| Sources:
1. F. Edward Wright. 1993/4. Berks County Church
Records of the 18th Century. Vol. 3. Family Line Publ.,
Westminster, MD (Broderbund CD-166):
| Records of Rev. Waldschmidt |
| Valentine Straub, m. Elizabeth Reihm,
daughter of George Riehm, March 11, 1777, in my house. |
2. John T. Humphrey. 1997. Pennsylvania Births,
Berks County, 1710-1780. Humphrey Publ., Washington, DC (1998,
Broderbund CD-196):
Child: Christian Straup;
Birth/Baptism Date: 22 Apr 1791;
Location: First Reformed Church, Reading; County: Berks; State:
Pennsylvania;
Father; Valentin Straup; Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Straup. |
Child: Catharine Straup;
Birth/Baptism Date: 22 Aug 1793;
Location: First Reformed Church, Reading; County: Berks; State:
Pennsylvania;
Father: Valentin Straup; Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Straup. |
Child: Sarah Straup;
Birth/Baptism Date: 26 Apr 1796;
Location: First Reformed Church, Reading; County: Berks; State:
Pennsylvania;
Father: Valentin Straup; Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Straup. |
Census records show Christian to be younger, so this date may be wrong.
3. Statewide index of tax lists from Pennsylvannia for 1780, in
the Denver Public Library (extracted by Jim Burnell):•
| 1780 Tax List |
Straup, Valenn |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Reading |
p. 176 |
4. 1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #2 of 9 — mis-indexed "Straul"; extracted
by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
PA |
Northumberland Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 62 |
Ln. 2 |
Valentine Straub |
5-2-5-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 5 free white males |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= Valentine, Sr. (b. 1749)
= ?
= ?
= ?
= ? |
| 2 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5)
= George |
| 5 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1750-55)
= Elizabeth
= Esther
= Mary
= Susanna |
The four eldest boys are too old to be sons of Valentine and Elizabeth,
nor can they be accounted for among the ten children mentioned in Valentine's
will. Best guess is that they were other kin or hired help.
Listed one line below David STITZER and four lines above George MERKEL.
5a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund
CD-312). Please see my WARNING
regarding use of this database. The numerical data have the genders
switched.
| 1800 |
Shaub, Valentine |
PA |
Berks Co. |
p. 586 |
32101-1110100 |
5b. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #2 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 586 |
Ln. 23 |
Valentine Shaub |
11101-32101-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Christian (b. 1799/1800) |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5) |
| 1 male |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= George |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Valentine, Sr. (b. 1749) |
| 3 females |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Sarah (b. 1796)
= Catharine (b. 1793)
= Hannah (b. 1793) |
| 2 females |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Daughter C or D
= Daughter B or C |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= Daughter A or B |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1750-55) |
The four oldest boys/men are gone. One of the four daughters b. bef.
1790 has married.
6. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #86 of 181; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 119B/698 |
Valentine Stroup |
01211-02201-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= |
| 2 males |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Valentine, Sr. (b. 1749) |
| 2 females |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Sarah (b. 1796) |
| 2 females |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Elizaeth (b. 1750-55) |
7. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #4 of 12; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1820 |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 5B |
Valentine Stroup |
000011-01101-0-000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Valentine, Sr. (b. 1749) |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1794-1804 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1750-55) |
Listed one line above their daughter, Hanne, wife of Jacob
SCHILLING.
8. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #11 of 32; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 484 |
Ln. 7 |
Elisabeth Straub |
000 000 100 - 001 110 000 100 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
40-49 |
1780-1790 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1815-1820 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
15-19 |
1810-1815 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
70-79 |
1750-1760 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1750-55) |
Listed three lines below Elizabeth's daughter, Hanne, wife of Jacob
SCHILLING.
9. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #30 of 33; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
PA |
Berks Co. |
Cumru Twp. |
p. 377B |
Ln. 7 |
Elizabeth Stroup |
000 000 010 - 000 000 100 010 |
_______ |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= Valentine, Jr. (b. 1784/5) |
| 1 female |
40-49 |
1790-1800 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
80-89 |
1750-1760 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1750-55) |
Listed one line below Elizabeth's daughter, Hanne, wife of Jacob
SCHILLING.
10. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#13 of 92): Cumru Twp., Berks Co., PA, p. 337A, 96/100, enumerated
7 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale
Matthiesen). For full record, see Daniel
ALLENBAUGH's family group sheet.¤•
| Daniel Allenbaugh |
65 |
m |
farmer |
|
Penna |
|
| [Daniel's wife and children] |
| Valentine Straub |
60 |
m |
none |
|
" |
blind |
| Saml Shilling |
29 |
m |
none |
8000 |
" |
|
| Joseph Schlebaugh |
20 |
m |
none |
|
" |
|
Samuel
SHILLING is Valentine's nephew. Listed four households from Samuel's
brother, Ephraim SHILLLING.
11. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #30
of 33 — indexed "Strauk"): Morgantown
P.O., Cumru Twp., Berks Co., PA, p. 175, PN 61, 450/446, enumerated 7 Jul
1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen). For full record, see Samuel
SHILLING's family group sheet.¤•
| Samuel Shilling |
40 |
M |
|
Farmer |
10,000 |
2,789 |
Pa |
|
| [Samuel's wife and children] |
| Valentine Stroup |
75 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
Blind |
Valentine's blindness explains why he had a guardian and had a special
bequest in his father's will. Samuel is Valentine's nephew.
12. Jacob Martin & John P. Smith. n.b. Abstracts
of Berks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1800-1825. Family Line Publ,
Westminster, MD (Broderbund CD-209). "When two dates are given in
an abstract, the first date is normally the date that the will was written;
subsequent dates are usually dates on which witnesses appeared to attest
to the validity of the will or the date the court proved the will."
Cumru is a township in Berks Co., PA.
STRAUB, VALENTINE, Cumru.
March 9, 1824 - September 24, 1825.
Provides for wife.
Children: Valentine, George, Christian, Hannah
wife of Jacob SHILLING, Catharine, Sarah wife of John
LAMBERT, Esther wife of John BOYER, Mary wife
of Peter HERTZLER, Susanna, and Elizabeth (the latter
2 probably deceased) as their shares go to their children. To John
BOYER, a son-in-law £1000 as the trustee of Valentine,
a son, the interst to be paid to him during life and the principal at his
death to other heirs. Son George to receive his share whenever
he returns to Berks County.
Exrs: Jacob SHILLING, son-in-law.
Wit: Christian MILLER, Joseph WARNER and Elijah
DECKERT.
Letters granted Jacob SHILLING April 10, 1827.
Letters granted to Michael KRAEMER March 18, 1864 (sic). |
13. Anon. 1911. Genealogical & Biographical
Annals of Northumberland County. J.L. Floyd & Co., Chicago.
Biographical
sketches of Jacob Straub and his kin. Valentine settled on the
Tulpehocken Creek (which is in Cumru Twp.), Berks Co., PA. Valentine's
father settled in Columbia and is said to have lived out his days there,
with the implication that all of his children were born there.
14. John Updike. 1989. Self-consciousness: Memoirs.
Knopf, NY.
| The soft warm air had turned humid again, and I craved rain, remembering
how one could walk and stay dry under trees that no longer existed.
I was on the even-numbered side of Philadelphia Avenue, the side across
from my own house and hence slightly foreign. Near the corner, the
Gehrets' house of gray fieldstone was the oldest house in Shillington,
built in 1742 and, for a time, the home of Samuel
Shilling, who in 1860 laid out lots along Philadelphia Avenue and called
the development Shillingsville, a name upgraded in 1884, when a post office
was established. A series of men had married into this land.
Samuel's father, Jacob,
in 1816 had married the daughter of Valentine Straub, who in 1777
had married the daughter of George Riehm, who had bought two hundred
eighty acres from Jacob Weiss and Thomas Jones; they, in
1733 and 1734 respectively, had purchased their holdings directly from
William Penn. In 1761 Riehm had built the Three-Mile
House, an inn three miles from Reading on the Lancaster Pike. |
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