The Strader Family was created back in 1998/1999 by the family founder, Dave Thomas, a man born and raised in Texas and influenced by the Texas Wrestling Territory system and by wrestling families like The Von Erichs.
Below are photos of the family starting with the originals, William (deceased) and Hannah Strader.
William and Hannah met in the early 1960s. Hannah is from an upper middle class family. William's family, the Straders, weren't a well to do family and were of the lower class. William, much like Jed Clampet, struck oil on his family's simple and small land. William, while not a wrestler, loved wrestling like most people in Texas did at the time. He started a territory and became a well-to-do and very successful promoter. William and Hannah welcomed their first son, Scott, march 7th 1965 but was before anything struck big and had to give up him for adoption. More below.