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Surnames: Strausbaugh, Strasbaugh, Baber, Zartman, Noel, Wagener, Wagoner, Wagner
Classification: Query
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Your ancestor Eman Henry Strausbaugh, born in York Co, PA was a son of Henry and Henrietta
Zartman Strasbaugh. Henry and Henrietta moved from PA to Stark Co, Ohio in the 1870's.
They had the following children: John b.1863 York Co, PA; Mary Ann b. 1865 York Co, PA;
Catherine b. 1867 York Co, PA; Benjamin b. 1868 York Co, PA; Eman Henry b. 08/091870 York
Co, PA and Peter Andrew b. 1876 Stark Co, Ohio. I'm not sure when and how the family
ended up in Indiana from Ohio, but both Eman and his brother, Peter where in Wells Co, IN
in 1900. Eman and his wife are buried at Mt Horeb Cemetery, Wells Co, IN.
Henry Strasbaugh, Eman's father, was a son of Benjamin Paul Strasbaugh b.1812-d.1883
and Rebecca Noel b. 1819-d.1884. They had the following children, all born in York County,
PA: Catharine Rebecca Strasbaugh McMasterb. 1838-d. 1907, Henry Strasbaughb.1840-d. ??,
Peter N Strasbaugh b.1846-d. 1896, Mary Ann Strasbaugh Nade (Knecht) b.1847-d. ??, and
Sarah Strasbaugh Markle b. 1850-d. 1892.
Benjamin P Strausbaugh b.1812-d.1883 was the son of Henry Strasbaugh b.@ 1776-d. ?? and
Catharine Wagener b. @1791- d.1812 of York Co, PA.
Catherine Wagener Strasbaugh b. @1791-d. 1812 was the daughter of Peter Wagener
(Wagoner,Wagner) b.1765- d.1852 and Christiana Arnold b. 1770-d.1849 of York Co, PA.
My great-great-great grandmother, Hannah Wagener Livingston, was younger sister of
Catherine Wagener Strasbaugh.
The Strasbaugh/Strausbaugh surname is an old German Catholic name in York Co, PA. Wagener
(now Wagner) is also an old Geman name from the same county.