Christian STRAUBE & Mary MILLER

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Christian STRAUBE
Mary MILLER

A descendant of our subject has been tested for the STRAUB Y-DNA Surname Project. He has two unexpected matches. Please see this page for additional discussion of the results.

Husband: Christian STRAUBE / STRAWBE / STRAUBY / STRAWBERRY
Birth: 1789, PA
Death: 1867, Audrain Co., MO
Disposition: buried Fike Cemetery, Audrain Co., MO
Occupation: farmer
Father said to be: William STROUBE
Mother: Elizabeth __?__

Marriage: 2 Jul 1812, Brookville, Bracken Co., KY

Wife: Mary "Polly" MILLER
Birth: 1 Mar 1791, VA or KY
Death: 18 Apr 1865, Audrain Co., MO
Disposition: buried Fike Cemetery, Audrain Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William MILLER
Mother: Rebecca POWEL / POWELL

Children:

— born in Bracken Co., KY:
1. William H. STRAUBE / STRAWBE, b. 14 Apr 1813

— born in Springfield Twp., Franklin Co., IN:
2. Eliza Ann STRAUBE, b. 12 Dec 1814
3. Isabella / Isabelle STRAUBE, b. ca. 1815
4. James E. STRAUBE, b. 8 Jan 1818
5. George M. STRAUBE, b. 15 Oct 1823
6. Rebecca STRAUBE, b. 1824/5
7. Mary STRAUBE, b. 1827/8
8. Christian STRAUBE, Jr., b. 1829/30; d. Mar 1850, Audrain Co., MO; bur. Fields-Fike Cem.

Isabella must be fibbing about her age in the 1850 census because she surely didn't marry Joseph FLOOD at age 14. Mary's age in 1850 may be incorrect, too, because in the 1840 census, she was born 1820-25.

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Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1789	PA	birth of Christian STRAUBE
1791	VA or KY	birth of Mary MILLER
1812	KY: Bracken Co.	marriage of Christian STRAWBY & Mary MILLER
1813	KY	birth of son, William
1813-14	Kentucky to Indiana	family moved
1814	IN	birth of daughter, Eliza Ann
c1815	IN	birth of daughter, Isabella
1818	IN	birth of son, James
1820 Census	IN: Franklin Co.: Springfield Twp.	Christian STRAWBERRY, head-of-household
1823	IN	birth of son, George
1824/5	IN	birth of daughter, Rebecca
1827/8	IN	birth of daughter, Mary
1829/30		birth of son, Christian, Jr.
1830 Census	IN: Franklin Co.	Christian STRAWBE, head-of-household
1833	IN: Franklin Co.	marriage (1) of daughter, Eliza, to Isaac SMALLEY
1834	IN: Franklin Co.	marriage (1) of daughter, Isabella, to Joseph FLOOD
1836	IN: Franklin Co.	marriage of son, James, to Rebecca GREGG
1836	OH: Hamilton Co.	marriage of son, William, to Phoebe NORRIS
1839		marriage (2) of daughter, Eliza, to Thomas NORRIS
1839-40	Indiana to Missouri	family moved
1840 Census	MO: Audrain Co.: Cuivre Twp.	Christian STRAUBE, head-of-household
1842	MO: Audrain Co.	marriage of daughter, Rebecca, to Jackson SOX
1842	MO: Audrain Co.	marriage (2) of daughter, Isabella, to William SOX
1842	MO: Audrain Co.	marriage of son, George, to Mariah ENSLEN
1849	MO: Audrain Co.	marriage of daughter, Mary, to Almarian DAVIS
1850	MO: Audrain Co.	death of son, Christian, Jr.
1850 Census	MO: Audrain Co.: District No. 4	Christian STRAWBY, head-of-household
1860 Census	MO: Audrain Co.: Cuivre Twp.	Christian STRAUBY, head-of-household
1865	MO: Audrain Co.	death of Mary (MILLER) STRAUBE
1867	MO: Audrain Co.	death of Christian STRAUBE

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

1b. Kentucky: County Marriages, 1797-1954 (online at familysearch.org):

Name Christian Strawby

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 01 Jul 1812

Event Place [County] Bracken, Kentucky

Spouse's Name Mary Miller

GS Film Number 344098

This is probably when and where the license was obtained.

1c. Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 (online at familysearch.org):

Name Christian Strawby

Spouse's Name Polly Miller

Event Date 02 Jul 1812

Event Place Brookville, Bracken, Kentucky

GS Film Number 344096

Reference ID 344096

This is probably the date and place of the wedding ceremony.

