The line they come from.
This page is the spine of names. It does not replace a memory. It keeps the spelling honest.
- Charles Wesley Strotman (C. W.) June 14, 1897, Pitch Pine / Pine City, Pennsylvania — September 20, 1994, Mattoon, Illinois. Oil fields of Oklahoma about 1915. C. W. Strotman Drilling Co. Married Ida Fern Burch, June 23, 1920. Later married Elouise Houghton.
- Ida Fern Burch December 12, 1897, Billings, Oklahoma Territory — July 29, 1969, Mattoon. Daughter of Joel Mickelberry Burch and Minnie Alma McKee. The woman of Saturday chickens, tomato juice, a Chrysler, and a train to Colorado.
- Joel Mickelberry Burch and Minnie Alma McKee Billings. Joel in the Cherokee Strip run of September 16, 1893 — claim east of Billings, Glenrose Township. Sod house, then a frame house. Pearle, Alice, Inez, Grace Jane, and Ida Fern among the children. Aunt Pearle’s son Claire later farmed that ground.
The four children of C. W. and Ida Fern, in order:
- Willa Mae Strotman May 13, 1922, Noble County, Oklahoma — 1962, Aledo, Illinois. Married Jim Stroud.
- Kathryn Aileen Strotman Ernspiger August 22, 1925, Kay County, Oklahoma — February 17, 1997, Evansville, Indiana. Married George Edward Ernspiger, August 16, 1947. Judy’s mother.
- Charles (Wes) Wesley Strotman Jr October 25, 1931, Blackwell, Oklahoma. Married Jane Margaret Fairchild, June 22, 1951.
- Beverly Jane Strotman Homann March 21, 1933, Kay County, Oklahoma. Married Walter H. Homann, January 10, 1954.
This archive was begun by Judy Ann Ernspiger Birchler, daughter of Kathryn Aileen, niece of Wes and Beverly.
Places of the childhood chapters: Blackwell and Fittstown, Oklahoma; Billings, Glenrose, Tonkawa; Kingsburg, Illinois, 1944.