1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 75):  75 Perry Street, Allegheny City (Ward 3), Allegheny Co., PA, Roll T9_1086 (Book 1), p. 271A, PN 9, SD 9, ED 11, enumerated 3 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

24

25

26

*

75

49

84

Straub John H

W

M

28

/

Brewer

Pennsylvania

______ Caroline

W

F

25

Wife

/

Keeping House

Ohio

Prussia

Bavaria

______ Louisa

W

F

2

Dau

/

Pennsylvania

Penna

Ohio

Beiser Elisabeth

W

F

22

Servant

/

Domestic Servant

Ohio

*Perry Street

Listed two households from Joseph & Gertrude LANG.

3.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

4.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 42):  450 Rebecca, Pittsburgh City (Ward 20), Allegheny Co., PA, Roll T623_1362, p. 175A, SN 11, SD 18, ED 232, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

*

450

172

184

Straub Jno H

Head

W

M

Dec 1851

48

M

23

PA

Ger

Ger

Beer Brewer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

H

______ Carrie E

Wife

W

F

Dec 1854

45

M

23

2

2

OH

Ger

Ger

Y

Y

Y

______ Louise E

Dau

W

F

Mch 1878

22

S

PA

PA

OH

Y

Y

Y

______ Walter S

Son

W

M

Jan 1885

15

S

PA

PA

OH

at School

10

Y

Y

Y

Helnank? Mary

Servant

W

F

Nov 1858

41

S

PA

Ger

PA

Servant

0

Y

Y

Y

*Rebecca

5.  Allegheny County Genealogy Project Biography:  Straub, John H. (posted by Carol Eddleman at pa-roots.org):

John H. Straub, son of John N. and Elizabeth (Lang) Straub, was born 19 Dec 1851.  He married 26 Apr 1877 the daughter of Carl John and Louise (Hatry) Schultz.  Their children were: Walter S. and Louise Emilie.  John died 9 May 1901. (Source: Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 4, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1915.)

6.  The History of Straub Beer (online at the web site of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Elk Co., PA — no connection to our subject's brewery in Allegheny Co., PA):

John N. Straub had settled in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (currently Pittsburgh's North Side) where, in 1831, he opened a "brew pub" which grew into the J. N. Straub and Company Brewery.  Eventually, Straub and Company would merge with Eberhart and Ober to form the Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company (located at Pennsylvania Route 28 and Interstate 279).  The brewery was located in the building now occupied by the Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Penn Pilsner...  John's sons, Herman and John H., would later become officers in the Straub Brewing Company, located in Lawrenceville, PA (Liberty Avenue and Main Street, North Central Pittsburgh).  This brewery would reach a capacity of 100,000 barrels...