Mary Maude Abbey
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Mary Maude Abbey |
George Washington Stratman was born October 3, 1876, in the Village of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, and died 1918 in Monroe, Green Co., WI, at about age 42. He was the son of Frederick W. Stratman of Kronenberg, Rhenish/Rhineland, Prussia/Germany, and Annie Tesche of Kronenberg, Rhineland, Prussia/Germany. Mary Maude Abbey was born December 10, 1881, in Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI and died September 30, 1986, in the Riverside Nursing Home, Waupaca, Waupaca Co., WI, at age 104. She was the daughter of William Searle Abbey of Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West, and Ida Elmira Blake of Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI. George and Maude were married on August 12, 1903, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. George and Maude had four children:
Mary Maude (Abbey) Stratman was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. TIMELINE The 1870 U. S. Census taken on June 24, 1870, shows Fredrick Stratman (age 38) born in Prussia with real estate worth $4,000 and personal estate worth $6,000 is a Blacksmith living in the Village of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is Rosina Stratman (age 39) born in Prussia, who is Keeping House. Also living there are four Stratman children: Edward Stratman (age 10) born in Illinois; Emma Stratman (age 8) born in Wisconsin; William Stratman (age 4) born in Wisconsin; and Rosina Stratman (age 6/12) born in Wisconsin. George Washington Stratman was born October 3, 1876, in the Village of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. The 1880 U. S. Census taken on June 7, 1880, shows Fredrick W. Stratman (age 48) born in Prussia to Prussian-born parents is a Blacksmith living in the Village of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife, Anna H. R. Stratman (age 49) born in Prussia to Prussian-born parents, who is Keeping House. Also living there are his five unmarried children, all born to Prussian-born parents: Gustof E. Stratman (age 20) born in Illinois, a Blacksmith; Helena E. Stratman (age 18) born in Wisconsin; Fredrick W. Stratman (age 14) born in Wisconsin; George W. Stratman (age 3) born in Wisconsin; and Anni C. Stratman (age 8/12) born in Wisconsin. Two Boarders and a Servant also live in the household. History of Iowa County, Wisconsin. Butterfield, C. W., Chicago , Il. (1881) Mary Maude Abbey was born December 10, 1881, in Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI. The 1885 Wisconsin State Census shows William Abbey is the Head of Household and is living in Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI: 2 Males, 4 Females. The 1895 Wisconsin State Census taken on June 20, 1895, shows Wm. Abby is living in Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI. There are 3 Males and 5 Females living there: 7 born in the United States, 1 born in British America. On the 1895 Plat of Orion Twp., Wm. Abbey is listed as the owner of 80 acres of land in the Eastern 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 17, T9N (Orion Twp.). By June 11, 1898, the William Abbey family had removed from Orion Twp., Richland Co., WI, to Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 26, 1900, shows William Abbey (age 47) is a farm laborer born April 1853 in Canada of English and Canadian-born parents, and renting his home in Dodgeville, Dodgeville Twp., Iowa Co., WI. Living with him are his wife of twenty five years, Ida Abbey (age 48) born September 1858 in Wisconsin of Pennsylvania-born parents. All of their children (except for Iva who had married and Ruth who died) are living in the household in the city of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Irwin Abbey (age 24) born May 1876 is a traveling stationery salesman; Maude Abbey (age 18) born December 1881 is a dressmaker; Emma Abbey (age 16) born February 1884; Truman Abbey (age 14) born May 1886; Eda Abbey (age 5) born March 1895; and Allen Abbey (age 