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| Genealogy of STRAUB, TRAUB, STRAUBE, STROOP, and
STRUB
Five Germanic Surnames with Similar Spelling Variations, especially STROUP and TROUP Dedicated to the memory of my mother, Nina Gale (STRAUB) MATTHIESEN (1907-1991). |
| My late mother's surname was STRAUB; and this, the largest section
of my genealogy web site, is devoted to STRAUB in memory of her.
I have included four additional Germanic surnames — namely, STRAUBE, TRAUB,
STROOP, and STRUB — because they have similar spelling variations in the
United States, despite having different origins (see
discussion
below). This site may be searched using the Every-Name Indices, by
browsing, or by doing a Google search
using this phrase as one of the search terms: site:dgmweb.net
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A STRAUB Y-chromosome DNA Surname Project, including surnames STRAUBE, TRAUB, STROOP, and STRUB — plus any and all of their many spelling variations — is underway in collaboration with FamilyTreeDNA. This study is based on genetic testing of the male Y-chromosome, the results of which expand and support our knowledge of the genealogy of these surnames. Please read more about the study — and please consider participating in it! |
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Like most German surnames, STRAUB underwent a variety of spelling changes in the U.S., the most common variant being STROUP. Some of these variations are the same as variants of two other Germanic surnames: STROOP and STRUB, so I am including study of these surnames because, until the identity of the immigrant is known, the original spelling of the surname is uncertain. Surname TRAUB is included because conversions to STRAUB are known to have occurred. I am also including STRAUBE, though I have not found it confused with STRAUB, even when misspelled in America, because STRAUBE is pronounced in two syllables and STRAUB is pronounced in one. Most early German immigrants were illiterate farmers (or, if literate, literate only in German), so the spellings of their names usually became Anglicized. Later immigrants were more likely to be literate and, thus, to retain the original spelling of their name. 1a. STRAUB — has a primary origin in three adjacent regions: 1) southern Germany (Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Baden-Wuerttemberg), 2) the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland, and 3) the ethnic German enclave of Alsace-Lorraine in France. Eighteenth Century church records show that while most Germans emigrating from this region were bound for the west, especially the United States, some were migrating to eastern Europe. Thus we find some later STRAUB immigrants to the United States originating from Poland, Russia, Georgia, and Austro-Hungary/Romania. There were numerous STRAUB immigrants to the United States in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries; so, here in the U.S., this surname has the largest number of descendants of the five surnames. The most common spelling variation in America is STROUP. One of the earliest and most prolific progenitors of this group is Johann Pieter STRAUB I, the 1733 emigrant from Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Philadelphia, PA. 1b. STROPE — the earliest known STRAUB to America was Johannes STRAUB, a Palatine who immigrated to New York in 1710. His surname immediately converted to STRAUP, and his descendants are mostly STROPE, with some STROPES and STROUP. Branches moved westward across NY or south into Bradford Co., PA, then west to Greene Co., PA; later concentrations are found in Jackson, Fayette, and Medina Cos., OH. 2. STROOP — the "double-o" spelling of which is characteristically Dutch — has an origin in the Netherlands and adjacent Germany (Westphalia). The only U.S. immigrant known, so far, is the 1687 immigrant from Westphalia to Maryland, Mathias STROOP. It has long been held that Jacob STROUP I of Lincoln [now Gaston] Co., NC, was Mathias's descendant, but DNA testing has shown he is the Jacob who accompanied his father, Johann Pieter STRAUB I, when he immigrated to Philadelphia in 1733 (see No. 1a above). This leaves Mathias STROOP with no known descendants in the U.S. beyond his grandchildren, unless the (Adam) Michael STROUP of Washington Co., MD, was his descendant. By 1810, Michael's sons had settled in Highland Co., OH, where they greatly proliferated. 3. STRUB — has an origin in southern Germany similar to, though apparently more widespread than, surname STRAUB. Most later STRUB immigrants to the United States appear to have maintained the original spelling of their name, but early ones coverted to STRUP/STRUPP, then to STROOP, STROOPE, STROOPS, or STROUP. So far, most of these "transformed" STRUBs in the U.S. appear to be the descendants of just two immigrants: (1) Wilhelm STRUB of the Kurpfalz [Electoral Palatinate], who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1737, then settled in Frederick Co., VA. His descendants spread mainly up the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, then some to Highland Co., OH, and others to Arkansas. (2) Johannes STRUB, who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1751 where he then lived out his life. Descendants lived primary in Philadelphia and adjacent Delaware Co., PA, and New Castle Co., DE. 4. STRAUBE — has an origin primarily in northern and eastern Germany, specifically, in Pommerania, Mecklenburg, Saxony, and Thuringen (historically, "Prussia"). Nearly all of the early STRAUBEs in the U.S., up through the 1850 census, descend from a single progenitor whose descendents settled in Bracken and Campbell Counties in north-central Kentucky, then later in Audrain and Montgomery Counties in Missouri. Spelling variations in the U.S. include STROUBE, STROUBIE, STRAUBY, STRAWBY, STRAWBEE, etc. — even STRAWBERRY. 5. TRAUB — STRAUB and TRAUB are different German surnames with independent origins. |
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| STRAUB
Mailing List at RootsWeb
STRAUB, TRAUB, STRAUBE, STROUP, STROOP, etc. and all variations are welcome to join and participate. STRAUB-DNA
Mailing List at RootsWeb
See also STROUP and TROUP Mailing Lists at RootsWeb, and the Jacob STROUP Family at Yahoo Groups. |
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| Considerable work on STROPE has been compiled by Bonita Elaine "Bonnie"
STROPE, who has written a book on the family:
The book is both genealogy and family history, with many photographs, and is a "must have" for anyone descended from Johannes STRAUB, the earliest known STRAUB immigrant to the United States, in 1710 to New York. Most of his descendants converted to STROPE and some to STROUP. The information provided here at my web site is merely the genealogical "skeleton" of the early generations; it does not compare with the family history compiled by Bonnie STROPE. I hearby dedicate the STROPE pages at this site to Bonnie STROPE in recognition of her work on the family. |
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The Notable, the Notorious, and
the Infamous
Johann Baptist STRAUB (1704-1784), German Rococo sculptor |
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Some Useful Geography for STRAUB Researchers
Alsace-Lorraine — an Ethnic German Enclave in France
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FACTOIDS
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| Other Web Sites
— STRAUB / STROUP Genealogy Ancestors of Catharina Friedricha STRAUB compiled by Allen Potts— STRAUB Entrepreneurs J.N. Straub & Company Brewery [link died] - Allegheny City, PA; John N. STRAUB, founder in 1831— Useful Links for "Pennsylvania Deutsch" Researchers 19th Century Pennsylvania German Naming Customs— Other Useful Sites for STRAUB Researchers American Historical Society of Germans from Russia |
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| STRAUB
/ STROUP / etc. Placenames
Bob Straub State Park - Pacific City, Tillamook Co., OR; named for
Bob
STRAUB, late Governor of Oregon
Straube Branch (a.k.a., Strauby Branch) - trib. of Lick Ck.,
Pike Co., MO; named for landowner, Jim
STRAUBE Stroop Cemetery - Rutherford Co., TN
Stroube Dam/Lake - Henderson Co., TX (two of them)
Stroup Cemetery - Morgan Co., AL
Strube Dam/Lake - Lane Co., OR
Strup Lake - Lake Co., MN
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