1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Peter STRAUB Christening: 29 Jun 1850, Katholisch, Felldorf, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg Father: Anton STRAUB; Mother: M. Anna EGER Source: Kirchenbuch, 1801-1968. Katholische Kirche Felldorf (OA. Horb)

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, and I did page-by-page checks of Brookville, Jefferson Co., PA (where I did find Sebastian CHRIST, brewer); Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA; Fox Twp. (location of Kesrsey), Elk Co., PA; and Reserve Twp., Allegheny Co., PA (where I did find John N. STRAUB, brewer).

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 43):  Benzinger [now Saint Marys], Elk Co., PA, Roll T9_1125 (Book 1), p. 445B, PN 2, SD 10, ED 138, enumerated 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).

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24

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26

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14

Straub Peter

W

M

28

/

Brewer

Wurtemberg

Wurtemberg

Wurtemberg

______ Sabina

W

F

22

Wife

/

Keeping house

Pennsylvania

Prussia

Prussia

______ Frank

W

M

2

Son

/

Pennsylvania

Wurtemberg

Pennsylvania

______ Joseph

W

M

2/12

Mar

Son

/

Pennsylvania

Wurtemberg

Pennsylvania

Drufner? Joseph

W

M

26

Boarder

Teamster

Prussia

Prussia

Prussia

Listed next to Sabina's parents, F.X. [Francis Xavier] SORG (46, Prussia) and his wife, Crescentia (45, Wuerttemberg).

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 86 — indexed "Shant"):  St. Marys Borough, Elk Co., PA, Roll T623_1407 (Book 1), p. 288B, SN 14, SD 14, ED 43, enumerated 5 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).

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26

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28

235

238

Straub Peter

Head

W

M

Jun 1852

47

M

24

Ger

Ger

Ger

Brewer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

M

F

2

______ Sabina

Wife

W

F

Apr 1858

42

M

24

9

8

PA

Ger

Ger

1869

30

Y

Y

Y

______ Frank

Son

W

M

Sep 1877

22

S

PA

Ger

PA

Brewer

0

Y

Y

Y

______ Joseph

Son

W

M

Mar 1880

20

S

PA

Ger

PA

Day Labor

0

Y

Y

Y

______ Anthony

Son

W

M

Jul 1882

17

S

PA

Ger

PA

Teamster

0

Y

Y

N

______ Annie

Dau

W

F

Oct 1884

15

S

PA

Ger

PA

At School

8

Y

Y

Y

______ Jacob

Son

W

M

Jan 1887

13

S

PA

Ger

PA

At School

8

Y

Y

Y

______ Peter

Son

W

M

Feb 1893

7

S

PA

Ger

PA

______ J Gerrard

Son

W

M

Sep 1896

3

S

PA

Ger

PA

______ Mary

Dau

W

F

Nov 1899

6/12

S

PA

Ger

PA

Sorg Jacob

B in Law

W

M

Sep 1874

25

S

PA

Ger

Ger

S??? Engineer

0

Y

Y

Y

Druffnar? Sadie

Niece

W

F

Jul 1882

17

S

PA

Ger

PA

Y

Y

Y

Kaiser Josephine

Servant

W

F

Nov 1879

20

S

PA

PA

PA

Servant

0

Y

Y

Y

Walker Frank

Boarder

W

M

Feb 1862

38

S

PA

Ger

Ger

Day Labor

4

Y

Y

Y

Surely the immigration data were meant for Peter.

6.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #45 of 48):  414 Brussels Street, St. Marys Borough (east of Erie Avenue), Elk Co., PA, Roll T624_1341 (Part 2), p. 43A, SN 23A, SD 18, ED 50, Enumerated 25 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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428

431

Straub Peter P

Head

M

W

59

M1

34

Ger Ger

Ger Ger

Ger Ger

Eng

Proprietor

Brewery

Emp

N

0

Y

Y

O

F

H

______ Sabina

Wife

F

W

52

M1

34

10

9

PA

Ger Ger

Ger Ger

Eng

None

Y

Y

______ Anthony

Son

M

W

27

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

Brewer

Brewery

W

N

0

Y

Y

______ Annie A

Dau

F

W

25

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

None

Y

Y

______ Peter

Son

M

W

17

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Gerald

Son

M

W

13

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Marion

Dau

F

W

10

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Alphonse

Son

M

W

6

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

Rigard Cresentia M

Servant

F

W

23

S

PA

Ger Ger

PA

Eng

Cook

House

W

N

0

Y

Y

*Brussels Street

List next to Jacob P. SORG (35, PA).

7.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 68 — indexed "Strank"):  Sorg? Street, St. Marys Borough, Elk Co., PA, Roll T625_1564, p. 55A, SN 16A, SD 17, ED 21, enumerated 14 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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X

251

274

Straub Sabina

Head

O

F

F

W

62

Wd

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Bavaria Ger

German

Bavaria Ger

German

Y

Farmer

Genl Farm

Emp

2

______ Peter

Son

M

W

27

S

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Wuertemberg Ger

German

Pennsylvania

Y

Manager

Genl Farm

W

______ Gerard

Son

M

W

23

S

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Wuertemberg Ger

German

Pennsylvania

Y

Dep Coll

Int Rev

W

______ Mari??

Dau

F

W

22

S

N

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Wuertemberg Ger

German

Pennsylvania

Y

None

______ Alfonse

Son

M

W

16

S

Y

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Wuertemberg Ger

German

Pennsylvania

Y

None

Luhr ?nna

Dau

F

W

35

M

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Wuertemberg Ger

German

Pennsylvania

Y

None

____ Fred A

Son-in-Law

M

W

46

M

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Bavaria Ger

German

Bavaria Ger

German

Y

Proprietor

Drugstore

Emp

____ Mary Beth

GrandDau

F

W

6

S

Y

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

None

*Sorg? Street

8.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 43):  462 Brussels Street, St. Marys Borough, Elk Co., PA, Roll 2035, p. 35B, SN 14B, ED 24-23, SD 2, enumerated 11 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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289

