83rd ANNUAL STROUP(E) REUNION
Descendents of Johann Jacob Straub /
Stroup
Alexis, Gaston County, North Carolina
August 5, 2012
The annual Stroup(e) Reunion
was held on Sunday, August 5 in the gym of the Family Life Center of Alexis
Baptist Church in Alexis, Gaston County, North Carolina. This was the 83rd reunion held in Alexis
since 1925, with a 4-year interruption due to World War II.
Approximately 103 family and friends attended this year.
James G. “Jim” Stroupe of
Winston-Salem, Vice-President of the Reunion, called the reunion to order at
1:00pm and welcomed everyone to the annual event. Jim provided opening remarks, asked that each
person “meet and greet” those at their dinner table and that each attendee officially
register in our Reunion Book.
To help each attendee
understand where they “fit” in the Stroup(e) family tree, this year individual nametags
were created ahead of time and “tagged” with a colored dot … a differing color
for each son of immigrant Jacob Stroup – signifying from which son the attendee
descends. Each table was supplied with
the written minutes from last year reunion as well as the abbreviated “Straub/Stroup Family History.”
The first order of business
was to take group pictures: one picture of
attendees who carry the Stroup(e) surname by birth (34 attendees) and another
picture of the entire family. Special
“thanks” to Rita Quesada-Rodgers, Linda Moss Ballard, Todd Cloninger and others
for acting as “family photographers”.
Susan Stroupe Laughter gave
the invocation, which was followed by a bountiful, ”covered dish” meal.
Following lunch, Jim led the
business session, starting around 2:00pm:
- The minutes from the 2011 Reunion, including the
financial report, were read and approved.
- Jim publicly thanked our hard-working and
dependable set-up committee, comprised of Alan and Maria Hipp, Mike and Ruth
Hipp and Daphna Stroupe Shelton. Every
year their significant efforts are key to our hosting such a large,
successful reunion.
- A majority of the Reunion Officers agreed to make
a $100.00 donation (includes rental) to the Alexis Baptist Church this
year.
- History Committee Report. Sid Stroupe, speaking on behalf of our
history committee comprised of David Bartlett Hanna of Charlotte, Carolyn
Fogle Mullins of Panama City Beach Florida, Nancy Stroupe Morrison of
Greeneville Tennessee, Mike Stroupe of Rock
Hill South Carolina, Linda Moss Ballard of Cherryville provided a brief update
on accomplishments this past year. As
a reminder there are many internet sites and interesting booklets
available on our family:
- In 2012 Mike Stroupe completed an updated biography
of our shared immigrant Jacob Stroup and is more than willing to share
his substantial booklet electronically or mail it to you. Contact him for more information.
- “Descendants’
of Jacob Stroup and the US Civil War”. A 90 page booklet, documenting the descendents
(grandsons & ggrandsons) of Jacob Stroup who participated in the US
Civil War, Confederate States Army.
- “Stroup
Family Cemeteries of Gaston County”.
This booklet documents the Stroup family ancestors who are buried (circa
19th Century) in the four private, abandoned cemeteries in the
Alexis and Cherryville areas. Each
cemetery has been inventoried, a brief bio of the deceased has been
written and color photos of all legible grave markers are included.
- A distant
cousin, Diana Gale Matthiesen, has created a tremendous website, chocked
full of very old Straub and Stroup(e) family history.
- “Family Tree DNA” Project: At least two males in our local family have participated in
the Straub/Stroup DNA project.
Their “match” has solidified our position that we are in fact
descended from the Straub family of Germany.
- This year the official minutes from the
Stroup(e) Reunions, dating back to 1927 were displayed. We want to thank Martha Hipp Daniel who
organized and created this booklet for our family.
- The history committee will create a “lineage /
family tree” document (free of charge) for any descendent. Just contact a Sid or Mike by email or
phone.
- Milestones
since our last Reunion:
- Deceased:
i. George A.
Quesada Sr., age 86 of Aubrey Texas,
15 July 2012; husband of the late Bonnie Parr Stroupe Quesada.
ii. Billy Ray
“Pete” Stroup, age 55 of Shelby, 16
July 2012; Jacob > Daniel > Matthew
Wallace > Matthew Wallace Jr. > Milton Columbus > Charles Franklin
> Clarence Edwin > Pete Stroup
iii. Sarah
Lindley Stroup, age 95 of Lincolnton,
30 May 2012; wife of the late Chauncey Depew Stroup Jr.
iv. Frances Ruth
Stroupe Wise, age 93 of Cherryville,
22 May 2012; Jacob > Daniel > Albert
Abner > Joseph Jason “J.J.” > Daniel Robert > Spurgeon Lee >
Frances Ruth
v. Evelyn
Chapman Stroup, age 69 of Shelby, 14
May 2012; wife of the late Gary Wyndol Stroup.
vi. Mary Pauline
“Polly” Hudson Stroup, age 98 of
Bessemer City, 2 March 2012; wife of the late David Russell Stroup.
vii. Donald Bert
Stroupe, age 86 of Sheridan, Wyoming,
6 February 2012; Jacob > Adam >
Joseph > David Rufus > Solomon Rufus > Thomas David > David Bert
viii.
