1.  The Four Sisters (ca. 1895-1900):  Lucetta, Lucinda, Maria, and Odilva (photo courtesy of Gordon Coleman). 
[Note to my first cousins:  these are Grampa Bert's aunts.]

2.  Tombstone of Andrew STRAUB, Waldo Cemetery, Waldo, Marion Co., OH (photo courtesy of Mark Hross):

ANDREW STRAUB DIED Feb 1, 1858 Aged 60 ys 5 ms 20 ds

1.  Interview of my mother, Nina Gale (STRAUB) MATTHIESEN, daughter of Albert Roy "Bert" STRAUB, grandson of our subject (via son, George).  She told me Bert's grandfather was "Andrew S. STRAUB," who came from "somewhere in the east" (as in "east of Ohio," viz., Pennsylvania).  My maternal grandmother (Bert STRAUB's wife), told me we were "Pennsylvania Dutch" — who are, of course, Deutsch, not Dutch!

2.  Allen L. Potts.  Marion County, Ohio, Probate Court Marriage Records, Vols. I-XII, 1824-1902 (online at Heritage Pursuit):

Straub, Andrew	Crawford, Priscilla	3/3/1825	JP Thomas Rogers
Stroub, Andrew	Cupp, Nancy	10/4/1836	JP Daniel Osborn

3.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830

OH

Delaware [now Marion] Co.

Marlborough [now Waldo] Twp.

p. 89

Ln. 17

Andrew Straub

100 001 - 000 010

These numbers indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1825-1830	= John (b. 1828)
1 male	30-39	1790-1800	= Andrew (b. 1797)
female	20-29	1800-1810	= Priscilla (b. 1804)

4.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1-2 of 4 — indexed "Strout"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

OH

Delaware [now Marion] Co.

Marlborough [now Waldo] Twp.

Town of Waldo

pp. 255B-256A

Ln. 25

Andrew Stroub

211 000 100 - 000 210 000

0010000

These numbers indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	4 or under	1835-1840	= William (b. 1838/9) = Joel (b. 1837)
1 male	5-9	1830-1835	= Paul (b. 1830)
1 male	10-14	1825-1830	= John (b. 1828)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Andrew (b. 1797)
2 females	15-19	1820-1825	= ?* = ?*
1 female	20-29	1810-1820	= Nancy (b. 1814)
1	person engaged in commerce

*The girls are too old to be Nancy's daughters.  They did not show up in the 1830 Census, so they cannot be Priscilla's — or even Andrew's— daughters.  They could easily be hired help.  Andrew was a merchant living over his store in "downtown" Waldo [my grandfather, Andrew's grandson, had memories of the store], so between having the store and Nancy having four sons and no daughters, I can see them hiring a couple of live-in girls to help.  Listed next to Andrew's presumed brother, Samuel STRAUB. 

5.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15 of 24):  Waldo Town, Marion Co., OH, p. 8A/15, 108/108, enumerated 7 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Andrew Stroub	52	M		Merchant	4000	Pa
Nancy	36	F				O
John	21	M		Clerk		O
Paul	20	M		Tailor		O
Joel	13	M				O
William S	11	M				O
Lucetta	8	F				O
Lucinda Stroub	5	F				O
Mariah	4	F				O
George	3	M				O
B F	2	M				O

John and Paul are children of Andrew's first wife, Priscilla CRAWFORD; the rest are Nancy's.  Listed next to Silas CRAWFORD.  I have no idea why Lucinda was given her surname, but it caused her to be indexed, in addition to Andrew.

6.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #4 of 6):  Waldo P.O., Village of Waldo, Marion Co., OH, Roll 1006 (Book 1), p. 412B, PN 100, enumerated 11 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

720	720	Nancy Straub	44	F			1000	700	Ohio
		William S  "	21	M		Merchant			Do
		Lucetta    "	19	F		Teaching School			Do
		Lucinda    "	17	F					Do
		Maria A    "	15	F					Do
		George W   "	14	M					Do
		Benjamin F "	12	M					Do
		Odilva J   "	9	F					Do
	721	Joseph H VanDeman	31	M		Physician		300	Do
		Rebecca     "	31	F					Do

