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.