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Join us in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
for the Strong Family Reunion
August 5, & August 6, 2011
The Plaza Hotel & Suites
1202 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 834- 6498
Guestrooms are $79.00/ night (plus 13.5% taxes) for two King or Queen size or a combination.
This rate is guaranteed if reservations are made by July 22, 2011 (Mention # 7180 or SFAA)
The Plaza Hotel offers a continental breakfast and restaurant with daily specials
Schedule for the weekend:
Friday, August 5 at 12:00 noon – registration in the Clear Water A room (our hospitality room for the weekend)
Registration, to cover hospitality room and speaker’s fee:____Adults x $20.00 ea. = ______
Contact Name:________________________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________________________________
City:____________________________State_______________________Zip________________
Phone:___________________________email:________________________________________
Names as they should appear on name badges:_______________________________________
Friday at 5:30 p.m. – Picnic in Carson Park – Oak Pavilion – All-you-can-eat Grilled Chicken. Also includes: Potato Salad, Cowboy Beans, Cole Slaw, Fruit Salad, Bars, Lemonade and Iced Tea. tax & tip incl. ____Adults x $12.00 ea. = ________
Saturday, August 6 at 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast – (Registration continues in the Clear Water A room)
10:00 a.m. Leinenkugel’s Brewery Tour in Chippewa Falls, WI – FREE* Reservations are recommended ____Adults
1:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. Board Meeting in Clear Water A room – Hospitality room
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Member Annual Meeting
5:15 p.m. – Pictures in the Two Rivers One room – Banquet room
6:00 p.m. – Banquet Meal – Deluxe Dinner Buffet – Baked Hickory Ham and Baked Wisconsin Turkey. Also, includes: Whipped Potatoes, Gravy, Sage Dressing, Buttered Vegetables, Tossed Salad, Italian Pasta Salad, Fruit Salad, Cole Slaw, Cottage Cheese, Relishes, Roll Basket and a Beverage (Coffee, Tea or Milk) tax & tip incl.
Banquet Meal: ____Adults x $23.00 ea. = ________
Frank Smoot of the Chippewa Valley Museum will be our guest speaker. He will speak on Hank Aaron, who early in his career, played baseball in Eau Claire, Carson Park.
*The Leinenkugel brewery tour starts and ends at the Leinie Lodge. There are elevators if you are not able to do steps. Lodge guides will introduce you to Leinenkugel’s history, family and brewing process. After the tour you can enjoy the award-winning beers at the historic sampling bar or outside under the covered patio. You will be given tickets to sample four varieties of your choice, given in five ounce glasses. Two types of large, chewy pretzels are available for $2.00 ea.
The Leinie Lodge is also a museum and gift shop. You’ll see Leinenkugel historical signage, photos of the founder and past presidents of the company, and authentic brewing artifacts.
We will carpool and have volunteer, designated drivers.
Carson Park is home to the Chippewa Valley Museum and Paul Bunyun Logging Camp. Both museums open at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
If you plan to attend the SFFA reunion, please send a check or money order to cover the costs of the meal/meals and registration by JULY 1, 2011 to:
Celeste Tumm, SFAA,E17056 Co. Rd. N
Fall Creek, WI 54742
If any questions or concerns, call Celeste at 715-877-3106 or email dtumm@centurytel.net
Eau Claire is located in west central Wisconsin approximately 90 miles east of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
If you are flying here, The Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport services the upper Midwest region of MN, WI, ND, SD and IA.
The terminal exits are minutes away from Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.
The major highway signs getting you to Eau Claire Wisconsin
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Strong Updates Volume I, the Jedediah line, has been out of print for more than 5 years. This is the line which we published first, over 20 years ago. This is the line which has possibly has the most interest – it’s the first book that sold out.
When the Jedediah Book was published back in 1989, it generated a wealth of new material. People bought the book, read the book, and submitted even more genealogical information to the Strong Family Association of America. We have been gathering and editing that information for decades – but it has never been published, until now.
