— born in KY, probably in McCracken Co., KY:
2.  Joseph STRAUB, b. 1836/7
3.  Anthony Andrew STRAUB, b. 1838-40

— born in McCracken Co., KY:
4.  William STRAUB, b. 1840/1/2/3
5.  Eliza C. STRAUB, b. 1843/4
6.  Peter STRAUB, b. 1845/6/7
7.  John A. STRAUB, b. Feb 1850; d. by 1860
8.  James A. STRAUB, b. 1852/3

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):  not found.

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9-10 of 48; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

KY

McCracken Co.

Roll M704_119

pp. 79B-80A

Ln. 22

George Straup

210 000 100 - 000 001

0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	4 or under	1835-1840	= Anthony (b. 1838/9) = Joseph (b. 1836/7)
1 male	5-9	1830-1835	= George (b. 1833/4)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= George (b. 1800/1)
1 female	30-39	1800-1810	= Margaret (b. 1807/8)
1	person employed in agriculture

3.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #43 of 77):  District No. 2, McCracken Co., KY, p. 182A, 285/286, enumerated 28 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Strop	49	M		Farmer	500	Germany
Margaret Strop	39	F				Germany
George Strop	16	M		Farmer		Pennsylvania
Joseph Strop	13	M				Kentucky
Anthony Strop	11	M				Kentucky
Wm Strop	9	M				Kentucky
Eliza C Strop	6	F				Kentucky
Peter Strop	3	M				Kentucky
John A Strop	3/12	M				Kentucky

4.  1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #82-83 of 219):  Paducah P.O., District No. 2, McCracken Co., KY, pp. 856-857, PN 82-83, 559/560, enumerated 14 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Strop	60	M		Farmer	2800	1500	Saxe Coburgh
Margaret  "	50	F					"
Joseph    "	23	M		Farm Laborer		200	Kentucky
Anthony   "	20	M		"			"
William   "	18	M		"			"
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Eliza C Strop	16	F					Kentucky
Peter     "	14	M					"
James A   "	7	M					"

5.  1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #107 of 365 — indexed "Strank"):  Paducah P.O., District No. 4, McCracken Co., KY, p. 54A, PN 23, 165/163, enumerated 25 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Strauh George	67	M	W	Farmer			Darmstadt
______ Margaret	62	F	W	Keeps House			"
______ Andrew	29	M	W	Farmer			Kentucky
______ William	27	M	W	Farmer			"
______ James	17	M	W	Farm hand			"
______ Amanda	8	F	W				"

Margaret is too old to be Amanda's mother; it's likely she's our subjects' granddaughter.

6.  1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 24):  Magisterial District No. 4, Hausers, McCracken Co., KY, p. 164A, PN 1, SD 1, ED 127, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880, 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).

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

14

15

24

25

26

Straub George

W

M

78

/

Retired Farmer

old age

Amstard

Amst

Amstar

______ Margret

W

F

70

Wife

/

Keeping House

Amstd

Amst

Amst

Straub Anda? A?

W

M

30

/

Farmer

3

Kentucky

Amst

Amst

Straub James A

W

M

24

/

Farmer

2

Kentucky

Amst

Amst

Straub William

W

M

26

Farmer

2

Kentucky

Amst

Amst

"Amstard" should surely be "Darmstadt."  Andrew should be 39 or 40, James should be 27, and William should be 37.  This enumerator used no dwelling/family numbers for anyone.

7.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #