Family Reunions: The Strauss Family

Family Reunions: The Strauss Family

Source: Morton Montgomery, p. 321

Surnames: STRAUSS, STRAUSE, HAAS, SAUL, NEY

Strauss. The reunion of the descendants of Albrecht and Philip
Strauss, who emigrated from Wurtemberg in 1732, was founded by B.
Morris Strauss, Esq., of Reading. The organization committee met on
Thanksgiving Day, 1902, at the home of Joseph Strause, near Bernville,
In September, 1903, on the Albrecht Strauss homestead, now embraced in
Penn township, the first Strauss reunion was held on the one hundred
and seventy-first anniversary of the landing at Philadelphia of
Albrecht and Philip Strauss, who located in Bern township, in Berks
county, soon after their coming to America. They were farmers, and
reared large and honorable families, record of whose progeny is found
in these volumes. The reunions of 1905, 1907 and 1909 were held at
Strausstown, in Upper Tulpehocken township. This town perpetuates the
family name in the county.

The historian has found practically complete records of these two
pioneers, which will finally be published in book form. The officers
of the reunion are:

President, James W. S. Strause, Reading, Pa.

Secretary, Cameron E. Strauss, Reading, Pa.

Treasurer, Adam W. Strause, Bernville, Pa.

Historian, B. Morris Strauss, Esq., Reading, Pa.

Executive Committee, Henry N. Haas, Bernville, Pa.; Milton M. Strauss, Strausstown, Pa.; Frank B. Saul, Reading, Pa.; J. Morris Strause, Auburn, Pa.; Charles Ney, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; Josiah K. Strause, Strausstown, Pa.