George STROUP & Leah STEFFEN

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George STRAUB
Leah STEFFEN

Husband: George STRAUB
Birth: 2 Apr 1844, Washington Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA
Death: 5 Sep 1909
Father: Isaac STRAUB
Mother: Sophia WOODLING

Marriage:

Wife: Leah STEFFEN
Birth: ca. 17 Jun 1845, PA
Death (æ 46y 9m 18d): 4 Apr 1892
Disposition: buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Washington Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Father: Jacob STEFFEN
Mother: Maria/Mary "Polly" __?__

Children — born in Washington Twp., Snyder Co., PA:

1. Albert STRAUB, b. 1864/5
2. Jacob STRAUB, b. 1865/6
3. Rebecca STRAUB, b. 1867/8
4. Mary "Polly" STRAUB, b. 1869/70
5. Richard STRAUB, b. ca. 18 Feb 1872; d.s.p. 13 Jan 1892; bur. Ebenezer Cem.
6. Sarah "Sallie" STRAUB, b. 1873/4
7. Newton STRAUB, b. 1874/5
8. Elias STRAUB, b. 1876/7
9. Ellen C. STRAUB, b. 1880

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #28-29 of 39): Freeburg P.O., Washington Twp., Snyder Co., PA, pp. 181B-182A, PN 28-29, enumerated Jul 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1870: 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 9 10 16 17 19

203 220 Steffen Jacob 63 M W Laborer 100 Penna /

   "    Polly 64 F W Keeping house " / /

   "    Polly 18 F W " / /

   "    Kate 72 F W Keeping house " /

221 Stroup George 26 M W Laborer 100 " /

   "   Leah 25 F W Keeping house " /

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Stroup Albert 5 M W Penna

   "   Jacob 4 M W "

   "   Rebecca 2 F W "

Jacob & Polly are Leah's parents.

3. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):¤•

Census Place:Washington, Snyder, Pennsylvania

Source:FHL Film 1255194; NARA Film T9-1194; Pg 88C

Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Occupation Fa Mo

George STROUP Self M M W 35 PA - - -

Leah STROUP Wife F M W 33 PA - - -

Jacob STROUP Son M S W 14 PA - - -

Rebecca STROUP Dau F S W 12 PA - - -

Polly STROUP Dau F S W 10 PA - - -

Richard STROUP Son M S W 8 PA - - -

Sallie STROUP Dau F S W 6 PA - - -

Newton STROUP Son M S W 5 PA - - -

Elias STROUP Son M S W 3 PA - - -

Ellen C. STROUP Dau F S W 4M PA - - -

Albert's a little young to be farmed out; he may have died.

4. George W. Wagenseller. 1904. Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County, Penna. Wagenseller Publ., Middleburgh, PA (facsimile hard copies available from HigginsonBooks.com; online at the Snyder County PAGenWeb site):

p. 274 WASHINGTON TWP., EBENEZER CEMETERY...

p. 275 Straub, Leah, w of George, d Apr. 4, 1892, a 46 y 9 m 18 d.
Straub, Richard, son of George and Leah, d Jan. 13, 1892, a 19 y 10 m 26 d.

5. Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's JavaScript Birthday Calculator.

Entered Result

4 Apr 1892 18d 9m 46y 17 Jun 1845

13 Jan 1892 26d 10m 19y 18 Feb 1872

(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

6. Email from Sarah Walk (24 Aug 2002).

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