Good Grief, Charlie Brown!!! Marshal Lake ROCKS!!! KUDOS!!! http://www.darkharbor.com/snoopydance/ > [Original Message] > From: DOROTHY URBAITIS <djurbaitis@ameritech.net> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/4/2005 12:50:09 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Query re Gertrude Rex Strimple > > Marshall and Marfy, > > I've been trying to construct a more detailed and presentable message > regarding my connections to the Strimples. I delayed a little, in part > so that I could retrace the note I saw recently on Ancestry.com > concerning the meaning of the name. As long as the subject has come up, > here it is for your consideration: > > Strimple > Americanized form of North German Str�mpel, a nickname for a dejected > person, from Low German str�mpel; or perhaps from Middle Low > Germanstrumpelen �to falter�, hence a nickname for a disabled person. > Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN > 0-19-508137-4 > > > Also, a brief fan letter to Marshall Lake: I've been watching the > Hunterdon list for some time, and have been continually surprised at its > depth. I'm a member of a number of lists related to Strimple (Sandusky, > Shawnee, Stitt, Strimple), and get useful information from all of them, > but this Hunterdon group is spectacular. And Marshall absolutely rocks! > > Dorothy Strimple Urbaitis > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Marshall Lake wrote: > > >>I am interested in the Strimple family. Some of them lived in Delaware > >>Twp, Hunterdon Co, which is why we have Strimples Mill Road. I believe > >>the name was related to Calvin G. Strimple (b.1833, married Sarah Kuhl), > >>son of Mahlon Strimple, who married Deborah Lake in 1828 (Deborah was > >>the daughter of Jonas Lake and Sarah Hunt). I don't have the parents of > >>Mahlon Strimple. Do you have any information on this family? Also I am > >>intrigued by the name. Do you know anything about its origins? > >> > >> > > > >I'm afraid I cannot say anything concerning the origin of the STRIMPLE > >surname but I can add the info which follows concerning the people > >mentioned above. I'm open to any corrections or additional info. > > > >Jonas LAKE (s of Reuben LAKE & Elizabeth BARCROFT, b 1785, d 10 May 1849, > > coroner Hunterdon Co, NJ 1822, poss deacon Bap Ch of Sandy > > Ridge, Delaware Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1867, prob d intestate > > 1849/1850) > > Sarah HUNT (m 15 Dec 1808 Hunterdon Co, NJ) > > Maria (b 1808, poss m Orran EDDY 3 Jan 1831 Hunterdon Co, NJ) > > Deborah (b 1811, m Mahlon STRIMPLE 27 Dec 1828 Hunterdon Co, NJ) > > Amy (b 1818, poss m Alison HOLCOMBE 11 Oct 1845 Hunterdon Co, > > NJ) > > Ruth Hunt (b 1827) > >(Source - 45, 68, 206) > > > >Sources: > > > >45. "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties New Jersey" by James Snell > > 1881 > >68. "Marriage Records Hunterdon County New Jersey 1795-1874" by Hiram > > Deats 1918 > >206. Marfy Goodspeed <marfy.goodspeed@verizon.net> > > http://mlake.net/lake/NewJersey/ReubenLake.txt > > > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx