Eileen (Hathaway) Strikwerda
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Signed 31 Mar 2016 | 40,936 contributions | 2,516 thank-yous | 4,992 connections
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Eileen S. Strikwerda formerly Hathaway
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Edwin Hathaway
and Florence Maud (Vidler) Hathaway
Sister of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1970s - unknown)], [private son (1970s - unknown)], Tony Strikwerda and [private son (1970s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2016
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Autobiography
I was born on 9 May 1951 in Rose Park, South Australia, Australia[1]. My parents were Bill Hathaway and Florence Vidler and I have a younger brother.[2]
I spent my childhood in the Far North Flinders Ranges of South Australia, at Nepabunna. It was an incredible childhood. As long as I was home for meals (not always lunch), did my school work, and slept in my own bed, I was free to wander the bush with my friends, where and when I wanted. There was so much to do that there was no need to ever be bored. Whether it was climbing huge Gum (eucalyptus) trees, walking along dry creek beds, climbing hills (actually mountains), playing rounders (a game played with a broomstick and a tennis ball, a bit like softball or baseball), watching the boys race donkeys (if they could get them to move), hopscotch in the dirt, marbles, setting traps to catch rabbits then going out early in the morning to bring home dinner, helping dad fix windmills or anything else that took our fancy made our days very full and fun. The excessive heat, the dirt, dust, and flies, could have been a problem but, as children, we didn't seem to notice any of that. Maybe the flies!!!, they were a problem, a huge problem. In the Australian Bush, we have something called the Aussie Salute. It is the constant waving away of the flies from our faces.
My early education was by Correspondence, which arrived by post from Adelaide every two weeks and was taught by my Mum, as well as School of the Air which we listened to twice daily on our Transceiver Radio. By mid-year four I had transitioned to the local 'Mission' school, which was the public South Australian Education system. As a 12 and a half-year-old, I needed to board in Leigh Creek, a coal mining town in the Far North of South Australia. Dad would drive the 45 miles to Leigh Creek on Friday afternoon every second weekend to pick me up and take me home, then on the Sunday afternoon (or Monday morning) he'd drive me back for school. He did this for three years! Sometimes Mum would come with him if she needed to do shopping in the 'big city' of 1100 people and two stores.
After attending Secondary School at Leigh Creek Area School for three years I moved to Adelaide, South Australia, Australia to complete High School with the goal of becoming a Secondary School teacher. By the end of one year at Unley High School I chose to leave school and move into the workforce, as I realized that four or five further years of education would be a huge financial burden on my parents who, as missionaries, had sacrificed so much in order for my brother and me to be educated and have all we needed.
After two short term jobs, I was, accepted by, and worked for, the Electricity Trust of South Australia for four years while I saved to go to Bible College, and attended the Bible College of South Australia through 1971, before marrying. I love to teach the Word of God in order to see people reach their full potential in life, and apart from my husband and family, that has been my joy for the past 45 years.
In mid-1970 my brother, introduced me to a group of friends from a small church group he was attending while doing his final apprenticeship year in Adelaide, and it was there I met my future husband. Maybe I should say, he met me. He suddenly started traveling 35 minutes to pick me up for events when my brother who lived 5 minutes away was more than able. I discovered later that this was brother's plan all along! Hans & I were engaged at the end of that year and married the following year
On 11 December 1971 we married at the Burnside Christian Church, Burnside, South Australia, Australia [3] and we had four sons.
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| After the Wedding of Hans & Eileen Strikwerda |
Our son Tony, who was a great blessing to us all, died in tragic circumstance in December 1997 as a 23-year-old young man and Hans died from Mesothelioma in April 2004, but regardless of those events leaving huge holes in my life, I have had and do have a wonderful life and plan to continue to do so as I share it with my three other amazing sons, their wives, and my grandchildren. I am truly blessed!
Sources
- ↑ South Australia Births Deaths & Marriages: Birth Certificate held by Eileen Hathaway
- ↑ First-hand information
- ↑ South Australia Births Deaths & Marriages: Marriage: Reg#: 10254/1971
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Eileen Hathaway and this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test of her maternal line son Anthony Strikwerda.
- First-hand information. Entered by Eileen Hathaway at registration
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Eileen's formal name
- full middle name (S.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (3)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (4)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Eileen (Hathaway) Strikwerda: Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2
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~0.78%
Margaret (Packham) Hargrave
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AncestryDNA
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Eileen:
- Eileen Strikwerda is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 11, 2020.
- Eileen Strikwerda is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 14, 2018.
- Eileen Strikwerda is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 30, 2018.
- Are forensic results of a identification mtDNA test of my son and myself sufficient? May 28, 2016.
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We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.
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Thank you for your message. I continue to just plod along & work on whatever crosses my path, often because of some contact made to me from someone about their family member that they have found on WT, or because of a merge etc. I mostly work on New South Welsh & South Australian families & profiles, but sometimes other states if there's a connection.
