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From: "Sharon Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Marshal Lke
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:32:49 -0500

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!!!
Marshal Lake ROCKS!!!
KUDOS!!!
http://www.darkharbor.com/snoopydance/

> [Original Message]
> From: DOROTHY URBAITIS <>
> To: <>
> 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 Strmpel, a nickname for a dejected
> person, from Low German strmpel; 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 <>
> > http://mlake.net/lake/NewJersey/ReubenLake.txt
> >
> >
> >
>
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