Straub Sabina

Head

O

10,000

R

Y

F

W

72

Wd

N

PA

Ger

Ger

Y

None

1

______ Marion

Dau

F

W

30

S

Y

PA

Ger

PA

Y

None

______ Alphonse

Son

M

W

25

S

Y

PA

Ger

PA

Y

Lawyer

General Practice

O

Y

N

Luhr Fred A

Son in Law

M

W

56

M

39

N

PA

Ger

Ger

Y

Pharmacist

Drug Store

E

Y

N

____ Anna

Sister

F

W

45

M

28

N

PA

Ger

PA

Y

None

____ Mary B

Dau

F

W

16

S

Y

PA

PA

PA

Y

None

*Brussells Street

Listed four households from Sabina's widowed daughter-in-law, Rose (__?__) STRAUB.

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

10.  The History of Straub Beer (online at the web site of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Elk Co., PA — take link for full excerpt):

[To paraphrase:  Peter was "born" 28 Jun 1850 in Felldorf, Wuerttemberg, Germany, the son of Anton STRAUB & Anna Maria EGER.  He came to the U.S. in 1869.] John N. Straub [of Hesse-Darmstadt] had settled in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (currently Pittsburgh's North Side) where, in 1831, he opened a "brew pub" which grew into the J.N. Straub and Company Brewery.  Eventually, Straub and Company would merge with Eberhart and Ober to form the Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company (located at Pennsylvania Route 28 and Interstate 279).  The brewery was located in the building now occupied by the Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Penn Pilsner. It was with Eberhardt and Ober that young Peter secured employment under the managment of John Straub... Peter... moved north to Brookville [Jefferson County], where he perfected his brewing process while working in the [Sebastian] Christ and Algeir Brewery... He later moved to Benzinger (St. Marys), where he met and married Sabina Sorg of Benzinger.  The couple settled in Benzinger and had ten children: Francis X., Joseph A., Anthony A., Anna M., Jacob M., Peter M. (who died at two years of age), Peter P., Gerald B., Mary C., and Alphons J. Peter found employment in Benzinger with the Joseph Windfelder Brewery and he worked there until he purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery (founded by Captain Charles C. Volk in 1855) from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg.  It was then that Straub Beer was born; a smooth, old-world beer brewed to the same standards of quality and freshness as all the Straub beers since 1831.

The Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Company did not take over the J.N. Straub Brewery until 1883 (see sources below), so if Peter worked under John N. STRAUB, he had to have worked for the J.N. Straub Brewery, not Eberhardt & Ober.

11.  Greg Glaser.  26 Mar 2001. "Pre-1900 Regional Breweries." Modern Brewery Age (Norwalk, CT; online at findarticles.com):

Straub Brewery - 1872 St Mary's, PA 35,646 Bbls (1999) Beers: Straub Beer & Light Sold: PA, OH History Peter Straub, a German immigrant, trained in Germany as a cooper, a craftsman who made or repaired casks.  Desiring to be a brewer, he came to the U.S. in 1869 at the age of nineteen.  In Pennsylvania, Straub found work at the Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Co., later working at the Christ and Algeir Brewery and finally moving to Benzinger, PA (later renamed St. Mary's), where he worked for the Joseph Windfelder Brewery.  In 1872 Straub purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery (founded by Captain Charles C. Volk in 1855) from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg, and Straub Beer was born.

12.  "Historical Society Tours Brewery, Learns Traditions." The Ridgway Record (Ridgway, Elk Co., PA), Wednesday, 17 Mar 2004 (online at www.ridgwayrecord.com):

...[Peter] initially settled in what is now Pittsburgh's North Side, and worked, coincidentally, at the John N. Straub Brewery & Co.  That brewery and the Eberhart & Ober Brewery consolidated in 1883 and sixteen years later, the two formerly separate companies joined with others to form the Pittsburgh Brewing Company.  Peter eventually moved north, working in various breweries in Brookville, Centerville (now Kersey), and others until he settled in St. Marys.  There, he was employed at the Benzinger Spring Brewery.  While working at Benzinger Spring, Peter married Sabina Sorg on Nov. 23, 1875.  Sabina was the daughter of the owner and operator of the brewery, Francis Xavier Sorg.  Peter and Sabina's married life was blessed with 10 children and today there are over 300 descendants.  Peter began purchasing the brewery from Mr. Sorg while working there.  Eventually, Peter assumed full ownership and oversaw the business until his death on Dec. 17, 1913.  After Peter's death, his sons operated the establishment and renamed it the Peter Straub Sons Brewery.  The name changed to the Straub Brewery Inc. in 1947...

13.  Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company Records, 1882-1906.  RG 40, Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University (online at the Penn State Library web site):  the Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Company absorbed the J.N. Straub Brewing Company in 1883.

14.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

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