1.  William Barton STRAUB was my maternal grandfather's only surviving brother.  We knew him as "Will," never Bill or William.

2.  Office of the Clerk Recorder, Santa Clara County, California. Marriage Certificates (formerly online at the Santa Clara County, California, official government web site):

Straub, William B

Fisher, Laura

03/03/1904

401063

3.  1900 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image 21-22 of 37):  Washington Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 83 (Book 1), pp. 255A-255B, SH 11-12, SD 1, ED 401, enumerated 15 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 had no data re our subject).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	13	14	15	19	20	22	23	24	25	27
222	223	Richmond, Edwin A	Head	W	M	Dec 1837	62	M	MA	MA	MA	Deputy Postmaster	0	Y	Y	Y	R	H
		[Edwin's wife]
[next page]
		[Edwin's children]
		Straub, William	boarder	W	M	Nov 1873	26	S	OH	Ger	Eng	Moulder	0	Y	Y	Y

Will's parents were not immigrants, although his father was of German descent and his mother was of English descent.  My grandfather (Will's brother, Bert), held the belief that their grandparents were the immigrants, but the truth is, our STRAUB ancestor was in Pennsylvania by 1733 and our CORBIN ancestor was in Maryland by 1671 — much earlier, obviously, than came down by family oral tradition.  I suspect the fact that Will and Bert moved to California, while the rest of the family remained in the East, may be the reason so little family lore (accurate or otherwise) was passed on to those of us in California.

4.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #109 of 325; online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 42):  3715 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland City (Ward 1), Oakland Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 69 (Book 4), p. 55A, SN 2A, SD 3, ED 82, enumerated 15 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).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	23	24	26	27	28
*	3715	29	33	Straub, William B	Head	M	W	36	M	6			OH	OH	OH	Eng	Foundryman	Empire Iron Foundry	Emp	Y	Y	O	M	H
				______, Laura E	Wife	F	W	30	M	6	1	1	CA	CA	CA	Eng	None			Y	Y
				______, Gertrude	Dau	F	W	2	S				CA	OH	CA	Eng	None
*Piedmont Ave.

5.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 38 — indexed "Straut"):  3474 Richmond Ave., Oakland City (Precinct 111), Oakland Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 89 (Book 1), p. 126A, SN 11A, SD 5, ED 74, enumerated 7 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).

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

10

11

12

16

17

18

19

21

23

25

26

27

28

*

3474

251

255

Straub William B

Head

M

W

45

M

Y

Y

OH

OH

OH

Y

Foundry man

Iron Works

Em

______ Laura E

Wife

F

W

41

M

Y

Y

CA

CA

CA

Y

None

______ Gertrude

Dau

F

W

12

S

Y

Y

Y

CA

CA

CA

Y

None

*Richmond Avenue

6.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 29):  3474 Richmond Ave., Oakland City, Oakland Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 103 (Book 2), p. 32B, SN 13B, ED 1-75, SD 8, Enumerated 12-14 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).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	24	25	26	27	28	30
*	3474	39	58	Straub William B	Head	O	????	R	N	M	W	56	M	38	N	Y	OH	OH	OH	Y	Proprietor	Foundry	E	Y	N
				______	Wife					F	W	51	M	25	N	Y	CA	CA	CA	Y	None
*Richmond

The scan of this image is terrible; I could barely read the record and could not begin to decipher the value in Column 8.

7.  California Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com).

Last Name

First Name

Middle

Birth Date

Mother Maiden

Father Last

Sex

Birth Place

Death Place [County]

Death Date

SSN

Age

Post'em

STRAUB

WILLIAM

BARTON

11/09/1873

CORBIN

STRAUB

M

OH

ALAMEDA

11/17/1956

573-18-1337

83

Yes

STRAUB

LAURA

E

07/04/1878

F

CA

MARIN

08/07/1970

573-18-1337

92

-

8.  California Birth Index, 1905-1910 (online at Ancestry.com):

Surname	Given Name	Middle Initial	Birth Date	Sex	Mother's Maiden Name	Birthplace [County]
STRAUB	GERTRUDE	E	06/07/1907	FEMALE	FISHER	ALAMEDA

9.  Frank Clinton Merritt.  1928.  History of Alameda County California.  S.J. Clarke Publ. Co., Chicago, Vol. II, pp. 398-401.  Biographical sketch of our subject, William Barton STRAUB. 

10.  Messages posted to the FISHER Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).