Stroup Reunion

This is just a quick reminder for those that like to plan in advance. We only have a couple of months before its reunion time. If you do not receive an e-mail or a printed invitation please feel free to come to our reunion in Alexis, North Carolina at the Alexis Baptist Church on the first Sunday of August. We do not have official invitations all are invited. I will be publishing more details later this is just an early reminder. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to contact me anytime. Your cousin, Mike Stroupe

Johann Jacob Straub

I wanted to update everybody on what I’m doing currently. I am now rewriting Jacobs’s book that I wrote in 2007 with a lot of new updates. In 2007 I was excited and in a hurry when I wrote this book and I used Ethel’s notes with some corrections. Some of you may know that I am a “type a” and do things with a great sense of urgency and not a whole lot of thought. In retrospect I did a poor job on the first book. Now that my health has slowed me down I have plenty of time for thinking. Since that time we have discovered a lot of new information, including German church records and a diary from the voyage to the New World. I have also expanded the chapter on Jacobs’s life in Maryland and Pennsylvania. In my haste to get this book done in 2007 I omitted a lot of good material. This new version will be at least double if not more in size.

Some of you may not be aware of this but my ancestor Daniel (son of Jacob) first settled in the Cherryville area in 1814. So 2014 will be the 200th anniversary of this event and for his descendents a reunion will be held in Cherryville. Daniel is buried at Mount Zion in Cherryville and his headstone is lying on the ground and in need of repair. We are tentatively planning a big reunion in Cherryville for this event. For this event we have planned to have his headstone repaired and preserved also we want to erect a monument for him. As all of you know I hate to charge for any of my material. I do my best to make them available for free. However I am considering selling this new book maybe even on Ebay to reach some of our northern cousins and all proceeds will go to preserving Daniels headstone and the new monument. The selling of the book is something that I am just considering to defer some of the cost. Currently all of this is tentative.
Mike Stroupe

Alexis Reunion Cemetery Tour

This took place about 10am Sunday morning in the parking lot of the center where the Alexis Reunion was held. We all gather and take a tour of the local cemeteries. Two of the cemeteries are in the woods and are hard to find. We all have fun and it gives us a couple of extra hours to share our tales and stories. I will post a few photos of the cemeteries next.

Mike

Texas Stroup Reunion

The Texas Stroup Reunion is August 7 at Blue Ridge Tx in the Community Center..
Located west side of the square --Just south of the Play Ground...
Starts @ 11:00 am ----Eat at High Noon
Hope to see U there.
Blue Ridge is located about 10 miles north of Farmersville, Tx
on Hiway 78..
From west on FM road 545

New Name on Ancestry

When I started my tree on Ancestry I had no clue it was going to evolve into what it is today. As time went on several branches felt “put out” by the name “Stroups of Cherryville”. So, this morning I have changed the name to “Jacob Stroup/Straub Descendents” which I feel is more fitting. As Pam says “All roads lead back to Jacob Stroup”.
Mike