Michael STRAUB & Anna Elisabetha __?_

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Michael STRAUB
Anna Elisabetha __?__

Husband: Michael STRAUB / STROUP
Birth: 1797, Bavaria [Germany]
Death: 1870s, presumably in Bedford Co., PA
Occupation: farmer

Marriage:
Transhumance: 1841, immigrated to Pennsylvania (see son Peter's 1900 census record)

Wife: Anna Elisabetha / Ann Elizabeth __?__
Birth: 1797, Bavaria [Germany]
Death: 1860s, presumably in Bedford Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Bavaria [Germany]:

There were probably earlier children.

1. Casper STRAUB/STROUP, b. 1828/9
2. Maria/Mary STROUP, b. 1832-35
3. Pieter STRAUB / Peter J. STROUP, b. Jul 1833/5/6
4. Friedrich STRAUB / Frederick STROUP, b. Nov 1838

Sources (n.b., there's a town named "Straub" in Juniata Twp., Bedford Co., Pa):

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316): not found, and I really looked.

3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29 of 33): Harrison Twp., Bedford Co., PA, p. 198A/395, 202/202, enumerated 12 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Michael Stroup 53 M Farmer 600 Germany

Elisabeth " 52 F "

Casper     " 21 M Farmer "

Peter      " 15 M " "

Frederick " 12 M Pa

May        " 17 F Germ

The ordering of the children may be an accident, but if deliberate, it means Mary is not their daughter.

4. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #249 of 696): Dry Ridge P.O., Juniata Twp., Bedford Co., PA, p. 247A, PN 27, 174/174, 11 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Michael Stroup 62 M Farmer 2000 600 Bavaria

Ann E      " 63 F

Mary       " 25 F

Peter      " 24 M Farm Hand

Frederick " 22 M do

Listed next to son, Casper STROUP.

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #18 of 37 — indexed "Stroup"): Juniata Twp., Bedford Co., PA, p. 493B, PN 18, 120/125, enumerated 27 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straup Michael 72 M W Live with family Bavaria

______ Catharine 34 F W Penna

______ John 15 M W works on farm do

______ Joseph 11 M W do

______ Sarah 9 F W do

______ William 6 M W do

______ George 4 M W do

______ Louisa 2 F W do

Catharine is the wife of Michael's son, Casper STROUP; the children are hers and Casper's. For some reason, Casper is living apart from his wife, six households away. They are listed next to Michael's son, Peter STROUP, who is next to Michael's son, Frederick STROUP.

6. LDS. Family Search: Census Records: 1880 United States (online at FamilySearch.org): not found, at least not in Bedford Co., PA.

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