Life History

Notes

• 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 17 April, Spartanburg, District 42-74B, Page 8B, Hse #152, Owns $950
  Strange, O M Head M W 45 Married Grade 7 b b Tennessee same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Slubber hand [sic] [b abt 1895]
  Strange, Grace Wife F W 42 Married Grade 6 b Tennessee same place in 1935 [b abt 1898]
  Strange, Rex Son M W 17 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1923]
  Strange, Paul Son M W 15 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1925]
  Strange, Robert Son M W 12 Single Grade 7 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1928]
  Strange, Wayne Son M W 6 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
  Strange, Kenneth Son M W 6mos Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1939]
  Caldwell, Katie Dau F W 20 Single Grade 0 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1920]
  Caldwell, Grace A Granddau F W 2 Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1938]
  Caldwell, Gale K Granddau F W 9mos Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1939]
  
  Wayne Strange sent a list of all the children of Oscar and Grace Strange from his family records.  He gives Paul's name as John Mack Paul Strange.
  
  The children:
  Leroy Strange b 14 July 1918 Jefferson County, TN d 19 May 2008 Buried:  Cremation
  Beulah Kate (Katherine?) b 1921 Jefferson County, TN d 1991 Cremation
  Walter R Strange b 1923 Spartanburg County, SC d 1974 Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, SC
  John Mack Paul Strange b 1925 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 1982 (?) Zephryhills, FL
  Wilson Robert Strange b 1927 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 1991 (est) Spartanburg, SC
  Wayne Oneill Strange  (see note 1) b Oct 29, 1933 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC
  Frank Kenneth Strange b Oct 8, 1938 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 2 Jan 2013 Cremation (?)
  1.  Oneill is the spelling on my birth certificate.
  --  Wayne Strange, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 May 2016
  
  His death record has only three names in the sequence Paul John Strane.
  
  Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
  Paul John Strange
  Age at Death 64
  Birth Date 19 Feb 1925
  Death 2 Jan 1990 Pasco, Florida, United States
  
  In his Social Security records, in one of his alternative names John and Mack are written as one name.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Paul John Strange [Paul Johnmack Strange] [Paul Strange]
  Birth 19 Feb 1925 Spartanburg, South Carolina
  [Croos Anchor??, South Carolina]
  Death Date 2 Jan 1990
  Father Oscar M Strange
  Mother Grace E Rhineheart
  SSN 249282214
  Jan 1941 Name listed as PAUL JOHN STRANGE; Apr 1946 Name listed as PAUL JOHNMACK STRANGE; 16 Mar 1990 Name listed as PAUL J STRANGE
  
  U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  Paul Strange
  Birth Date 19 Feb 1925
  Death Date 2 Jan 1990
  SSN 249282214
  NAVY, Enlistment Date 7 Jun 1942, Release Date 25 Feb 1946

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 17 April, Spartanburg, District 42-74B, Page 8B, Hse #152, Owns $950
• 2. Email Sources
• 3. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
• 4. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 5. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
• 6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 7. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015