1.  Marriage Record:

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):  Joseph is still living at home, with his widowed mother.

3.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #13 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830

Straub, Joseph

Northumberland Co.

Chilisquaque Twp.

p. 151

Ln. 1

000 000 100 - 000 000 000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	40-50	1779-1790	= Joseph (b. 1793)

Is this really the same Joseph?  Hmmm.  I think it must be; he lived all his adult life in Chillisquaque, and there is no other Joseph.  So, granted the census-taker made a slight mistake in Joseph's age, let's say Elizabeth has died and he has not yet married Maria.  Elizabeth's children survived, so they must be staying with kin.  Still…

4.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #12 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

PA

Northumberland Co.

Chillisquaque Twp.

p. 131B

Ln. 5

Joseph Straub

102 000 100 - 100 001 010

_______

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1835-1840	= Franklin (b. 1833/4)
2 males	10-14	1825-1830	= Jake (b. 1826) = Son A
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Joseph (b. 1793)
1 female	4 or under	1835-1840	= Barbara (b. 1837/8)
1 female	30-39	1800-1810	= Maria (b. 1805/6)
1 female	50-59	1780-1790	= mother-in-law?

Joseph's mother is already deceased, so the elder woman is most likely Maria's mother.  Living next door to Philip HOUSEL.

5.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #19-20 of 34 — indexed "Shanb"):  Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, pp. 96A-96B/209-210, 126/126, enumerated 5 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Joseph Straub	57	M		Farmer	2500	Pa
Maria Straub	44	F				Pa
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Franklin Straub	16	M		Farmer		Pa
Barbara Straub	12	F				Pa
Joseph     "	11	M				Pa
John       "	7	M				Pa
Cathrine   "	4	F				Pa

Listed five households from Jacob & Esther (GELNETT) DRESSLER. 

6.  1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #393-394 of 744):  Milton P.O., Milton Borough, Northumberaland Co., PA, pp. 392-393, PN 211-212, 1514/1507, enumerated 10 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Maria Straub	53	F			800	200	Pennsylvania
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Jacob Straub	33	M		Brick layer			Pennsylvania
Barbara   "	22	F					do
John      "	17	M					do
Catharine "	13	F					do

7.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #25 of 48):  Milton P.O., Borough of Milton, Northumberland Co., PA, Roll 1384 (Book 1), p. 42A, PN 21, 187/194, enumerated 19 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straub Maria	62	F	W	Keeping house	1000	200	Penna
______ Barbara	30	F	W	at home			Penna
______ Joseph	28	M	W	Laborer			Penna
______ Kate	24	F	W	at home			Penna

8.  Anon.  1911.  Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County.  J.L. Floyd & Co., Chicago. Biographical sketches of Jacob Straub and his kin. 

9.  Messages in the Straub Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com):  including Message #146 from Kathy Satteson citing A Genealogist's Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, Vol. VI, which gives these data from Harmony Cemetery, Milton:

Joseph Straub Feb 10 1793 - Feb 2 1852 Maria Bright Orwig 1806 - Dec 22 1871

10.  Information found by Frank Stroup at the Pennsylvania Historical Society in two folders of unpublished notes entitled Helen Gearhart Collection.  These notes were entirely undocumented, so caveat emptor; yet if true, they contain much valuable information, so are worth consulting.  [See Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com) and search on "Gearhart."]

11.  Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com), including especially posts by Frank Stroup and Jim Burnell.