| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund
CD-314): no Moses STRAUB/STROUP/etc. found in PA.
3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #17 of 24; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1830 |
STROUP, Moses |
PA |
Mifflin [now Juniata] Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
p. 405 |
Ln. 24 |
120 010 - 000 010 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
4 or under |
1825-1830 |
= John (b. 1826/7) |
| 2 males |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= Son B
= Son A |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= Moses |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= Catherine |
Listed three lines down from Christian BAY, who is three lines down from
Andrew SHETTERLY. Lots of RHODES neighbors, too.
4. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #5 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1840 |
PA |
Juniata Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
pp. 219B-220A |
Ln. 25 |
Moses Stroub |
211 001 - 110 001 |
0100000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 males |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Frederick (b. 1838/9)
= Daniel (b. 1837) |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Jacob (b. 1830) |
| 1 male |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= John (b. 1826/7) |
| 1 male |
30-39 |
1800-1810 |
= Moses |
| 1 female |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Keziah (b. 1833/4) |
| 1 female |
30-39 |
1800-1810 |
= Catherine |
| 1 |
persons engaged in agriculture |
Listed five lines from Michael
STROUB, in one direction; and, in the other direction, listed two lines
from Jacob BAY, who is next door to Adam KARSTETTER, who is next door to
Abraham ZELLER, who is four lines from Eli HAAS, who is nine lines from
Henry ZELLER.
5. 1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Images are
duplicated #24-25 and 27-48 of 44): Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co.,
PA, pp. 313B-314A, 2061/2091, enumerated 4 Nov 1850, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| Jno Straub |
24 |
M |
Farmer |
1600 |
Pennsylvania |
| Cath Straub |
63 |
F |
|
|
" |
| Jacob Straub |
20 |
M |
Farmer |
|
" |
| Susan Straub |
18 |
F |
|
|
" |
| Kesiah
Straub |
16 |
F |
|
|
" |
| [next page] |
| Daniel Straub |
13 |
M |
|
|
" |
| Fredk Straub |
11 |
M |
|
|
" |
| Levi Straub |
8 |
M |
|
|
" |
| Susan
Straub |
6 |
F |
|
|
" |
Widow Catharine's age is waaay off; she should be in her 40s.
Some sources say the older Susan is Jacob's wife, but Jacob's future wife
is still living with her parents in the 1850 census; plus, if our subjects'
daughter, Susan, was "of age" (i.e., 21) in 1855, she has to
be the older Susan here. Also based on the Orphan's Court proceedings,
the six-year-old "Susan" has to be Lucinda (cf. 1860), and the 16-yr-old
"Kesiah" has to be Catharine. Listed four households from Jacob &
Mary BAY.
6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #146
of 430): Richfield P.O., Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 618,
PN 212, 1473/1, enumerated 30 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun
1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| Cath Stroup |
45 |
F |
|
widow |
400 |
300 |
Penna |
| Levi |
18 |
M |
|
F Laborer |
|
|
" |
| Lucinda |
16 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Jacob |
14 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
Catharine should be in her 50s. Who is Jacob?
7. 1870
8. Will of Moses STRAUB, #3840, Juniata Co., PA (courtesy
of Sue Davis):
| At an Orphans Court held at Mifflintown in and for said county.
Before the Honorable the judges of Said Court May Term 1855.
The petition of John Shuler
and Samuel Dimm respectfully represents
that the former is Guardian of Daniel, Frederick, Levi
and Lucinda Stroub and the latter is Guardian of Catherine Stroub
they being Minor Children of Moses Stroub late of Greenwood Township
Juniata County Deceased. That the said Moses Stroub died leaving
a widow Catherine Stroub and an issue of eight children to
wit John Stroub, Jacob Stroub
and
Susan Stroub they
being of full age and Daniel Stroub,
Frederick Stroub,
Levi
Stroub and Lucinda Stroub they being under age and have for
their Guardian Joseph Shuler and
Catherine
Stroub being a minor who has for Samuel Dimm
for Guardian. That the said Moses Stroub died seized in his
demesne (among other lands) of a tract of land situated in Greenwood Township
in the said County containing about fifty nine acres and one hundred &
twenty _______ more or less, having thereon erected a small log house--about
ten acres thereof cleared, Adjoining lands of
John
Stroub, John Sight? and
others, that the said real estate has become so unproductive & expensive
and is in such a state of delapidation and decay and that it would be their
interest to have the same sold. Subject to the widows dower.
And John, Jacob and Susans
interest. They therefore pray your honors to grant them an order
to make sale of the interest of said minors in the real estate above described.
And now May the 9th 1855 the above petition being read the Court
upon due consideration grant the prayer of petitioners, and order and direct
them to make sale of the above described tract of land by public venue
on the premises, to sell the interest and estates of their respective wards
on the thirtieth day of July 1855 first giving due & legal notice of
the time & place of sale, and sell the same subject to the Widows dower,
one third of the purchase money to be paid on confirmation of the sale,
one third in one year thereafter with interest, and the residue on the
death of the widow, the interest thereof to be paid to her annually during
her natural life, and they to make report of their proceedings to the next
Orphans Court.
By the Court In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affirmed the seal of office at Mifflintown 19th May 1855.
A. Magonaugh Clrk O.C.
|
I'm troubled by the fact that there is no Catharine in the 1850 census
with her mother. Is she the youngest daughter, who's been mis-labeld
Susan? If Susan is of "full" age (i.e., 21) in 1855, then
she has to be the older Susan in the 1850 census. I wonder
Is the above Samuel DIMM this
Samuel DIMM?
8. George W. Wagenseller. 1919-20. Snyder County
Annals. 2 vols. Middleburgh Post, Middleburgh, PA. Sue Davis
cites v. 1, p. 45:
Items from the New Berlin Union Star, issue of 21 Dec 1848:
Advertisements - Orphans' Court sale of property of the estate
of Moses Straub, deceased. |
9. Transcription of the Will of Catherine STROUP (courtesy
of Susan M. (Gates) Davis):
| WILL OF CATHERINE STROUP #2067 Juniata County, Probated 1872.
In the name of God and I Catharine Stroup of Susquehanna
Twp., Juniata Co. Pa. Being of sound and _______ mind and memory do make
and publish this as my last will and testament ___________.
I give and bequeath unto my grandson, Alfred Zellars the
full share of his mother Catherine Dressler, which she the said
Catherine could or might have inherited under the interstate laws of this
commonwealth in my real and personal estate and effects.
Item I give and bequeth unto my granddaughter Jane Dressler,
daughter of Lucinda Eby, one acre of ground, situated in the township
afore said, having thereon erected a dwelling house at present occupied
by William Eby and I direct that the value of the one acre bequeathed
to the said Jane Dressler shall be deducted from the share of my
daughter Lucinda Eby.
Item, I direct that the balance of my estate shall be divided among
my children, share and share alike, with the exception of Catherine
Dressler, whose share I have as aforesaid bequeathed to her son, Alfred
Zellars. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand of seal
this 20th May AD 1870 signed sealed & acknowledged in presence of G.
Cary Sharp and M.B. Holman? |
10. Susan M. (Gates) Davis. Gates,
VanderWerf, Davis, Stroup Genealogy.
11. Emails from Susan M. (Gates) Davis.
12. Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com). |