7a.  1870 Census Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #2 of 8):  Waldo P.O., Village of Waldo, Marion Co., OH, Roll 1240 (Book 1), p. 210B, PN 2, enumerated 7 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

9	10	Stroub Nancy	55	F	W	Keeping house	400	750	Ohio
		______ Joel	32	M	W	Day Labour			"
		______ Odilva J	19	F	W	School Teacher			"
	11	Wilson A Coleman	25	M	W	Carpenter			"
		Mariah A    "	25	F	W	Keeping house			"
		Cora R      "	3	F	W				"
		Joseph W    "	1	M	W				"

Mariah Ann (STRAUB) COLEMAN is Nancy's daughter.  Listed next to Wilson's brother, Valentine COLEMAN, Jr., who is next to George CRAWFORD. 

7b.  1870 Census Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #14 of 32 — indexed "Strout"):  Waldo P.O., Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH, p. 153B, PN 14, 107/111, enumerated 11 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

107	111	Stratton Henry	48	M	W	Blacksmith	400	???	Ohio
		________ Mary	87	F	W	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
		________ Laura	18	F	W				Ohio
		________ Elizabeth	13	F	W				Do
		________ William	11	M	W				Do
	112	Stroub Lucetta M	29	F	W	Milliner		500	Do
		______ Lucinda	27	F	W	Seamstress			Do

8.  1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 22):  Incorporated Village of Waldo, Marion Co., OH, Roll 1046 (Book 1), p. 122C, PN 3, SD 5, ED 95, actual enumeration date not given, 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	10	11	13	14	20	24	25	26
29	30	Coleman Wilson	W	M	36		/		Carpenter			OH	PA	PA
		_______ Mariah A	W	F	35	Wife	/		Keeping house			OH	PA	OH
		[Wilson & Maria's children]
		Straub Nancy	W	F	65			/	Boarding	12	/	OH	PA	PA

It's a mystery why the enumerator didn't put "mother-in-law" in the relationship column for Nancy.  Also, Wilson and Maria are living in Nancy's house, so she could hardly be considered a boarder in her own home!  Column 20 indicates Nancy is disabled.  Listed four household from Nancy's step-son, John J. STRAUB, who is listed next to Martha (CORBIN) BENSLEY, widowed sister-in-law of Nancy's son, George Washington STRAUB, husband of Sarah E. CORBIN. 

9.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Population Schedules were destroyed.

10a.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 24):  109 Olney Ave., Marion City (Ward 6), Marion Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll T623_1302, p. 204A, SN 2, SD 12, ED 65, enumerated 2 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  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

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

27

*

109

31

32

Elliot Shannon

Head

W

M

Jan 1850

50

M

26

IN

IN

IN

Stationary Engineer

0

Y

Y

Y

R

H

______ Odilva

Wife

W

F

May 1851

49

M

26

3

3

OH

PA

OH

Y

Y

Y

______ Guy

Son

W

M

Jul 1875

24

S

OH

IN

IN

Iron Moulder

0

Y

Y

Y

______ Homer

Son

W

M

Apr 1877

22

S

OH

IN

IN

Tinner

0

Y

Y

Y

______ Harry

Son

W

M

Mar 1884

16

S

OH

IN

IN

At School

9

Y

Y

Y

Straub Nancy

M in Law

W

F

May 1815

85

WD

19

9

7

OH

PA

PA

Y

Y

Y

*Olney Ave

10b.  1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #19 of 20):  Prospect Village, Marion Co., OH, Roll 1302 (Book 1), p. 269A, SN 10, SD 12, ED 69, enumerated 21 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  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

8

9

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

231

241

McCauseland, Mary L

Head

W

F

Jan 1841

59

Wd

1

1

OH

PA

OH

Milliner

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

H

___________, Bess C

Daughter

W

F

May 1874

26

S

OH

OH

OH

Milliner

0

Y

Y

Y

___________, Nancy

Mother

W

F

May 1815

85

Wd

10

7

OH

OH

OH

Y

Y

Y

___________, Jacob E

Boarder

W

M

Jan 1850

50

S

OH

VA

VA

Real Est. Agt.

