George Drayton Strayer
(1876-1962)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cora Elizabeth M. Bell

George Drayton Strayer 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 29 Nov 1876, Wayne, Delaware, PA 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Cora Elizabeth M. Bell on 17 Sep 1903 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 1
  • Died: 29 Sep 1962, Princeton, Mercer, NJ at age 85 6

   FamilySearch ID: L7BR-LY5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 7 The 1900 census recorded at 1214 Eutaw Place: G. Drayton Strayer, school teacher, 27, born in 1873, living with his brother, Sibert Stayer, college professor, 31, born Nov 1868, and his wife Cecie M., 42, Jun 1858. The Stayers and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Cecie and her parents were born in Maryland.

2. Occupation: college professor at Columbia University on 2 Sep 1918 in New York, New York, NY. 5

3. Residence: N. W. 246th St., Bronx, NY on 2 Sep 1918 in Bronx, Bronx, NY. 5

4. Census in 1930 in Bronx, Bronx, NY. 8 The 1930 census recorded owning a $29,000 home: George D. Strayer, professor at Columbia University, 54, living with wife Cora, 59; sons George D. Strayer Jr., administrator in public school, 23; John F. Staryer, 21, Paul J. Strayer, 18; servant Hilda Jacobs, 35; and Hilda's child Roderick Jacobs, 10. The father was born in Pennsylvania, his father in West Virginia and mother in Delaware. Cora and her parents were born in Ohio. Their sons were born in New York. The Jacobs and their parents were born in British West Indies.


George married Cora Elizabeth M. Bell on 17 Sep 1903 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.1 (Cora Elizabeth M. Bell was born on 28 May 1871 in Clarkson, Columbiana, OH and died on 1 Feb 1957 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.)

Sources

1 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 18 Sep 1903, page 6. Marriage of Strayer - Bell.

2 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), Certificate 67-040102. John Frankly Strayer and Dorothy Mae Beecher, both divorced.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG2D-BCX John Franklin Strayer, 2Apr1981; citing Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, v 16A cn 16217, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,727.

4 FamilySearch.org, New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W8G-W3L John Franklin Strayer, 18 Nov 1908; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference 63595 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,992,403.

5 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXYW-P93 George Drayton Strayer.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBYT-7NT George Strayer, Sep 1962.

7 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KN-87F G Drayton Strayer in household of Sibert I Strayer, Precinct 6 Baltimore city Ward 13, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 166, sheet 9B, family 139.

8 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X76R-9FR John F Strayer in household of George D Strayer, Bronx (Districts 751-972), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 960, sheet 3A, line 35, family 409.


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