Virginia Smith Stroup, age 87 of Fort Mill South Carolina, 6 Feb 2012; wife
of the late William Oates Stroup Jr.
ix. Dr. Henry L.
Smith Jr., age 80 of Mount Holly, 2
February 2012; husband of the LaVonne Elaine Stroupe Smith.
x. Betty Lee
Stroupe Hudson, age 95 of Cherryville,
7 January, 2012; Jacob > Daniel >
Albert Abner > Joseph Jason “J.J.” > Daniel Robert > Spurgeon Lee >
Betty Lee
xi. Mary Nette
Link Stroup, age 93 of Lincolnton, 16
December 2011; wife of the late Chauncey Depew Stroup Jr.
xii. Helen
Harrietta Abernathy Hallman, age 87
of Cherryville, 11 December 2011; wife of the late John Daniel Hallman.
xiii.
Marcus Elliott Stroup, age 64 of Charlotte, 21 November 2011; Jacob > Adam > Joseph > David Rufus > Samuel
F > Franklin F > Oscar A > Gregory Elliott > Marcus Elliott
xiv. Charles
Franklin Stroupe, age 84 of Conover,
28 September, 2011; lineage unknown
xv. Herman
Clarence Stroupe, age 71 of Crouse,
10 August 2011; Jacob > Daniel >
Albert Abner > Christopher Columbus > John Christopher > Howard
Columbus > Herman Clarence
- Births:
i. Beatrix Rose
Recinos, 14 August 2011, daughter of
Jesse & Jennifer Recinos; Jacob Stroup
-> Adam -> Solomon -> Susanna Stroup Stroup -> Giles Preston & Jacob
Stroup -> Philip -> Moses -> Bartlett -> Giles Preston & Jacob
Stroup -> Adam -> Solomon -> Mira Stroup Hovis
ii. Timothy
Nicholas Leahy, 18 November 2011.
iii. Caleb Edward
Stroupe House, 21 July 2012, son of
Kelly Stroupe & Zach House of Charlotte; Jacob Stroup -> Daniel -> Albert Abner -> Columbus -> John
Christopher -> Howard Columbus -> Dennis A Stroupe
- Marriages: None announced this year.
- Election of Officers for term 2012-2013
- President. Jim Stroupe
of Winston-Salem was nominated and elected unanimously as President.
- Vice
President. Motion by Sid Stroupe to nominate Carole
Stroupe of Lilburn, Georgia. Group
unanimous vote “yes”.
- Secretary-Treasurers. Sid
Stroupe was re-nominated; group
unanimous vote “yes”.
- Family
Historian. Mike Stroupe of Rock Hill, South
Carolina was re-nominated by unanimous vote approved.
- Collection.
Alan and Maria Hipp passed the collection plate through the crowd.
Cash Collected this Year $538.56
Cash Saved From Prior Years $542.29
Less: 2012 Expenses* $408.90*
Cash on Hand for 2013 $671.95
* This year’s expenses:
Donation to Alexis Baptist $100.00 (includes rental fee)
Door Prizes $100.00
Table Cloths / Plates etc . $ 92.00
Drinks $ 10.00
Printing Invites / Mailing $106.90
Total Expenses $408.90
- Recognition, Door Prizes and Other.
- Dr. Lee Kucera, from Laguna Beach,
California attended her first Stroup(e) Reunion in Alexis. Dr. Kucera is the daughter of the late
Ethel Belle Stroupe (Vochko) who was a well-known and widely regarded
historian for the Stroup(e) Family.
The significant research that Ethel Stroupe compiled during her
lifetime was instrumental in our endeavor to record and preserve our
family history.
- Oldest Woman attending: Jimmie McClure Stroupe of Alexis, Age
92 years.
- Oldest Man:
Homer A. Orren of Cornelius, Age 92 years.
- Youngest Boy:
Jonathan Hanna of Sanford, Age 8 years
- Youngest Girl:
Kinley Grace Stroupe of Drexel, Age 1 year.
- Traveled Farthest: Lee Kucera, California.
- Door Prizes:
Caleb Edward Stroupe House of Charlotte, Lewis Burton of Georgia, Karen
Stroupe of Alexis, Vivian Stroupe of Lincolnton, Connie Stroupe of
Valdese and Johnny Stroupe of Cherryville.
With the business meeting
closed, the Reunion was adjourned.
If there are any corrections
to this draft document, please forward to GWALSS@NC.RR.COM
The next Stroup(e) Family
Reunion meeting will be held, as is custom, on the first Sunday in August, 2013.
Hope to see you then.
Submitted
Sid
Stroupe
Sid Stroupe CPA, Secretary /
Treasurer
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