Peter Wolf Jr.
(1822-1880)
Sarah Ann Eyster
(1823-1885)
Emanuel Gross
(1839-1919)
Catharine Maul
(1833-1914)
Peter John Wolfe
(1861-1952)
Anna Mary Gross
(1868-1949)
Margaret Sarah Wolfe
(1897-1941)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Nevin Warner Strayer

Margaret Sarah Wolfe 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 21 May 1897, , York, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Nevin Warner Strayer on 27 Jun 1917 in York, York, PA
  • Died: 16 Nov 1941, West York, York, PA at age 44 2 3
  • Buried: 19 Nov 1941, West Manchester Township: Saint Paul's Wolf's Evangelical Covenant Cemetery, York, PA, USA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L8B6-G9Y.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in West York, York, PA. 6 The 1940 census recorded Nevin W. Strayer, 43, living with wife Margaret S., 42; and daughter Betty M., 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: Margaret died at West Side Sanitarium from carcinoma of left lung, 16 Nov 1941, West York, York, PA. 3

3. Residence: 1038 West Market St., York, PA on 16 Nov 1941 in York, York, PA. 3

4. Obituary: Gazette and Daily: obituary of Mrs. Margaret S. Strayer on 17 Nov 1941 in York, York, PA. 7 Mrs. Margaret S. Strayer, wife of Nevin W. Strayer, 1038 West Market street, passed away yesterday morning at 8:18 o'clock at the West Side sanitarium. The deceased was 44 years of age.
Mrs. Strayer is survived by a daughter, Mrs. B. F. Beacher, Bellings, Montana; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wolf, West York and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. P. H. Kropp, Bristol, Pa.; Mrs. Howard Null and Robert P. Wolf, both of York.
The deceased was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church and also the Mother's class of the Sunday school.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the funeral home of Walter W. Futer and sons, 662 Linden avenue. Interment will be in Wolf's church cemetery.

5. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: funeral of Mrs. Nevin Strayer, 20 Nov 1941, York, York, PA. 8 -----
Mrs. Nevin Strayer
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The funeral of Mrs. Margaret S. Strayer, wife of Nevin W. Strayer, 1038 West Market street, who died Sunday at the West Side sanitarium was held yesterday afternoon from the Futer Funeral home, 662 Linden avenue. Rev. J. B. Baker, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, of which congregation the deceased was a member, officiated. The pallbearers were: Wilmer Gross, Maurice Gross, William Hoke, George Seiffert, Roy Sweitzer and James Allison. Interment was in Wolf's cemetery.


Margaret married Nevin Warner Strayer, son of Howard J. Strayer and Virginia E. Emig, on 27 Jun 1917 in York, York, PA. (Nevin Warner Strayer was born on 16 Jun 1896 in York, York, PA,1 5 9 10 11 12 13 died on 23 Jan 1968 in West York, York, PA 1 9 11 12 and was buried on 26 Jan 1968 in York: Greenmount Cemetery, York, PA 9 12.)


Sources


1 Genealogy Research conducted by Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D. (1919-2004).

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112326354.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 102766. Mrs. Margaret S. Strayer. Father Peter J. Wolf. Mother Anna M. Grass. Spouse Nevin W. Strayer.

4 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 11 Aug 2012, obituary of Betty M. Beacher.

5 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K623-DD9 Nevin Warner Strayer.

6 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQZM-XD8 Nevin W Strayer, West York Borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-101, sheet 14B, family 310.

7 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 17 Nov 1941, page 3. Obituary of Mrs. Margaret S. Strayer.

8 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 20 Nov 1941, page 3. Funeral of Mrs. Nevin Strayer.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89488345.

10 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K623-DD9 Nevin Warner Strayer, 1917-1918; citing York City no 1, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

11 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JR4D-343 Nevin Strayer, January 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

12 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 24 jan 1968, page 37. Obituary of Nevin Strayer.

13 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQN8-TSX Nevin Warner Strayer b.16 Jun 1896.



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