1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #37 of 49 — indexed "Shanle"):  Jackson Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M432_804, p. 234A, 242/242, enumerated 14 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Henry Straub	25	M		Farmer	700	Pa
Cathrine  "	24	F				Pa
Mary Krissinger	10	F				Pa

Mary is likely Cathrine's sister.

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 22):  Rebuck P.O., Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M653_1149, p. 683, PN 2, 7/7, enumerated 4 Jul 1960, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Henry Straw	36	M		Farmer	1200	296	Penna
Catherine "	31	F					"
Lidia     "	8	F					"
Henry     "	6	M					"
Benjamin  "	4	M					"
Oliver    "	2	M					"
Harriet   "	6/12	F					"

4a.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 21):  Paxinos P.O., Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M593_1385, p. 519B, PN 6, 35/37, enumerated 4 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straup Henry	43	M	W	Labr	800	150	Pennsylvania
______ Kate	43	F	W	Keepg House			"
______ Henry	16	M	W				"
______ Joseph	10	M	W				"
______ Catharine	7	F	W				"
______ Sarah	7	F	W				"
______ Emma	4	F	W				"
______ George	2	M	W				"

4b.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 21):  Paxinos P.O., Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M593_1385, p. 518B, PN 4, 21/22, enumerated 3 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Shreffler Harrison	28	M	W	Farmer			Pennsylvania
[Harrison's wife and children et al.]
Straub	13	M	W	Farm Labr			"

The STRAUB boy must be Oliver.

4c.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 23):  Paxinos P.O., Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M593_1385, p. 507A, PN 5, 28/31, enumerated 11 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Kehler Elias	26	M	W	Farmer	3000	800	Pennsylvania
[Elias's wife and child]
Straub Benjamin	12	M	W				"

4c.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 21):  Paxinos P.O., Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll M593_1385, p. 527A, PN 21, 132/144, enumerated 10 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Reitz Harrison	34	M	W	Farmer	2500	800	Pennsylvania
[Harrison's wife and child]
Straub Harriet	11	F	W				"

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 17):  Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, Roll T9_1164, p. 552A, PN 1, SD 3, ED 171, enumerated 2 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).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

21

22

23

24

25

26

6

6

Stroub Henry

W

M

53

/

Laborer

PA

PA

PA

"   Kate

W

F

54

Wife

/

Keeping house

/

PA

PA

PA

"   Benjamin

W

M

24

Son

/

Laborer

/

/

PA

PA

PA

"   Joseph

W

M

19

Son

/

Laborer

/

PA

PA

PA

"   Catharine

W

F

17

Dau

/

At home

/

/

PA

PA

PA

"   Emma

W

F

14

Dau

/

At home

/

PA

PA

PA

"   George

W

M

12

Son

/

At home

/

/

PA

PA

PA

Williard Charles

W

M

4

Gson

/

At home

/

/

PA

PA

PA

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  William R. Polan, Jr. & Dave Donmoyer, compilers.  2002.  Shamokin Cemetery Company Burial Records, Northumberland County, PA (online in the FTP archives of Northumberland County PAGenWeb; contributed by William R. Polan, Jr.):

1885... George Straub, August 21, Dysentery, 17-5-4, August 22, Single Grave...

8.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.

Name	Deathdate	Age at Death	Result
George STRAUB	21 Aug 1885	4d 5m 17y	17 Mar 1868
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

9.  Email from Stephen Straub, Merle Fetter, Vicki R. Straub.