Sarrah A. STRAUT^[1]

1851 - 1919  (68 years)

• Name	Sarrah A. STRAUT
  Born	19 Aug 1851	Mahwah, NJ   [2]
  Christened	?	?
  Gender	Female
  OCCU	Keeping house
  Died	16 Nov 1919	Westwood, NJ
  Buried	18 Nov 1919	Westwood Cemetery   [2]
  Person ID	I8	The Turses
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Abram J. STRAUT,   b. 18 Apr 1824, Saddle River, Bergen, NJ ,   d. 24 Aug 1884  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane LITCHOLT,   b. Abt 1827, New York ,   d. Abt 1872  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1844  [3]
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aaron A. TURSE,   b. 29 Aug 1852, Werimus, Bergen Co, NJ ,   d. 2 Nov 1934, 530 4th Ave, Westwood, NJ  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1873	Westwood, Bergen Co, NJ   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Sanford Alexander TURSE,   b. 26 Jan 1880, Westwood, Bergen, NJ ,   d. 16 Dec 1951, 65 Chestnut St. Park Ridge, NJ (in home of Hazel Hering)  (Age 71 years) + 2. Garrett C. TURSE,   b. 21 Jul 1874,   d. 1945, Westwood, Bergen, NJ  (Age 70 years) + 3. Abram J. TURSE,   b. 10 Mar 1877, Westwood, Bergen Co, NJ ,   d. 4 Oct 1914  (Age 37 years)   4. Aaron A., Jr. TURSE,   b. 7 Jan 1884, Westwood, NJ ,   d. 4 Mar 1949, Westwood, Bergen Co, NJ  (Age 65 years)
  Histories		Aaron Turse in Early Westwood Westwood was a new borough, and Aaron served as a town marshal, volunteer fireman, and member of the first school board. Download this document containing a collection of short stories about Aaron in the early years of the borough's history.
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2009
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Aug 1851 - Mahwah, NJ Married - 1 Jan 1873 - Westwood, Bergen Co, NJ Died - 16 Nov 1919 - Westwood, NJ  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Aaron A. Turse, Sr. spouse Sarah Straut about the time of her marriage
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  Headstones

  Aaron A Turse & Sarrah Straut Aaron Turse was one of Westwood’s first pair of marshalls, and was a member of Westwood’s first board of education. He was also appointed borough poormaster, was a member of the Westwood volunteer fire department, and was a member of the Odd Fellow’s fraternal organization present in Westwood at the time.

  
  

• Notes

  1900 Census, Westwood, Bergen, NJ, in the column Mother of How Many Children, Sarrah is listed as giving birth to 5. We only have records for four.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000). [S9] The Zabriskie Family, George Olin Zabriskie. [S21] Blauvelt Genealogy, Louis L. Blauvelt. [S19] IGI File.