling, Logan, Colorado; died 12 May 1973, Riverside, Riverside, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, southwest corner of Section W-2 . Notes: Graduated in 1908 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, according to the North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune, 12 Jun 1908. Mary married George Aubrey ZENTMYER 28 Apr 1910, North Platte, Nebraska. George (son of Miles ZENTMYER and Jane McNamara CREWITT) was born 2 May 1880, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska; was christened Rev. J.A. Hood; died 17 Jan 1968, Riverside, Riverside, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, southwest corner of Section W-2. [Group Sheet]
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