Researching Sheila Stroup
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Stroup surname? In that year Stroup was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Sheila means "blind" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Sheila Stroup on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sheila Stroup and the Stroup Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stroup Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Stroup family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Sheila Stroup at Find My Past.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 4 people with the Stroup surname in the UK? Stroup is now ranked number 4037 for popularity in the UK. |
Stroup Family Tree Databases
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Stroup Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Stroup surname in the USA? Stroup is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stroup Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Sheila Stroup. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sheila Stroup
Sheila Stroup
Sheila T. Stroup (born 1943, Covington, Louisiana) is a "Living" section columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Her column, rather than dealing with the celebrated news events of the day, invariably has to do with perceptions of the otherwise-unnoticed aspects of life, particularly in her native Northshore Region. Part of her style is to refer to her husband Merwin by his surname alone, Stroup.
A frequent topic for Sheila Stroup is dogs. In 1999 her dog Harry was elected Grand Duke in the Canine Court of the Mystic Krewe of Mardi Paws.
Stroup was a featured speaker on the 1996 Business Week program at Southeastern Louisiana University, of which she is alumna. For her fundraising efforts to benefit charitable and not-for-profit organizations, in 2004 Stroup received the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
In 2009 Stroup was chosen by fellow columnist Chris Rose to serve as the addressee for a series of fictitious e-mails about yet another columnist, Angus Lind, as Rose parodied New Orleans City Councilwoman Stacy Head's e-mails about fellow Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and other subjects.
Stroup lives near the village of Folsom (which is on LA 25 due north of Covington), have two grown daughters and a son. Stroup's husband died in 2020.
Source: Sheila Stroup, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stroup
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