2) born June 1898. All of the children were born in Wisconsin. The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 16, 1900, shows Frederick Stratman (age 67) born September 1832 in Germany to German-born parents is a Manufacturer of Carriages and Wagons owning his own mortgaged home and living in the 3rd Ward, City of Dodgeville, Dodgeville Twp., Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife of 47 years, Rosina Stratman (age 69) born May 1831 in Germany to German-born parents, with 4 of the 9 children born to her still alive, who is Keeping House. Also living there are various family members: unmarried son George W. Stratman (age 23) born October 1876 in Wisconsin to German-born parents, who is a Carpenter; son-in-law Warren H. Thomas (age 46) born may 1854 in Illinois to Unknown-born parents, who is a Grocer; daughter Emma H. Thomas (age 38) born February 1862 in Wisconsin to German-born parents, who has been married for 7 years with both of her children still alive; grandson Warren S. Thomas (age 5) born June 1894 in Wisconsin to Illinois and Wisconsin-born parents; and Granddaughter Margeret H. Thomas (age 4) born May 1896 in Wisconsin to Illinois and Wisconsin-born parents. The Marshfield Times, Marshfield, WI, Friday, October 17, 1902 GOV. LA FOLLETTE AT GOLDEN WEDDING. Dodgeville, Wis., Oct. 11. - Gov. and Mrs. R. M. La Follette attended the golden wedding anniversary reception of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stratman, Sr., last evening. Mr. and Mrs, Stratman are among the earliest settlers of Dodgeville. Mr. Stratman has been one of the builders of this city and county. He at present conducts one of the leading wagon and carriage manufacturing plants in Southern Wisconsin and is one of our best citizens, many times holding important offices of trust, now being one of the city aldermen. Mr. Stratman was born in 1832 and Mrs. Stratman was born in 1831 in Cronenberg, Rheinland, Germany, in one of the most thickly-settled parts of the upper valley. They were raised in the same parish, brought up in the same church, confirmed and taken into the church by the same pastor, Rev. W. Hastert. They were married in 1852, and in 1853 they came to America and after a three months' trip landed in Galena, Ill. They resided in Galena about six years when they moved to Dodgeville, just after the election of Lincoln. Mr. Stratman made his native country a visit in 1892, when his aged mother of 92 years was feeble and afterwards died. He is the last survivor of seven children. Mr. Stratman has always been a Republican. They have four children living, G. E., F. W., G. W. Stratman and Emma, now Mrs. W. H. Thomas. Leigh Larson note: A picture of the Stratmans also appeared with the article. George and Maude were married on August 12, 1903, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. The 1905 Wisconsin State Census taken on June 1, 1905, shows George Stratman (age 28) born in Dodgeville, WI, to German-born parents is a Wheelwright renting his home in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife, Maud M. Stratman (age 23) born in Richland Center, WI, to Canadian West-born parents. Also living there are his two sons, both born in Dodgeville, WI to Canadian West-born parents: Donald Stratman (age 1); and Dallas Stratman (age 1). The 1910 U. S. Census taken on May 4, 1910, shows George W. Stratman (age 34) born in Wisconsin to German-born parents is a blacksmith in a wagon factory owning his home in the City of Dodgeville, 3rd Ward, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife of 7 years, Maud M. Stratman (age 39) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents. Also living at home are their children, all born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents: Donald Stratman (age 6); Dallas Stratman (age 6); and George Stratman (age 5). On September 12, 1918, George Washington Stratman (age 41) is listed in the WWI Draft Registration Report as a Wheelwright living at 406 N. Jefferson St., Monroe, Green Co., WI. He is married to Maude Stratman.