It’s never really been practical to consider publishing second editions of our Updates books as new print editions. The up-front costs are prohibitive. The current trend is towards electronic publishing. People read books on their kindles and nooks, and on their home computers.
It’s this fact which made a Second Edition practical. We created the book as a pair of PDF files, which we have packaged on a great-looking CD which can be read by any modern computer. The editorial and production process has taken us nearly two years, and countless hours.
I believe that everyone who has the original printed Jedediah Book – no longer available, at any price – will be very happy to purchase the Second Edition. We have added literally many hundreds of pages of updated information.
The Jedediah Book, Second Edition, is finally complete! Yay! We are currently packaging the book on CD. The book, on CD, will begin shipping on March 1, 2011.
This article is from an SFAA member, and will be in an upcoming book.
A 7th generation Vermont Yankee, born in Montpelier VT to a Methodist family, Father Ron Lawson has led a fascinating life…. And continues to do so.
Graduating with the class of 1956 from Middlebury College, taking his degree in Russian, he had a two-year commitment to US Army Intelligence in the field of counterespionage. He stayed with the Army for another two years attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Assigned to West Berlin after completing a special dual language course (German and Polish) taught in the Hawkins Barracks in Oberammergau, Bavaria, he continued as a “spy catcher”.
Continue reading Father Ron Lawson
Here is a group photo from August 2007, courtesy of Ann Hecathorn.
From the STRONG mailing list on Rootsweb:
From: “Shelley Cardiel” <cardiels@comcast.net>
To: <STRONG@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: [STRONG] STRONG Family Photograph
I’ve “rescued” an old photograph of Caro Reynolds STRONG dated 1895. The
photograph does not include a studio location or photographers
identification, however, someone has written the word “Cottrell” along with
the name and date on the back of the photograph. Based on limited research
I was able to locate the following information regarding Caro and her family
as follows:
Caro Reynolds STRONG b. 3 May 1875 in Pittston, PA to parents Theodore
STRONG (b. 25 Jan 1820 in Somers, CT) and Elizabeth Deborah WILSON (b. 20
Jul 1838 in Pine Planes, NY). Theodore was married twice and Elizabeth was
his second wife with whom he had three daughters, Helen Eliza; Caro
Reynolds; and Grace STRONG all born in Pittston, PA between 1874 and 1875.
Caro was a twin with sister Grace STRONG. Caro died 20 Aug 1967 in West
Pittston, PA.
I am hoping to locate someone from the family so that this wonderful old
photograph can be returned to their care, if you are a member of this
family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me.
Thanks,
Shelley
Orville Nathan Strong (1857-1936)
Orville Nathan Strong was the grandfather of J. E. Gilbert, our SFAA President.
Born 23 January 1857 in Rodman, Jefferson Co., NY.
Died 8 December 1936 in Jasper, Walker Co., AL.
If you can help with this inquiry, please Comment on this post, or Contact the Webmaster. Thank you!
Good Afternoon,
My name is Karen Strong Railey and I am looking for information concerning my gr grandfather who was known as Edward Henry Strong. I haven’t been able to find anything concerning him before I find him in IA when he married Susan Beedle/Beadle. I do not know if he was married before he went to IA or if he had children before this.I don’t have parent’s or sibling’s names. That information was never passed down.
Edward’s family before his marriage to Susan has been a brick wall for my cousins and I. We are hoping if we put out info and questions to as many Strong’s as we can we’ll eventually come across someone who knows about him or recognizes some circumstances that happened in their branch of Strong’s that may be similar to some of our family stories or that some of Edward’s children’s names will be the same as some of Edward’s ancestors or siblings in someone’s Strong family and we’ll be able to figure this out that way.
Below is pretty much what I know about Edward.
Continue reading Looking for Edward Henry Strong (ca. 1852-1912)
The original Strong Family Association of America Web site is back up!
Our SFAA site was originally hosted on Geocities, which is now defunct. However, our site lives on!
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