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From: DOROTHY URBAITIS <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Query re Gertrude Rex Strimple
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:52:33 -0600
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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 Strümpel, a nickname for a dejected
person, from Low German strümpel; 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

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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 <>
> http://mlake.net/lake/NewJersey/ReubenLake.txt
>
>
>

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