Harold E. "Harry" Strong

Notes:

FindAGrave indicates that Harry E Strong, was born in Willoughby OH and died between 1940-1948 in Falls Church VA. He married [first] Gertrude Clark of Cleveland OH, and they had at least three sons, William Strong (1916-1930) who is buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery; Thomas Richard Strong, and Robert William Strong.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1920 Census, Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Township
STRONG, Ralph W Head age 63 M Oh Oh Oh Farmer
STRONG, Weltha Wife age 56 M Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Son age 26 M Oh Oh Oh Soldier
STRONG, Virginia F Daug age 12 S Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Jr. Grandson age 3 6/12 S Oh Oh Oh

1930 Federal Census
Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
128-129
Strong, Harry E. Head $8000 R age 37 Oh Oh Oh Painter House
Strong, Leliari P Wife age 36 Pa Pa Pa Stenographer
Passley, Arthur Brother-in-law age 23 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Nellie E Sister-in-law age 20 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Mary N Sister-in-law age 19 Pa Pa Pa
Strong, Ralph W Father age 74 Oh Oh Oh

Harold married Gertrude Clark before 1916. Gertrude was born after 1894 in Ohio; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They were also shown on FindAGrave as being the parents of Thomas Richard and Robert William Strong. Unable to verify this through census records.

1. William Strong was born on 26 Apr 1916; died on 17 Mar 1930; was buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio.

Harold married Leliari Passley before 1930. Leliari was born about 1894 in Pennsylvania; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ralph was born in Lake County, and moved with his parents to nearby Cleveland prior to the 1870 census. At the time of the 1880 Federal census, he had left home, and was living with John Webb, who ran a Meat Market. Ralph drove a delivery wagon.

I was unable to locate him at the time of the 1900 census. He was still in Cleveland at the time of the 1910 census, however. Although he is listed as married, his wife and children are not present. He is living in a rooming home with several other single men. His son Harold was in the Navy. Son Harold was was listed on the 1910 census on the Military census, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Conneticut, District 18, as STRONG, Harold J M W 18 Ohio Ohio Ohio.

Sometime before the 1920 census, Ralph returned with his family to Lake County. It appears that he and his wife seperated before 1930, and that Ralph moved to Virginia with son Harry.

However, Ralph eventually moved back to Ohio, living to the age of 88. His obituary appears below:

Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078 ID# 0351076 Strong, Ralph W. Date: Jan 29, 1948 Notes: Strong, Ralph W., beloved husband of the late Weltha; father of Mrs. Grace THOMAS of Cleveland, Mrs. Virginia SHANKS of Columbus, O., and the late Harry E. Strong of Falls Church, Va.; grandfather of Thomas Richard Strong, Robert William Strong, John William THOMAS; passed on Wednesday morning (Jan 28). Friends may call at Dodge's Funeral Home, 1331 Hayden Ave., corner of Elm, where services will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6R9-DYN
Name: Ralph W Strong
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death
Event Date: 28 Jan 1948
Event Place:
Residence:
Street Address:
Gender: Male
Death Age: 91y6m27d
Marital Status:
Race: White
Occupation:
Birth Date: 01 Jul 1856
Birthplace: Willoughby, Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father: Lemuel Strong
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother: Sarah Schram
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Spouse: Weltha A. Strong
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Reference Number: certificate
Film Number: 2246453
Digital Folder Number: 4109082
Image Number: 02150
Collection: Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953

(Research):Census Information:

1880 Federal Census

John W.S. WEBB Self M Male W 28 ENG Meat Market ENG ENG
Nettie A. WEBB Wife M Female W 27 OH Keeping House NJ OH
Abby Z. WEBB Dau S Female W 6 OH At School ENG OH
Charles W. WEBB Son S Male W 2 OH ENG OH
Harry K. WEBB Son S Male W 3M OH ENG OH
Lena WANGER Other Female W 17 OH Servant PRUS PRUS
Belle SCELI Other Female W 21 CAN Servant CAN CAN
Ralph STRONG Other S Male W 22 OH Delivery Waggon OH OH

Source Information:
Census Place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255006
NA Film Number T9-1006
Page Number 66A

