1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Julius NILSESTREN (æ ??, b. WI/NO/NO) & wife Clara (æ 2?, b. WI/NO/NO) are living in Arcadia Village, Arcadia Twp., Trempealeau Co., WI (pp. 49B-50A), with one child and widowed father, Johan NILSESTREN? (æ 75, b. NO/NO/NO; immigrated 1865), et al. [record hard to read]

3.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Alvina NILSESTUEN (æ 8, b. WI/WI/WI) is living in Arcadia Twp., Trempealeau Co., WI (p. 24A), with her parents, Julius NILSESTUEN (æ 43, b. WI/NO/NO) & Clara (æ 34, b. WI/NO/WI), plus siblings.

4.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find Gordon.  Elvena NELSESTUEN (æ 18, b. WI/WI/WI) is living in Arcadia Twp., Trempealeau Co., WI (p. 43B), with her parents, Julius NELSESTUEN (æ 52, b. WI/NO/SE) and Clara (æ 43, b. WI/WI/WI), plus siblings and uncle.

5.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued	Post-em
GORDON A STRAUB	20 Mar 1910	30 Jun 1999 (V)	22039 (Fairfax Station, Fairfax, VA)	395-09-5280	WI	Yes
ELVENA STRAUB	08 Aug 1911	16 Feb 1990	(none specified)	394-32-8523	WI	Yes
(V) = (Verified) Report verified with a family member or someone acting on behalf of a family member.

6.  Bill Sheehan.  2000.  At the Foot of the Story Tree: an Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub.  Subterranean Press, Burton, MI (excerpt online at StealthPress.com [link died]).

7.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 11, Pedigree #2987.

8.  Messages posted to the STRAUB Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).