0

Y

Y

Y

Nancy is not surnamed McCAUSLAND, and it's unlikely that Jacob was either.  Nancy (CUPP) STRAUB was born in OH, but her parents were born in PA.

11.  Marion Newspaper, 11 Feb 1858 (courtesy of Sharon Moore):

Died--at his residence in Waldo, Marion county, Ohio, with Typhoid Pneumonia, Feb 1st 1858, Andrew Stroub, at the advanced age of sixty years.

12.  Paul J. & Barbara Midlam.  1985.  Marion County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions (online at Heritage Pursuit):

STRAUB, Andrew

d Feb 1 1858 Aged: 60y 5m 20d

Waldo [Cemetery]

Waldo [Twp.]

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

Name	Deathdate	Age at Death	Result
Andrew STRAUB	1 Feb 1858	20d 5m 60y	12 Aug 1797
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

14.  Anon.  Saturday, 17 Nov 1923.  "Twenty Years Ago." The Marion Daily Star, Marion, Marion Co., OH (online at Ancestry.com) — on p. 8:

Mrs. Nancy Straub, eighty-eight, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Shannon T. Elliott, No. 109 Olney avenue.

15.  In the 1878 Atlas of Marion County, Ohio, from Records and Original Surveys... (Harrison, Sutton, & Hare, Philadelphia; 1997 facsimile reprint by Windmill Publ., Mt. Vernon, IN, for the Marion County Historical Society), p. 93, on map of Waldo:  "S.T. Elliott" is shown living with "Nancy Straub," on the corner of the public square and Portland Street.  [Sherman T. Elliott is the husband of Nancy's daughter, Odilva.]

16.  J. Wilber Jacoby.  1907.  A History of Marion County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens.  Biographical Publ. Co., Chicago, IL (online at Heritage Pursuit).  There is a brief mention of Andrew Straub in the "Waldo" section of Chapter VII:

The village was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature in February, 1845, and in May following, Judson A. Bebe was elected mayor; John J. Jacobs, recorder; and John Porterfield, Andrew Straub, Jasper Partridge, John Byers and Chancy Lewis, trustees.  The present officers of the village are W.E. Selanders, mayor; J.P. Augenstein, clerk; J.D. Bower, treasurer, and J.L. Shroats, marshal.

J.P. AUGENSTEIN is Andrew's grandson-in-law. 

17.  From Abstracts from Miscellaneous Delaware County, Ohio, Newspapers, 1821-1857, extracted by Mary V. Reed (1992, self-published, Delaware, OH).  In the Olentangy Gazette, 13 Apr 1855, under "Settlement of Estates," "Andrew STROUB" is listed as "administrator of Isaac WORLINE dec'd" and "administrator de bonis non of Arthur D. EVORE dec'd."  (courtesy of the DCGS/DCHS).  [The maiden name of the mother-in-law of Andrew's grandson, Henry Wharton STRAUB, was WORLINE, though I can't place Isaac WORLINE.]

18.  U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The Official Land Patent Records Office.

Date	Cert.No.	Land Office	Authority	Patented By	Acres	Aliquot Sec.Twp.Rng	State	County*
19 Feb 1822	812	Delaware	sale-cash	Andrew Stroub of the State of Pennsylvania	80	E½ NE¼ S22.T6S.R15E	OH	Marion
19 Feb 1822	813	Delaware	sale-cash	Andrew Stroub of the State of Pennsylvania	80	W½ NE¼ S11.T6S.R15E	OH	Marion
19 Feb 1822	814	Delaware	sale-cash	Andrew Stroub of the State of Pennsylvania	80	E½ NW¼ S02.T6S.R15E	OH	Marion
*The county is not given on the original certificate, which describes the location of the land solely in terms of Aliquot, Section, Township, and Range.  The county names must have been added to the database at some later time, probably when the certificate data were computerized.