George Washington Stratman died during the 1918 flu epidemic in Monroe, Green Co., WI, at about age 42. The 1920 U.S. Census taken on January 20, 1920, shows Sylvester Blake (age 63) born in Wisconsin to Pennsylvania-born parents is a Dairy Farm Farmer owning his own farm with a mortgage and living on Iowa Street, 3rd Ward, City of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife, Ida Blake (age 57) born in Wisconsin to New York and Illinois-born parents. Also living in the house is a renter and her children, all born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents: Maud Stratman (age 36), an unemployed Head of Household widow; Dallas Stratman (age 15), a Farm Laborer; Donald Stratman (age 15), a Student; George Stratman (age 14); and Marian Stratman (age 4-9/12). Leigh Larson Note: Maude Stratman is Sylvester Blake's niece, is unemployed and renting from her uncle. The 1920 U. S. Census taken on January 25, 1920, shows William Abbey (age 66) born in Port Hope, Canada to Canadian and English-born parents is a farmer living on Menomonee Road, Spring Brook Twp., Dunn Co., WI. Living with him is his wife Elmira Abbey (age 61) born in Wisconsin of Pennsylvania-born parents. Also living with them is their grandson, Dallas Stratman (age 15) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents. The 1920 U. S. Census taken on January 20, 1920, shows Henry C. Egelus (age 32) born in Michigan to Michigan and English-born parents is a Manager of a Store and owns his home with a mortgage and is living in Lebam, Pacific Co., WA. Living with him is his wife, Glessie G. Egelus (age 28) born in Missouri to Illinois-born parents, who is a Clerk in a Store. Also living there is his unmarried brother: Fred Egelus (age 25) born in Michigan to Michigan and English-born parents, a Laborer. The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 12, 1930, shows Maud M. Stratman (age 44) born in Wisconsin to Canadian and Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 17 is a widow and nurse, lodging at 710 Berlin Road in the 2nd Ward of Waupaca, Waupaca Co., WI. The 1930 U.S. Census taken on April 9, 1930, shows Donald Stratman (age 26) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 24 is a miner in a lead mine renting for $8 per month at 906 Spring Street, 1st Ward, City of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife Clara Stratman (age 27) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 25. The 1930 U.S. Census taken on April 9, 1930, shows Dallas Stratman (age 26) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 24 is a miner in a lead mine renting for $8 per month at 906 Spring Street, 1st Ward, City of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI. Living with him is his wife Ella Stratman (age 25) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 24. The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 12, 1930, shows Almo Larson (age 44) born in Wisconsin to Swedish-born parents and first married at age 25 is a General Farm Farmer owning his own farm and is living in Farmington Twp., Waupaca Co., WI. Living with him is his wife, Emma Larson (age 46) born in Wisconsin to English Canadian and Wisconsin-born parents and first married at age 26. Also living there is Almo's son, Wilbur Larson (age 16) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents. A niece, Marian Stratman (age 14) born in Wisconsin to Wisconsin-born parents, also lives there. Leslie Harris, a 30 year old unmarried Farm Laborer, also is lodging there. The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 2, 1930, shows Henry C. Egeless (age 41) born in Michigan to Michigan and English-born parents and first married at age 23 is a Service Station Proprietor renting his home for $10/month and is living on Main Street, Jerome, Jerome Co., ID. Living with him is his wife, Glessie J. Egeless (age 38) born in Missouri to Missouri and Illinois-born parents and first married at age 20. Also living there are his two sons, both born to Michigan and Missouri-born parents: Donald J. Egeless (age 9) born in Washington; and Gerald C. Egeless (age 2) born in Oregon. Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, WI, Tuesday, April 19, 1938 Foreign Service Lions Club Topic Waupaca Organization Hears Address by Glenn A. Abbey Waupaca - Glenn A. Abbey, of the United States diplomatic service, was the principal speaker at the Lions club Monday noon at Hotel Delevan. Mr. Abbey was introduced by his brother-in-law, Almo Larson, at whose home he was a week end guest. Mr. Abbey's talk was of "The Foreign Service of the United States." Foe 13 years Mr. Abbey, a native of Dodgeville, Wis. and a graduate of Georgetown university, has been engaged in the American consular and diplomatic service. For two and one-half years he was stationed at Haiti, three years in the high commission in South Africa, located at Johanesburg and Pretoria. He was in Nicaragua a short time following the earthquake and in Venezuela four years. For a little more than a year he was in the service in Paraguay then at Buenes Aires and Paraguay, returning April 6 from Buenes Aires. Mr. Abbey was also a junior delegate to the Chaco peace conference. He is now doing special detail work with the department of state at Washington, D. C., where he will be stationed for two or three years. While in Waupaca Mr. Abbey was a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. Almo Larson. He left Tuesday morning for Eau Claire where he will be the guest of another sister. Other week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larson were Mrs. Ida Abbey, Dodgeville; C. P. Abbey, San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. L. H. Anderson, Eau Claire; Wilbur A. Larson, Watertown; Miss Marion Stratman, Madison; Mrs. Maude Stratman and Harold Indestad, Waupaca. Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, WI, Wednesday, May 15, 1940 Waupaca - Mrs. M. Stratman will leave Thursday for Madison where she will visit her daughter, Miss Marian Stratman, who will leave that city May 20 for San Francisco from which place she will sail for Honolulu. Miss Stratman expects to be gone one year and will be employed as a surgical nurse in Queen Mary's hospital. Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wednesday, July 8, 1942 Proposal to Mine Ore in Cemetery Rejected Dodgeville, Wis. - Permission to work a vein of zinc and lead ore discovered by prospectors beneath the East side cemetery here was denied the Stratman Brothers' Mining Co. last night by the common council. Vote on a proposal by the company to pay the city a royalty on tonnage taken from a vein if permitted to work it was 5 to 1 for denial. A citizens' committee appeared before the council in opposition to the mining. Mary Maude (Abbey) Stratman died September 30, 1986, at the Riverside Nursing Home, Waupaca, Waupaca Co., WI, at age 104.
News and Views of Mary Maude Abbey
Maude at age 103.
Helene Stratman-Thomas was born on May 13, 1896 in Dodgeville, Wis., the daughter of Helena Emma Stratman and Warren H. Thomas, a local grocer and businessman. She grew up amid a blend of folk music in her predominantly Cornish town — German folk songs and English game sounds at home, and Welsh hymns from a nearby church. After high school, Helene taught school in Monticello and Brooklyn before earning a business degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison. She worked at an investment firm in Minneapolis for about eight years, and then returned to Madison to complete her B.A. and M.A. degrees in music. In 1930, she was hired at UW to teach music theory, conduct the women’s chorus, and later work as the business manager for the Pro Arte string quartet. She lived with her brother, Warren K. Stratman-Thomas, a renowned malarial research pharmacologist. Together they were avid genealogists, and she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1940, her music career found a new trajectory. Professor Leland Coon asked her to head the Wisconsin Folk Music Project, a government-funded effort to record music from the state’s diverse population. That summer she embarked on the first of three major collecting trips. Until then her training was chiefly classical, yet quickly she warmed to the task. After the government-sponsored collecting trips, Stratman-Thomas recounted her travels in a radio series on Wisconsin Public Radio and gave lectures on folk music throughout the state. She also devoted a summer to surveying the state’s Cornish music. In the fall of 1948, Stratman-Thomas married A. J. (Pat) Blotz, a Dodgeville man she had known her entire life. She continued to teach music theory and began writing a book about Wisconsin folk music. Stratman-Thomas retired from UW–Madison in 1961. She died Jan. 11, 1973 at the age of 76. Shortly after Helene’s death, her husband asked Harry Peters to complete the Wisconsin folksong book project. Folk Songs out of Wisconsin was published in 1977. Since then there have been other attempts to bring her work to light, including Judy Rose’s 1983 radio series, Wisconsin Patchwork, and the companion book by Leary. In 2001, the Library of Congress released Folk Music from Wisconsin, a 22-track CD of Helene’s recordings. With a heavy recorder and a thin budget, UW–Madison music professor Helene Stratman-Thomas and recording technician Bob Draves rolled down Wisconsin roads in search of folk music. The year was 1941, a time when many first-generation immigrants and big lumber camp veterans were still alive and performing. The two traveled from town to town — “The average speed was 70 miles an hour,” Bob would later recall — covering thousands of miles to put down records in all regions of the state. Within a few years it would become impossible to capture such voices and experiences. Much of what Helene caught on those precarious shellac discs have never been recorded before or since. The trip marked the beginning of Helene’s six-year folk song collecting effort that would result in the preservation of nearly 800 performances representing more than thirty ethnic and regional groups. The copies of the recordings are housed at the Mills Music Library at University of Wisconsin–Madison and the originals are part of the Library of Congress’s Archive of Folk Culture, the largest collection of American traditional music in the world. The Helene Stratman-Thomas Collection of ethnic music recordings is especially rich in the songs of French-Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Cornish, and German immigrants. It also contains the music of Native American groups (in particular the Ho Chunk); occupational songs by lumberjacks, sailors, miners, railroadmen, and cranberry pickers; and Appalachian music performed by Kentuckians who settled in northern Wisconsin. At a time when American folk music collecting centered on mainly Anglo- and Afro-American songs, or regionally focused works on Cajuns, Hispanics, and various American Indians, Helene’s work stood apart. She was open to all kinds of musical expression, which enabled her to record everything from Czech and Bohemian brass bands to Norwegian hardanger and Polish goraly fiddlers. Other never-before captured tunes came from psalmodikons and tamburica quartets, Oneida choirs, Welsh Gymanfa Ganu singers, and