STREBE U.B.I'S
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Strebe--- German: nickname for a person with drive or ambition,
from Middle High German strebe ‘one who strives’.
Most Strebe families (2) living in the US in 1840 lived in
Ohio
Most Strebe families (20) living in the US in 1920 lived in
WI.
Most Strebe families (4) living in the UK in 1891 lived in
Kent
Most Strebe immigrants to the US (8) came from Hamburg
211 Strebe's are listed in the 1930 Federal Census
213 Strebe's are listed in the 1920 Federal Census
37 Strebe's are listed in the 1910 Federal Census
109 Strebe's are listed in the 1900 Federal Census
34 Strebe's are listed in the 1880 Federal Census
33 Strebe's are listed in the 1870 Federal Census
19 Strebe's are listed in the 1860 Federal Census
1 Strebe is listed in the 1850 Federal Census
2 Strebe's are listed in the 1840 Federal Census
1 Strebe is listed in the 1820 Federal Census
In 1983 the Strebe life expectancy was 82 years vs 72 years for
the general public.
In 1880 the top occupation for Strebe was Tailor
On record at the Family Research Center in Salt Lake City the Strebe heritage dates back to 1676. Some of the Strebe's were reared in the area formerly referred to as Prussia. Prussia was the name used for the region on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea that the Hohenzollem dynasty organized into a hereditary duchy under Polish suzerainty in 1525. When it became a kingdom, with its capital in Berlin in 1701, its territories stretched from the Rhine to the Nieman River. Prussia was the state around which modern Germany was unified in 1871. After World War 1, Prussia continued to exist as the largest Land (state) within the Weimar Republic and Adolph Hitler’s Third Reich. After World War II it was dissolved by decree of the Allied Control Council in 1947.
The first half of the 19th century, Prussia vied with Austria for prestige and influence in the German Confederation, with Prussia emerging victorious in the 1860's. Otto Von Bismarck, who became chief minister in 1862, provoked-and won-wars with Denmark (1864), Austria (1866),and France (1870-71), completing the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership. On January 18,1871, King William 1st of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor (or Kaiser). Although Prussia was now a federal state within the new empire, it comprised two-thirds of the population and land area and dominated German policy until the end of World War 1.
The last Prussian Monarch, German Emperor William II, was forced to abdicate (1918) after the defeat of Germany in World War 1. Prussia was incorporated into the Weimar Republic, retaining its disproportionate size but without any influence in political affairs. What remained of Prussia autonomy disappeared on January 30,1934, when Hitler eliminated the governments of the various German states. Thereafter, Prussian functioned as an administrative unit until the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945.
The first STREBE listed in
the Salt Lake archives is Julius Gustave Strebe. Records indicate
that on the 22nd of November1667, he married Anna Wilhelmine
Leverentz in West Falen-Ovenhausen. Other records indicate they
lived in the Brandenburg area. Brandenburg is a historical region
and province of Prussia in the central part of East Germany. The
historical capitals of the region have been Berlin and Potsdam.
Portions of the four East German districts make up Brandenburg.
The region is composed of a glaciated plain,divided into sandy
outwash plains, and terminal and recessional moraines. Large
expanses of moors, as well as many low hills and undrained
hollows cover the area. Although numerous lakes and fir forests
dominate much of the landscape, agriculture is restricted because
of relatively poor glacial soils. The German Plains has a
continental winter, sunny spring and warm summers. The
agriculture of the region consists of oats, rye,
potatoes,asparagus, pigs and cattle. East Berlin and Potsdam are
the only major cities in Brandenburg. Brandenburg, a Slavic
region when conquered by the Germans in 1106-34, became one of
the seven imperial electorates in the mid 12th century, a status
that was confirmed in 1356. It accepted reformation in1539 and
participated (1640-88) in wars against Sweden. Brandenburgs
electors became King of Prussia in 1701. Brandenburg was
(1949-52) a state of the German Democratic Republic before being
abolished (1952) as an administrative unit.