1910 Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ward 25, Dist.
385 East 101 Street
STRONG, Ralph W Roomer age 53 M1 19 Oh Oh Oh Salesman-Produce

1920 Census, Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Township
STRONG, Ralph W Head age 63 M Oh Oh Oh Farmer
STRONG, Weltha Wife age 56 M Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Son age 26 M Oh Oh Oh Soldier
STRONG, Virginia F Daug age 12 S Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Jr. Grandson age 3 6/12 S Oh Oh Oh

1930 Federal Census Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
128-129
Strong, Harry E. Head $8000 R age 37 Oh Oh Oh Painter House
Strong, Leliari P Wife age 36 Pa Pa Pa Stenographer
Passley, Arthur Brother-in-law age 23 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Nellie E Sister-in-law age 20 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Mary N Sister-in-law age 19 Pa Pa Pa
Strong, Ralph W Father age 74 Oh Oh Oh

Ralph married Weltha Adelaide French. Weltha was born about 1864 in Ohio; died on 16 Oct 1940 in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Id#: 0351097
Name: Strong, Weltha A.
Date: Oct 19 1940
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Strong: Weltha A., beloved wife of Ralph W., mother of Mrs. Grace Thomas, Mrs. Virginia Shanks and Harry E., Oct. 16. Services from the Falshill home of the Millard Son & Raper Co., Fairhill at East blvd., Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 p. m.

Name: Weltha Strong
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 16 Oct 1940
Death Place: East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1867
Estimated Birth Year:
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Death Age: 73 years 6 months 13 days
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race or Color: Caucasian
Street Address: 1315 E. 143 St.
Occupation: Housewife
Residence:
Burial Date: 19 Oct 1940
Burial Place: Lake View
Cemetery Name:
Spouse's Name: Ralph William Strong
Father's Name: Elah S. French
Father's Title & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Lake County, Ohio
Mother's Name: Adalaide Mcilrath
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Film Number: 2023882

Notes:

FindAGrave shows him as a son of Thomas Jefferson Strong Sr. and Laura Bishop. However, he is not listed as one of their children in Benjamin Dwight's HISTORY OF THE STRONG FAMILY.

Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop do appear to have a son his same age, shown on census records as Samuel vs. Lemuel. Additionally, Samuel/Lemuel is listed in the home of Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop in 1850 and 1860, and a Samuel/Lemuel Strong was boarding in the Peck home in 1850, and living with wife Sarah and children Ralph, Harry and Mary in 1860. They may indeed be the same man, listed twice in error on the census, or twins, or different people entirely. It is possible that his parents gave the name of all their children to the enumerator in 1860, as their son Asa/Aspah is also listed with his parents and in a separate household with his wife in 1860.

From FindAGrave:

Id#: 0351033
Name: Strong, Lemuel B.
Date: April 11, 1902
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Strong-Lemuel B., Wednesday, April 9, aged 70 years, at the residence of E. J. Foster, Willoughby, O. Funeral from the home of B. L. Ferris, Willoughby, O., Saturday, April 12, 2 p. m.
(Headstone gives death date as April 10.)

Lemuel later married Sarah A Kent.





(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, 220 Kirtland (Township) 85
16 Oct 1850
#124-130
Calvin H. PECK 37 m NY Farmer $2,000 New York Lydia PECK 38 f NY
Noah PECK 3 m NY
Lydia PECK 1 f NY
Samuel McCOWELL 14 m NY
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 18 m Carriage Maker NY

1860 OHIO CENSUS
Lake County Willoughby Township
Stamped 312
#1265-1211
(Very faint image on Ancestry.com)
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 30 Occupation: Wagon Maker Ohio
Sarah STRONG 38 (sic--s/b 28) Ohio
RALPH STRONG 4 Ohio
Harry STRONG 2 Ohio
Mary STRONG 1 Ohio

1870 OHIO CENSUS
Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ward 14 #12-12
Strong, S.B. (L.B.) 38 M W Occupation illegible $3000 Ohio
Strong, Sarah 38 Keeping House Ohio
Strong, Ralph 14 M W Ohio
Strong, ???? 11 F W Ohio
Strong, ???? 9 F W Ohio

Could this be him, with second wife, Sarah A Kent, in 1880?

