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Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother 1889–1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jun 1889

Birth Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 13 Mar 1963

Death Location: Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America

Father: Nathaniel Strother

Mother: Susan Makins-Strother

Spouse(s): Wade Sams

Children(s): Luella Sams-Washington, Eleanor Alves, Iris Doyle, Mary James, Edythe Pinkston, Erma Sams, Clara Wright, Helen Coleman

Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother was born in 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Nathaniel Loveature Strother And Susan Elizabeth Makins Strother. In 1900, Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1905, Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother married Wade Hampton Sams, and had children including Clara Agnes Sams Andrews Wright, Edythe Virginia Sams Pinkston, Eleanor Catherine Sams Alves, Erma M Sams, Helen Ruth Sams Coleman, Iris Lorraine Sams Doyle, Luella Edwina Sams Washington, Mary Elizabeth Sams James. Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother passed away in 1963 in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother was born in 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Nathaniel Loveature Strother And Susan Elizabeth Makins Strother.
  • In 1900, Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1905, Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother married Wade Hampton Sams, and had children including Clara Agnes Sams Andrews Wright, Edythe Virginia Sams Pinkston, Eleanor Catherine Sams Alves, Erma M Sams, Helen Ruth Sams Coleman, Iris Lorraine Sams Doyle, Luella Edwina Sams Washington, Mary Elizabeth Sams James.
  • Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother passed away in 1963 in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Strother
1845–1918
Birth Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Susan Makins-Strother
1843–1940
Birth Location: Augusta County Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Wade Sams
1875–1954
Birth Location: Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, United States of America
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Children(s)

Luella Sams-Washington
1934–2005
Birth Location: Oakmont Alle, Pennsylvania
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Eleanor Alves
1919–2008
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
EA
Iris Doyle
1919–1997
Birth Location: Oakmont Alle, Pennsylvania
ID
Mary James
1921–1965
Birth Location: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
MJ
Edythe Pinkston
1922–1983
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Erma Sams
1926–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Clara Wright
1926–1996
Birth Location: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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Helen Coleman
1928–2018
Birth Location: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sarah Strother's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Strother
1889–1963
Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Nathaniel Loveature Strother
1845–1918
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Susan (Elizabeth) Makins-Strother
1843–1940
Augusta County Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Strother's Descendants

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Sarah (Melinda Linnie) Strother (9 Jun 1889–13 Mar 1963) m. Wade (Hampton) Sams (13 March 1875–14 February 1954)
  1. 1. Luella (Edwina) Sams-Washington 1934–2005
  2. 2. Eleanor (Catherine Sams) Alves 1919–2008
  3. 3. Iris (Lorraine Sams) Doyle 1919–1997
  4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth Sams) James 1921–1965
  5. 5. Edythe (Virginia Sams) Pinkston 1922–1983 m. Charles (Douglas) Pinkston 1919–1986
    1. 1. Karen (Lee) Boyer 1945–2010
    2. 2. Douglas (Charles) Pinkston 1950–2010
    3. 3. David (Len) Pinkston 1948–2014
  6. 6. Erma (M) Sams 1926–
  7. 7. Clara (Agnes Sams Andrews) Wright 1926–1996
  8. 8. Helen (Ruth Sams) Coleman 1928–2018

Sarah Strother's Timeline

10 Records

1889
9 Jun 1889
Birth of Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1900
1900
Age 11
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1905
7 May 1905
Age 16
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1910
1910
Age 21
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1920
1920
Age 31
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1930
1930
Age 41
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1940
1940
Age 51
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1950
1950
Age 61
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Oakdale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakdale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1951
Before 1951
Age 62
Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother resided here in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1963
13 Mar 1963
Age 74
Death of Sarah Melinda Linnie Strother in New York, Queens, New York, USA
New York, Queens, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jun 1889
    Event Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03413; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 2-419
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
    [3] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1516; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 294
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1370; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0465; FHL microfilm: 1241370

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1370; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0465; FHL microfilm: 1241370

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 7 May 1905
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 440

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1296; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0184; FHL microfilm: 1375309

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1516; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 294

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Oakmont, Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0740; FHL microfilm: 2341702

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03413; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 2-419

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Oakdale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Oakdale, Allegheny

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Before 1951
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakmont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03413; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 2-419

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1963
    Event Place: New York, Queens, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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