Life History

Notes

• 1920 Federal Census, Knox County, Tennessee, 10 January, Knoxville, District 99, page 13B, 970 Lee Ave, Hse #238, Fam #295
  Strange, Senter L Head  Rents M W 32 TN TN VA Machinist, China Factory
  Strange, Luna [sic]  Wife F W 27 TN TN TN
  Strange, Eugene Son M W 3yrs4mos TN TN TN
  
  I have found a marriage record in Ohio for a child of Senter and Lula that first appeared to fit Eugene.  His mother's name is Lula Strange, and the father's name is transcribed as Senor L, which could represent Senter L.  The name of the groom is Paul, marrying Doris Van Horn.  But other records refer to the groom as Charles.
  
  Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
  Paul Strange
  Residence 2818 Franklin Ave [Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio]
  Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1939 [Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio]
  Age 23, Birth abt 1916 Knoxville, Tenn
  Gender: Male
  Father's Name Senor L, Mother's name Lula Swan
  Spouse's Name Doris Van Horn
  Residence 1787 W 44th St [Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio]
  Spouse's Age 22, Spouse's Birth Year abt 1917 Cleveland, O
  Spouse Father's Name Wilbur
  Spouse Mother's Name Mabel Trembley
  Ceremony performed by T J Vamos, Justice of the Peace
  
  With the names Paul and Charles, I would not initially think this is the same person as Eugene Strange.  But Paul Charles is a child of the same parents, but this name is unreported for any child by the family descendants who gave me the names of Eugene and the other children of Senter and Lula.
  
  Another factor enters in now, however.  I found the Van Horn family with Doris and her husband in their household in Cleveland in 1940.  The 1940 census refers to the groom as Charles, not Paul or Eugene.  Eugene was born about August 1916.  From his age in the 1940 census, Charles was born about 1917, and Paul in about 1916 in the marriage record.
  
  Because of the parents and high similarity, this seems definitely to be the same person as Eugene.  Perhaps he had all three names, Eugene Paul Charles.  I have not found any marriage information in the name of Eugene Strange matching Senter and Lula's son.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 5 April, Cleveland Ward 8, District 187, page 4B, 1787 West 44th St, Hse #101, Rents $22
  Van Horn, Wilbert I Head M W 63 Grade HS-4 b Ohio Father/Mother b Ohio lived in same house in 1835 Laborer
  Van Horn, Mabel Wife F W 52  Grade 7 b Canada same house in 1935
  Van Horn, Richard Son M W 20 Single Grade 0 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Van Horn, Wanda Dau F W 16 Single Grade H-1 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Van Horn, Wilbert II Son M W 24 Single Grade 8 b Ohio same house in 1935 Janitor
  Van Horn, Mary Dau F W 22 Single Grade 8 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Van Horn, Wilbert III Grandson M W 11mos Single Grade 0 b Ohio
  Strange, Charles Son-in-Law M W 23 Single Grade 6 b Ohio same house in 1935 Laborer
  Strange, Doris Dau F W 23 Single Grade HS-1 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Strange, Charles Grandson M W 2mos Single Grade 0 b Ohio
  
  There was a second wife also.
  
  "My mother confirmed that Eugene had a second marriage to a woman name Anne Kaslowski (not certain of spelling).  Anne had 2 children from a previous marriage (Mary Ann and Raymond).  Eugene and Anne had a daughter together named Carol Anne."
  --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 March 2013
  
  The day I received this email from Paul McDaniel, I found burial informatoni for him under the name Charles Eugene Strange.
  
  U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  Charles Eugene Strange
  Birth 12 Aug 1916 Tennessee
  Death 10 Dec 1956
  Enlistment Date 6 January 1944 Ohio, Navy Grade Fireman 1st Class
  Discharge Date 28 December 1945
  Emblem Christian Latin Cross
  Service Number 858 64 83
  Medals: Asiatic Pacific Point 1 Star, Victory
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
  Applicant Ann V Strange, 2362 W 41st
  
  Ohio death records report he died in Columbiana County, and his name is recorded as Charles E Strange.
  
  Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
  Charles E Strange
  Death 10 Dec 1956 Columbiana County

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • 5 April, Cleveland Ward 8, District 187, page 4B, 1787 West 44th St, Hse #101, Rents $22
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Knox County, Tennessee
  • 10 January, Knoxville, District 99, page 13B, 970 Lee Ave, Hse #238, Fam #295
• 3. U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963
• 4. Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
• 5. Lula Strange Bible
• 6. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
• 7. Paul McDaniel
• 8. Gravestone of Charles E "Rusty" Strange Jr West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964
  • State file number 1940001546