Swedish, Norwegian, Hollander, and Luxembourger balladeers. Temperamental equipment and unpredictable performers made for extremely precarious conditions. “I’m surprised we got anything good at all because this was so primitive,” Draves told Simply Folk’s Judy Rose in a 1983 interview. When exposed to air, the purple coating around the aluminum recording discs would quickly harden so they had to remain tightly covered until performers were ready. Diamond needles that cut the records had to be sharp, yet any accidental touch against the aluminum and the needle was destroyed. Each disc only afforded 4 ˝ minutes of recordings, which meant that singers had little room to dally or make mistakes. But there were forgotten lyrics and other blunders, as well as some awkward moments. A cuckoo clock and church bells were just of few of the stray sounds that made it onto the discs. When it came to lusty ballads, singers might clam up in front of the female song catcher. In turn, Helene would step out of the room and let Bob record those songs that “ain’t exactly fitten for a woman to hear.” A music theory teacher and women’s choir conductor, Helene fell into the work of folksong collecting. Yet her ability to develop instant rapport with almost anyone made her a natural. “She was a very loveable person,” Draves recalled, “a warm person who could become very interested in you.” Pauline Joan Ludwig, 80, long time resident of Cable, passed away Saturday, October 28. She was born on January 6, 1926 to Paula and Frederic Stratman. Pauline grew up in Dodgeville, WI and later raised her family in Lincoln, NE before moving to Cable. Pauline was a lively community citizen of Cable. She was office manager for many years at Rasmussen & Sons, Inc. Pauline was an active member of the United Church of Christ, and participated in Women’s Fellowship and the Homemakers. Pauline took great pride of being a gourmet cook. She was a member of the Gourmet Club of Cable. She enjoyed entertaining people with her great home cooked meals prepared with the produce from her own garden. She absolutely loved gardening. She baked delicious pies, cakes, and goodies to share with the community. A night would not be complete without a hand of cards or a game of dominos. Her favorite games were scrabble and the card game “500” that were played often with her family and friends. It was often that Pauline and her good friend of 14 years, Tom Brilla, would be seen dancing the night away at various events. They were selected as Prom King and Queen at the Community Prom sponsored by the Hayward High School. In addition, they both enjoyed leading wildlife hikes around Cable/Mason countryside for the Cable Natural History Museum. Pauline traveled the world. She had the opportunity to see many places on her own, but also with the program, Elderhostel. Some of her travels included Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Hawaii, Alaska, and Seattle. Pauline contributed to the community of Cable to the fullest. She was the volunteer coordinator for the Cable Natural History Museum and a board member of the Cable Sewer project. She donated her time as well to many efforts such as the Forest Lodge Library and the American Birkebeiner. In addition, she took part in the Wisconsin Bookworms, the Penpal program and was the treasurer for the Arts and Academic Achievement Club in the Drummond School District. These were just some of the efforts Pauline was involved in, but there were many more. In all venues, Pauline advocated for her core values of justice, compassion, affirming diversity, environmental protection, health care, education and peacemaking. She appreciated very much the support of her loving community. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Frederick “Fritz” Stratman. Survivors are her daughter, Ellen Jensen of Seattle, WA; son, Jim (Donna) Ludwig of Tasmania, Australia; sister-in-law, Georgene Stratman of Madison, WI; niece, Annette (Terry) Stratman-Durrer of Verona, WI; granddaughter, Laura Jensen of Bellingham, WA; and two grandsons Reid and Blair Ludwig of Tasmania, Australia. A memorial service will be held in May 26, 2007 at United Church of Christ in Cable. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to United Church of Christ, PO Box 279, Cable, WI 54821 or Solar Cookers International, 1919 - 21st Street #101, Sacramento, CA 95814.
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