Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Strait, George Leslie |
Genealogy ID |
18422 |
Born |
02 DEC 1865 |
Birthplace |
Austinville, Bradford PA |
Deceased |
23 JUN 1949 |
Deceased where |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Oakwood Cemetery |
Occupation |
Hardware Merchant |
Titles & honors |
F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247 |
Father |
Charles Leslie Strait |
Mother |
Cordelia Watkins |
Spouse |
Anna E. Westbrook |
Children |
Blanche Strait Walter Strait Harold G. Strait |
Reference |
Obit 1897 |
Notes |
STRAIT GEORGE L [SRGP 18422] Wellsboro Agitator - June 29, 1949 George L. Strait, of Mansfield, died Thursday morning, June 23. He had been in the hardware business since 1893. He was a member of the Baptist church and Friendship Lodge, F. & A. M. Survivors include his widow, two sons, Walter, of Olean, and Harold, of Mansfield. One daughter, Mrs. Raymond Williams, of Asbury Park, N.J., and four grandchildren also survive. A Masonic funeral was held Sunday; burial in Prospect cemetery, Mansfield. (note: tombstone reading lists him buried in Oakwood Cemetery with his wife) [SRGP 18422] George L. Strait, eldest son of Charles L. Strait, and grandson of Isaac Strait, was born in Austinville, Bradford county, December 2,1865. He obtained a common school education, and became familiar with the practical details of business while clerking in his father’s store. On October 24, 1888, he married Anna E. Westbrook, a daughter of J.H. Westbrook , and had two children, Walter C. and Blanche. Mr. Strait is the head of the hardware and tinsmithing house of George L. Strait, of Mansfield, and is noted for his energy and enterprise. In politics, a Republican, he has served as a member of the borough Council. He is connected with Friendship Lodge, No. 247, F.& A.M.(also had a son Harold) |
Places of residence |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
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