1880 Census
Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
Lemuel Strong M 48 Ohio Vermont Vermony Drygoods Salesman
Sarah A Strong 31 NY NY NJ Keeping House
Earnest Strong M 9 Ohio Ohio NY
Paul Strong M 5 Ohio Ohio NY
Edna Strong F 4 Ohio Ohio NY


(Medical):arterio sclerosis senility (6-8 years)

Lemuel married Sarah A. Schram on 21 May 1853 in Lake County, Ohio. Sarah (daughter of William Schram and Ann McCullough Smith) was born about 1833 in Ohio; died on 13 Jan 1862 in Ohio; was buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that she was a daughter of William SCHRAM and Ann McCullough SMITH Schram.

Notes:

Married:
Strong, Lemuel B. Schram, Sarah A. May 21, 1853 B-Lic 246
Strong, Lemuel B. Schram, Sarah A. May 22, 1853 B-R 475

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlake/vitalrec/marriage/m_str.html

Notes:

An 1840 Plat of Willoughby Township, Lake County also shows land owned by a Th. J. Strong

Benjamin Dwight writes (p. 176), that "Thomas Jefferson Strong was a farmer at Wickliffe (Lake County), Ohio and "to him the author is indebted for this very meagre account of his father's descendants which no continued correspondence served to improve." This may account for some of the inconsistencies in trying to better document this family.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1830 FEDERAL CENSUS
OHIO, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, CHAGRIN
1-0-0-0-1;1-0-0-0-1

1840 FEDERAL CENSUS
OHIO, LAKE COUNTY Willoughby Twp, Lake, Ohio
Thomas J. Strong
0-2-1-0-0-1; 1-0-1-0-1-1

1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Distr 83
Enumerated 12 Sept 1850
Stamped 161
#207-211
(Indexed on Ancestry.com, in error, as STONG)
Thomas J. Strong age 48 M, Farming, $1700, Ct.
Laura age 47 F N.Y.
Asaph C. age 24 M Farming O.
Ann E. age 23 F O. ???
Lemuel B. (Lemuel?) age 18 M Farming O. ???? (Also listed in Peck boarding home in 1850?)
Thomas J. Jr age 15 M O.
Laura E. age 8 O.
Juliette age 5 O.

1860 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Twp
Enumerated July 1860
Stamped 307
Original on Ancesty.com VERY FAINT
#1186-1133
Thomas STRONG 58 Farmer 3600 1000 Conn.
Laura STRONG 57 NY
Asa STRONG 33 O. (Also listed with wife and children in Euclid in 1860?)
Ann STRONG 31 O.
Samuel (Lemuel?) STRONG 28 O. (Also listed with wife and children in a separate household in Lake County in 1860?)
Thomas STRONG 25 O.
Sarah? STRONG 17 O.
Julia STRONG 15 O.

1870 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby, PO Willoughby
Page 5
Enumerated 14 Jun 1870, Stamped 180
37-37
Strong, Thomas J 68 M W Farmer 5000 660 Con
Strong, Laura 67 F W Keeping House New York
Strong, Ann E 41 F W At Home Ohio
Strong, Julia E 26 F W At Home $--- $100 Ohio

Thomas married Laura Bishop on 11 Apr 1824 in Ohio. Laura was born on 14 Apr 1803 in New York; died on 24 May 1877; was buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Abram BISHOP and Hannah TRUMAN. (Robert S. Strong, SFAA Historian).

Notes:

Shown on FindAGrave as a son of Isaac Chauncy Schram and Rebecca Smith.

(Research):


Census Listings:

1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Dist 85
20 Oct 1850
#261-265
William SCRAM 40 M Farmer 2500 NY
Ann SCRAM 41 F O.
Drusilla SCRAM 19 F O.
Sarah A. SCRAM 17 F O.
Harriet E. SCRAM 14 F O.
Wothren ? SCRAM M O.
Samuel R. SCRAM 1 M O.

William married Ann McCullough Smith. Ann was born about 1809 in Ohio; died on 1 Apr 1871 in Willoughby Twp, Lake County, Ohio; was buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown of FindAGrave as a daughter of Obadiah SMITH.