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 6 — mis-indexed as being in Bath Twp.; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 IN Franklin Co. Springfield Twp. Roll M33-13 (Book 1) p. 194 Ln. 11 Christian Strawberry 200010-20110-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = James (b. 1818)
= William (b. 1813)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Christian (b. 1789)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Isabelle (b. ca. 1815)
= Eliza (b. 1814)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = ?

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Mary (b. 1791)

1 person engaged in agriculture

STRAWBERRY is an extremely rare variant of STRAUBE (which is pronouned in two syllables, not one). In fact, the only other place I've seen STRAWBERRY used is by Christian's mother, when she remarried after the death of Christian's father.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #104 of 130; Franklin County was not enumerated by township, and the entire county was roughly alphabetized as one; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 IN Franklin Co. Roll M19-27 p. 316 Ln. 8 Strawbe Christian 112 000 100 - 220 000 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Christian Jr. (b. 1830)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = George (b. 1823/4)

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = James (b. 1818)
= William (b. 1812/3)

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = Christian (b. 1789)

2 females 4 or under 1825-1830 = Mary (b. 1827/8)
= Rebecca (b. 1824/5)

2 females 5-9 1820-1825 = Isabelle (b. ca. 1815)
= Eliza (b. 1814)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Mary (b. 1791)

Some of the children are tallied in the wrong age classes, but there can be no doubt these are our subjects.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 4 — indexed as being in "Cuine" Twp., "Howard" Co.; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 MO Audrain Co. Cuivre Twp. p. 8B Ln. 02 Christian Straube 010 100 100 - 100 210 100 0200000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Christian Jr. (b. 1830)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = George (b. 1823/4)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Christian (b. 1789)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Rebecca FLOOD (b. 1836/7)

2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Mary (b. 1827/8)
= Rebecca (b. 1824/5)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Isabell (STRAUBE) FLOOD (b. ca. 1815)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Mary (b. 1791)

2 persons employed in agriculture

5a. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #60 of 74): Dist. No. 4, Audrain Co., MO, p. 183A, 397/419, enumerated 12 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Christian Strawby 61 M Farmer 1200 Ky

Mary " 60 F Ky

Christian was born in PA (see 1860); I don't know whether Mary was born in VA or KY. Listed next to son, William H. STRAUBE, on one side, and daughter, Rebecca (STRAUBE) SOX, on the other side.

5b. 1850 Census Mortality Schedules (online at Ancestry.com):

Name State County Gender Age Birth Month Occupation

Christian Strauby Missouri Audrain M 20 Iowa Mar Farmer

The transcriber appears to be reading the abbreviation "Ia" as "Iowa" when, back then, it was the abbreviation for Indiana.

6. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #10 of 26): Hickory Creek P.O., Cuivre Twp., Audrain Co., MO, Roll 606 (Book 1), p. 762, PN 20, 133/141, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

Christian Strauby 71 M Farmer 1700 800 Pa

Mary " 72 F Va

Perry Socks 16 M farm labourer Mo

Sarah " 13 F Mo

Perry and Sarah SOCKS / SOX are their grandchildren, children of their daughter, Rebecca (STRAUBE) SOX. Listed next to their daughter, Eliza (STRAUBE) NORRIS.

7. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Except for the tombstone images and occasional death certificate,
this database consists of undocumented patron submissions, so caveat emptor.

Name: Christian Straube Mary "Polly" Miller Straube

Birth: 1789, PA Mar. 1, 1791, KY

Death: 1867, Audrain Co., MO Apr. 18, 1865, Audrain Co., MO

Burial: Fike Cemetery
Audrain Co., MO Fike Cemetery
Audrain Co., MO

Spouse Mary "Polly" Miller Straube Christian Straube

Children links to children links to children

Memorial # 68861781 68862024

8. William S. Bryan & Robert Rose. 1876. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri. Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, MO. On p. 289:

STROBE. -- Christian STROBE, of Pennsylvania, removed first to Indiana, and from thence to Audrain Co., Mo. His wife was Marry MILLER, of Kentucky, and they had -- William H., Eliza, James, Isabella, George, Rebecca, Mary, and Christian, Jr., most of whom have families, and live in Audrain and Montgomery counties.

Christian moved with his parents to Kentucky, where he then married, before moving to Indiana.

9. Straube Family Footprints, by Patricia Summers-Smith.

10. Emails from Patricia Summers-Smith.

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