
Arthur Straach[1, 2]


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Name Arthur Straach Birth 6 Jul 1889 Industry, Austin Co., Texas [3, 4, 5]
Gender Male Census 1 Jun 1900 Fayette Co., Texas [6]
Military From 12 Dec 1917 to 5 Feb 1918 Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas [5, 7]
Private Death 5 Feb 1918 At Sea, on ship "Tuscania" near Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Atlantic Ocean [7, 8, 9]
- See https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3988-ss-tuscania-sinking-by-u-boat-in-1918-kills-200-americans.html for more information on the sinking of the "Tuscania".
Burial Abt 6 Feb 1918 Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, Scotland [9]
PVT Arthur Straach (1889-1918) - Find a Grave Memorial FamilySearch ID LZBV-VCV Person ID I1626 Wendel Voigt Family Tree Last Modified 25 Sep 2020
Father Gottlieb Straach, b. 27 Oct 1864, Senst, Coswig (Anhalt), Wittenberg Landkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany d. 2 Apr 1910, Miles, Runnels Co., Texas
(Age 45 years)
Mother Caroline "Lina" Eckermann, b. 1 Oct 1868, Austin Co., Texas d. 8 Jun 1929, Miles, Runnels Co., Texas
(Age 60 years)
Marriage 30 Oct 1893 Washington Co., Texas Census 1 Jun 1900 Fayette Co., Texas [10]
Siblings 1. Arthur Straach 2. Hedwig Charlotte "Hattie" Straach b. 23 JAN 1895, Rockhouse, Austin Co., Texas; d. 2 FEB 1976, Tom Green Co., Texas; 3. Hilma Anita "Wilma" Straach b. 2 MAY 1896, Rockhouse, Austin Co., Texas; d. 29 OCT 1990, Tom Green Co., Texas; 4. Edwin Gottlieb Straach b. 23 AUG 1902, Rockhouse, Austin Co., Texas; d. 27 MAY 1951, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California; Family ID F785 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S26] SCISSORTAILS STILL RETURN TO SCHOENAU, p. 16.
- [S391] Family Information from Janell Straach, [Straach p. 18].
- [S378] 1900 U.S. Census, Fayette Co. TX, E.D. 34, Sheet 11, Lines 15-28.
In possession of Wendel Voigt, Pflugerville, TX - [S481] Family Information from Melissa Straach Mills, [Straach p. 76].
Date: 15 February 2000 - [S1020] United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 25 September 2020; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYF-3ZFT?cc=1968530&wc=9F4P-N3D%3A928338201%2C928960401; Film #005153629; Image 2857 of 3273.
Name: Arthur Straack (sic); Event Type: Draft Registration; Event Date: 1917-1918; Event Place: Runnels, Texas, United States; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 6 Jul 1889; Birthplace: Industry, Texas, United States, Citizenship Place: United States. - [S378] 1900 U.S. Census, Fayette Co. TX, E.D. 34, Sheet 11, Lines 15-28.
RESIDENCES-PARENTS: In possession of Wendel Voigt, Pflugerville, TX. Gives age as 11, born in Jan 1889. - [S1019] Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920, 25 September 2020; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MN-8WBM?cc=2202707&wc=334P-K68%3A1561331302%2C1561334101; Film #005427404, Army enlisted, dead; image 2290 of 3275.
Name: Arthur Straach; Event Type: Military Service; Event Date: 12 Dec 1917 (enlistment); Event Place: Ballinger, , Texas, United States; Age: 28; Race: White; Relationship of other: Mother: Birth Year: 1889; Birthplace: Industry, Texas; Death Date: 05 Feb 1918; Organizations served in: 36 Co Det 2 165 Dep Brig to death; Grade: Pvt; Engagements: Sinking of Tuscania. Killed in Action 05 Feb 1918. Person Notified of death: mother, Mrs. Lena Straach, in Miles, Texas. - [S24] Autobiography of Adolph Richard Eckermann, pp. 3-4 [Eckermann pp. 59-62].
"Nephew Arthur Straach from Miles Texas died Febr. 1917 no exact date available killed during the World War on a Torpedot Tranport Ship near the Irish Coast."
Date: 16 Jan 1937 with updates on 22 Jul 1957 and in 1959 - [S940] Find A Grave, 25 September 2020; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49358644.
PVT Arthur Straach; Birth: Jan 1889, Industry, Austin County, Texas, USA; Death: 5 Feb 1918 (aged 29), Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Parents: Gottlieb Straach (1864-1910), Caroline Louise Eckermann (1868-1929); Siblings: Helwig Charlotte Straach (1895-1976), Edwin Gottlieb Straach (1902-1951); Additional: Pvt. Straach died in the torpedoing & sinking of the troopship "Tuscania" on 5 February 1918 in the North Channel between Scotland & Ireland by German submarine UB-77. He was first buried at Port Charlotte, isle of Islay, Scotland, in grave 28. His body was exhumed in 1920 and re-interred in Arlington. On the "Tuscania," he listed his next-of-kin as his mother Mrs. Lena Straach, of Miles, Texas.; Memorial: 49358644. - [S378] 1900 U.S. Census, Fayette Co. TX, E.D. 34, Sheet 11, Lines 15-28.
- [S26] SCISSORTAILS STILL RETURN TO SCHOENAU, p. 16.
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