19.  Delaware County Land Records.  In a letter dated 1 Jul 1998 from Marilyn M. Cryder, Delaware County Historical Society:

Vol.  6, p. 388	30 May 1823	Andrew Stroub from John Stainer, in Range 19 Township 7
Vol.  7, p. 152	28 Apr 1824	Andrew Stroub from James Muncy, in Range 19 Township 7
Vol. 10, p. 333	19 Sep 1831	Andrew Straub from George W. Gladwele, in Range 19, Township 7, Section 13

20a.  Jane Peppler.  1999.  Marion County, Ohio, Deed Book, Volume I, 1821-1825 (online at Heritage Pursuit):

Page	Grantor	Grantee	Date Signed	Neighbors/Witnesses
171	USA	Andrew Stroub	2/19/1822
171	Andrew Stroub	Benjamin Stroub	3/04/1824	Paul Crawford; Jacob Crawford

As far as we know, Andrew is unmarried at this point.  Benjamin STRAUB is Andrew's brother.  Paul and Jacob CRAWFORD are Andrew's future brothers-in-law. 

20b.  Jane Peppler.  1999.  Marion County, Ohio, Deed Book, Volume 4, 1831-1832 (online at Heritage Pursuit):

Page	Grantor	Grantee	Date Signed	Neighbors/Witnesses
266	Andrew Stroub & Priscilla Stroub	Joseph Myers	6/28/1825	J. Jones; [unreadable]

20c.  Jane Peppler.  1999.  Marion County, Ohio, Deed Book, Volume 5, 1832-1833 (online at Heritage Pursuit):

Page	Grantor	Grantee	Date Signed	Neighbors/Witnesses
225	Andrew Stroub and Priscilla Stroub	Samuel Stroub	6/07/1826	John M Draver; Paul Crawford
226	Samuel Stroub	John Herman	6/06/1832	Andrew Stroub; Peter Crawford
499	Samuel Stroub	Henry Sr. Shaver	10/24/1832	Andrew Stroub; Joseph Wesson
651	John Jones and Susanna Jones	Herb Swaderer	2/20/1834	Andrew Stroub; John Stealey

Paul and Peter CRAWFORD are Priscilla's brothers.  Samuel STRAUB is presumably Andrew's brother.  I wonder... is John STEALEY in any way related to the STEHLE/STEELY/STEALEYs of Mifflin Co., PA, who intermarried there with STRAUB? 

21.  Anon.  Saturday, 13 Jul 1895.  "Real Estate Transfers." The Marion Daily Star (Marion, OH).  Vol. XVIII., No. 200, p. 2 (online at Ancestry.com):

Nancy Straub to Mary G. Benedict, part of lot 101 in Waldo, $40.

22.  Edna S. Dutton.  5 Dec 1951.  "Marion County History Brevities."  The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, p. 6 (online at Ancestry.com):

Milo D. Pettibone operated a tavern in the village of Waldo in the early 1830's.  Wesson, Hass, and Brundige were the first merchants, Danial Sturges the first blacksmith, and Dr. Lewis the first physician in the village.  Waldo was incorporatd as a village by a special act of the legislature in February 1845.  The following May, Judson A. Bebe was elected mayor; John J. Jacobs, recorder; and John Porterfield, Andrew Straub, Jasper Partridge, John Byers, and Chancy Lewis, trustees.

The significant thing here, for us, is the mention of HASS/HAAS because Andrew's brother, Benjamin, married a HAAS.  But Benjamin STRAUB married Elizabeth HAAS back in PA, and I had not suspected any HAAS'es had come to Marion Co.  It is our family's oral tradition that Andrew owned the tavern in Waldo.  My maternal grandfather, Albert STRAUB (Andrew's grandson), who was born in Prospect, but grew up in Waldo, said he remembered a large, two-story tavern made of logs and constructed by the local Amerindians under the direction of his grandfather.  He said his grandparents lived in the upper story of the building (Andrew was deceased before my grandfather was born, but Andrew's wife, Nancy, lived well into her 80s, so my grandfather was an adult when she died).

23.  Allen L. Potts, compiler.  German's to Marion County, Ohio (online at HeritagePursuit.com):

Name	Birth Date Death Date	Birth Place Death Place	Father Mother	Imm. Date	Spouse Marriage Date
Straub, Andrew	Sep 12, 1797 Feb 1, 1858	Germany	Imm. 1809/1812	1809Wa	Cupp, Nancy Oct 4,1836

I don't know what to make of this record because there's never been any doubt that Andrew was born in PA.  I've written to Allen for further information.

24.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 40, Pedigree No. 820.

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