(Joh.) Valentin STRAUB & Anna Maria METSCH

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Johann Valentin STRAUB
Anna Maria METSCH

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Husband: Johann Valentin / John Valentine STRAUB
Birth: bef. 1802, Baden
Death: bef. 1860
Y-DNA Haplogroup: T

Marriage: by 1828
Migration: 1846, Antwerp [Belgium] to America

Wife: Anna Maria / Mary METSCH / METSK / MICH
Birth: 8 Sep 1802, Baden
Death: 30 Jan 1882, London Twp., Monroe Co., MI
Disposition: buried Blue Bush Cemetery, London Twp., Monroe Co., MI
Religion: Catholic
Parents: born in Baden

Most secondry sources give Maria's surname as "METSK," but there is no such surname. On the other hand, METSCH is a very common German surname that is pronounced, "metsk."

Children — baptized in the Catholic Church, Wiesloch or Sankt Leon-Rot, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden:

? Johannes / Johann (1) STRAUB, the elder, b. 30 Nov 1828
1. Johann Phillip Wendelin STRAUB, b. 11 Jan 1830
2. Maria Josepha STRAUB, b. 7 ??? 1831
3. Joannes / Johannes STRAUB, b. 20 Jun 1833; d. Sep 1834
4. Johann Baptist STRAUB, b. 16 Sep 1834
5. Joannes / Johannes (2) STRAUB, the younger, b. 29 ??? 1836
6. Sophia STRAUB, b. 18 Sep 1839; d. 9 Aug 1840
7. Ferdinana STRAUB - b. 3 Mar 1840; d. 13 Mar 1841
8. Johann Philip STRAUB, b. 7 J?? 1842

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRG, Germany, DEU, Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg; USA, US, United States, Michigan

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Records of the Catholic Church in the town of Wiesloch [13 km S of Heidelberg] or Sankt Leon-Rot [16 km S of Heidelberg], Baden, Germany (LDS FHL Film #1052802; courtesy of Darlene Hiatt — translation tentative):

1. [??????] Wendelin – 11 Januar 1830
2. M.[Maria] Josepha – 7 [????] 1831
3. Joannes – 20 Junÿ 1833 - i Sept 1834
4. Joh. Baptist - 16 Sept 1834
5. Joannes – 29 Iuz 1836
6. Søphia -18 Sept. 1838 - 9 Aug 1840
7. Ferdinand – 3 M a r z 1840 – 13 Marz 1841
8. Johann Philipp – 17 J??? 1842

This list suggest that "Johann (1) STRAUB, the elder" is not their son, but if not, whose son is he?

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317): can't find.

4. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11 of 21): London P.O., London Twp., Monroe Co., MI, p. 390, PN 86, 676/675, enumerated 29 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

John Straut 23 M farmer 500 250 Germany

Mary " 57 F "

Phillip " 17 M "

Listed two households from Paulding WISE, who is listed two households from Mary's son, Wendelin STRAUB.

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #13 of 26): Monroe City P.O., London Twp., Monroe Co., MI, p. 354A, PN 13, 93/94, enumerated 15 Jul 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straub Baptiste 37 M W Farmer 1370 500 Baden

[Baptiste's wife and children]

______ Mary 68 F W Baden

Listed next to son, John STRAUB, the younger, who is listed next to son, Philip STRAUB.

6. 1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 28): London, Monroe Co., MI, p. 453B, PN 6, SD 1, ED 181, 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 21 22 23 24 25 26

58 60 Straub Wendlin W M 49 / Farmer Baden Germany Baden Baden

______ Clara W F 33 Wife / Keeping House Hesse Germany Hesse Hesse

______ Willie W M 12 Son / at home / / / Mich Baden Baden

______ Mary E W F 78 Mother no occupation Baden Germany Baden Baden

"E"? Is she Anna Maria Elisabetha?

7. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8. Headstone Transcriptions of Blue Bush Cemetery, London Township, Monroe County, Michigan (by Brent Havekost, transcribed by Loretta Dunham; online at the Genealogical Society of Monroe County, Michigan, web site):

Straub, Maria Anna Sep 8, 1802 Jan 30, 1882 wife of Valentin Straub

These are obviously not straight readings of the stones, so caveat emptor.

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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