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Strasser's come from the village Strass near Ulm. The village goes back to the Limes Road of the Roman empire. A thousand years ago there lived a half dozen families without last names in the village. They were owned by Cloister Elching and a dramatic event around AD 1000 gave them freedom and a name .They moved down the Danube, up the Nekar and spread across Franconia. Out of about. 40 there are now 12-13000 today across the world.
What does the Strasser name mean?
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone living by a main street or highway, from Middle High German strasse, German Strasse ‘street’, ‘road’.
Slovenian: phonetically Germanized spelling of Slovenian Stražar, occupational name for a sentinel, from an agent derivative of straža ‘watch’, ‘guard’, ‘sentry’.
Strasser. The biography of the individual man is but the history of the human race and his family, plus his environments.
The family name Strasser (or Strawser) is of ancient origin extensively disseminated, and its influence in church and State, in both the Old and the New world was no small factor. The genealogical and heraldry records (Vol. VI, Page 87) at Vienna, Austria, date the origin of the family to the age of Knighthood and Chivalry. In A. D. 1143 they were found at Mergentheim, Swabia (the headquarters of the order of Teutonic Knights in the year 1386), and vicinity, where a Knight Templar whose birthplace and home was Mergentheim, after long and strenuous service in the Holy Land, and being disabled for further service from wounds, returning, took unto himself an orphaned nephew, named Edward Strasser. He taught him Astronomy, Astrology, Alchemy and other occult arts he had learned in the East. Edward practiced these arts among many rich Counts and Princesses, compiled books on these subjects and acquired great wealth and fame. He united in matrimony with Jutta Von Schenck, and died at Mergentheim, A. D. 1197, leaving one son Rudiger Strasser, who loved arms more than the arts of peace. He sold his father's books and possessions, and as a man of war roamed over many lands with a company of mounted knights called the Black Band. Only after he had had enough of the warrior's life did he marry Euphragine Mehring, the wealthy widow of a patrician at Zweibrücken. Here he lived until his death, A. D. 1252, and left three sons, viz.: Arnold, Gunther and Frederick. Arnold, being of delicate health, entered a cloister, and there is no further record of him, nor of Frederick, who, after a duel with Count Von Spanheim, whom he killed, fled and was never after heard from. Gunther, however, remained at Zweibrücken of which he was Mayor (Stadtfocht), and was married to Sophia Von Elrichshousen, of a good Frankish or Franconian noble family. He died A. D. 1315, leaving one son John Strasser. The latter had no love for arms, engaged himself with books, music, literary work and the fine arts, and lived a quiet private life. His wife was Elizabeth Mastlin of humble birth, but had wealth of beauty and mind. In A. D. 1335, during a violent storm, his house was destroyed by fire, and his wife and five children perished, only one small boy being rescued. In consequence of this misfortune the circumstances and standing of this family were greatly reduced, and later we find the family mostly as farmers, mechanics and merchants in the vicinity of Zweibrücken, Alsace and the Palatinates in which regions they were still found in the beginning of the 18th century, but accurate and connected records are wanting. The American Strasser family is without a doubt of German ancestry. Tradition has the ancestral home at Wurtemberg, Rhenish Palatinate and Zweibrücken, and the time antedates the American Revolution, for we find them enrolled as soldiers of the war for independence as well as all the wars for the defense and preservation of the Union.
The name of Strasser has been identified with the development of Berks county, and especially with Windsor township, where for generations through one hundred and fifty years property has been handed down from father to son. The first of the name to come to Pennsylvania was Conrad Strasser, who emigrated from Germany some time prior to 1750, and located in Windsor township, Berks county. He became the owner of about 2,500 acres, and he erected some good farm buildings on his estate, traces of the first buildings still being found. These were located about 500 yards west of the present homestead, and the foundations still remain under the sod. Conrad Strasser made a will which was probated Feb. 12, 1799, soon after his death, which occurred when he was advanced in years. Not until 1772 does the name of Conrad Strasser appear as a taxable married man in Windsor township. This is the great-grandfather of Dr. Thomas A. Strasser, of Reading, and Strasser's Thal or Valley, Windsor township, Berks Co., Pa., was the permanent if not the original homestead of this family. The church books of Zion's Church at or near Windsor Castle record the baptisms of seven children, the parents being Conrad Strascher and his wife Catharina.
Their names were, Johann Conrad Jr., Andon, Elizabeth, Peter, Mathias, Phillipus, Johanes
According to Colonial Records, on Nov. 3, 1749, John Nicholas Strasser enters a caveat against the acceptance of a survey on that piece of land which he holds by warrant of 27th of March-made to George Boone, until he hears as to his claim, signed Richard Peters, to Nicholas Schull, Surveyor General. Also warrants of land surveyor May 7, 1753, Oct. 6, 1773, etc. The same John Nicholas Strasser, of Albany, Berks Co., Pa., was naturalized April 11, 1763, and as early as 1754 he is assessed £18, 4s., 6d. tax in Albany township, and his name appears for successive years to 1790, with the additional names of John Jr. (Honickle), Henry, Peter, George. What was the relationship of this family and the Windsor Castle family is not now known, but from the similarity of the names of their children as we shall see it must have been close.
1. Peter Strasser
b) abt.1690 in Germany
died in Albany, Berks Co. Pa
Maria Magdalena
b) abt. 1690 in Germany
died in Albany, Berks Co
2. Johan Nickolas Strasser I
b) 1713 in Germany m:1740 (PA)
d)1790 in Albany, Berks Co. Pa
Maria Elsabeta Stragern
b) 12 Mar 1721 in Albany, Berks Co. Pa.
d) 20 Mar 1783 in Albany, Berks Co. Pa
3. John Nicholas Strasser II
b) 1754 in Berks Co. Pa
d) 1814 in Snyder Co. Pa
Catharine Magdalena Straub
b) 1762 Albany Twp. Berks Co. PA.
d)1852
4. Simon Strasser b) 22/8/1788 Eckville, PA
d)26 Oct 1860 in Snyder Co. Pa.
Sahar Shaeffer b)1791
5. John Strasser b) 18/4/1812 M)1833
d)23/1/1870 White Co. IN
Mary Zimmerman b) 12 Sep 1817
d) 27 Apr 1885 White Co.IN
6. William Strasser b.)1842 (PA)
d)21 Jun. 1873 (White Co. IN)
Catherine J. Bishop b.)24 Nov. 1848
d)21 Oct. 1931
7. Harry William Strasser b.)11 Mar. 1873 (White Co. IN)
d)10 Sep. 1898 (IN)
Susan Jane Gibson b.)1 Mar. 1878
d)27 Jul 1913
8. Clay Floyd Sr. Strasser b.)17 Sep. 1897
d) 1 Jul. 1964 (IN)
Emily Blackburn b.) 6 Mar. 1898 (IN)
d) 1972
9. Clay F. Strasser b.) 9 Sep. 1926 (IN)
d) 17 Mar. 1999
Phyllis Lois Clements b.) 5 Jan. 1927
10. Herbert Clay Strasser
10. Joyce Ann Strasser
10. Jack Floyd Strasser
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