My main focus continues to be Australia. I don't follow a plan. Many of the families I work on have links to early UK but at the moment I'm actually working on a family who were based in India during the time when India was a colony, some of whom migrated to Australia. I'm finding the task very interesting and a new challenge.
I'm not interested in being part of Discord as I have enough to do without following separate Chat programs. I rarely even check my personal FB page LOL
Thanks again, Eileen
edited by Eileen (Hathaway) Strikwerda
Regards, Margaret
It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!
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Thanks for your email. I apologise for not replying sooner, but I have not been overly well and don't always get to my emails.
I appear to be on the mend but not doing a great deal on WikiTree as I don't have the a lot of desire to do so, nor concentration to follow up on all the sourcing to do the best job. When I actually do some work, I try to do the person credit but it isn't always to my own satisfaction :)
I still work on Australian profiles, adding sources when I find them but I'm not participating in any particular project.
I haven't added any Headstones for a long time but every so often someone may pop up that I have a photo of one for.
I no longer go out of my way to add Indiginous Australians as I got so much flack from someone who considered my approach to naming as being incorrect, and demanded that I follow his opinion, which he continued to do with constant emails until I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown, so I had to separate myself from that project which I absolutely loved. But anyway, that's life. There's at least one overly pedantic person in every group :). The majority are wonderful and I appreciate you and the Australian Project Wiki Tree team.
Every Indigenous Nation has their own naming pattterns, and there is no conformity. Languages differ, and unless in close proximity, don't have any understanding of other languages and customs although some are common, simly due to the areas where they live and move. My parents were Missionaries to one particular Nation and I grew up with them so I do have some knowledge, not extensive, of the South Australian Indigenous Nations as many of my friends, and best friends, in my younger life were from and around the far North Australia.
Having said all that, if I do add anyone they will be added with no reference or recognition of their ethnicity other than the fact that their place of birth may give someone a clue.
If I find someone has served in any of the Military conflicts I do add them with as much detail, and confirming sources, that I can find, but again, it's not something I go out of my way to do.
So, I leave it up to you to decide whether to leave me on the Australiam Project or not. Take care Eileen
The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out our annual check-in to see how you are going in the project. We'd really like to thank you for all your work on Australian profiles over the past year! We think we've made great progress in 2020/21 with your assistance.
Please could you reply to this message, to let us know if you would like to stay on in the project and if you are happy with your current role and team involvement. If you would like to do something additional or different, take a look on the Australia Project page to see what other options there are.
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I'm not involved in any specific project, but I continue to work on mostly Australian profiles ranging from my own family & distant family connections to the families of others who contact me with, or for, information. i try to add as many sources & family members to expand those families in order to give them more depth & family links. I often receive helpful information from others that helps me in researching families. Regards, Eileen
Regards, Margaret
Re: Eliza (Barry) Arnott (abt. 1832 - 1905)
Are you sure about that daughter Jane. Other trees have these parents for her? Charles / Janet (prob. Based on the baptism below)
Mind you, I've just obtained Elizas death cert and it does mention Jane as a kid, along with Elizabeth and Georgiana. Mina (Jemima) had died 6 months before her mother. No mention of Samuel JNR as a kid either.
Baptism - Name Jane Crymble Different Birth 27 Nov 1864 Doagh, Ant, Ireland Different Baptism 18, Doagh, Ant, Ireland New Father Charles Crymble Match Mother Janet Robinson Match
Also, just found this marriage notice
Jeannie Gordon Crymble in the Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925
Name: Jeannie Gordon Crymble Gender: Female Notice Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 8 Feb 1888 Marriage Place: Dublin, Ireland Father: S G Crymble Spouse: John Moffitt Publication Date: 15 Jul 1890
The ancestry.com index makes out SG Crymble is her father.....however, the text in the newspaper article says she is his GRAND daughter.
This is the problem I think.
Also, There are at least 3 Samuel Gordon Crymbles which is not helping matters
Regards Lee
edited by Lee Eggleston
Thank you for all of your help in sorting our the details on my great great grandparents. Greatly appreciated.
kind regards..Nigel
The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out a check-in to see how you are going in the project and especially to thank you for all your work on Australian profiles on WikiTree. We really value your participation.
Please could you get back to me by private message to let me know if you are happy with your current role and team involvement within the project or if you would like to do something additional or different. Currently you are on the South Australia team. If you would like a change, you can check on the Australia Project page to see what other options there are.
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The Global Cemeteries Project is currently undergoing our member check-in and wanted to verify that you are still active and interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Cemetery Teams? If not, is there a particular Team or area you are interested in participating with? I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!
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For sorting out the Eliza Power mixup. Now that I am back on-line they both look very clearly separated. Regards Graeme
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My name is Richard Poole. Regarding the son of Ninian & Jane Gardner ( 1915-1915 ) I had incorrectly put in a name. Could you leave the son on the records and remove his name that I listed as Ninian. Not sure how to do this.
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