I have read most of your postings with interest, but think it is possible that my ancestors were from some very isolated branch of a very large family. Anyway maybe someone could help with a couple of problems. My mother's maiden name was Straub. Her father was John J. Straub (I don't know what the J. stands for) who was born in January 1901 in Cincinnati, Oh. John was the youngest of 12 born to John J. Straub Sr and Katherine Thullen. Beyond this point names and places get a little fuzzy. John Sr was born in Galveston, Texas in 1852. Up until a couple of weeks ago I felt sure John Sr. was the second son and third child of Ignatz and Caroline Straub. The problem developed when I found that Ignatz married Caroline (maiden name? of Kropp) in 1853 in Cincinnati. Secondly I can find no record of any Ignatz Straub in Texas in the 1850 Census (John's older sister Sophie was born in Texas in 1849 and it appears his older brother William was also born there in 1851, but that may be iffy). In fact, Ignatz doesn't come up anywhere on the 1850 Census Index (of course people missing from a census or an index doesn't surprise me, though it makes the search a little harder). Oddly enoug! h, I have seen the Family Search notice of a Carolina Kropp marrying a John Peter in Comal, TX in 1846. And from the 1880 Census, after Ignatz passed away, I know that Caroline was the mother of Sophie, since Sophie's daughter was living with Caroline and lists the girl (Mena? Kinkel) as a granddaughter. So I'm left with two possibilities, my great grandfather was adopted by Ignatz, or Ignatz and Caroline were married twice. That the second option is possible I bring up the aforementioned Katherine Thullen: her parents were married in Germany in 1845 and in Cincinnati in 1847. Has anyone else come across such a problem? Thanks mark

Mark, I don't see any specific connection but note that I have three male Straubs born 1835 to 1839 in Hamilton, OH, who could have had sons that later produced your John J. Straub, born 1901. There are probably other male Straubs from this family that I am not aware of. If you ever get earlier clues, you might wish to check back with me. Ed Stauss --- mchol59 <mholtgrefe@woh.rr.com> wrote: > I have read most of your postings with interest, but > think it is possible that my ancestors were from > some very isolated branch of a very large family. > Anyway maybe someone could help with a couple of > problems. > My mother's maiden name was Straub. Her father was > John J. Straub (I don't know what the J. stands for) > who was born in January 1901 in Cincinnati, Oh. > John was the youngest of 12 born to John J. Straub > Sr and Katherine Thullen. Beyond this point names > and places get a little fuzzy. John Sr was born in > Galveston, Texas in 1852. Up until a couple of > weeks ago I felt sure John Sr. was the second son > and third child of Ignatz and Caroline Straub. The > problem developed when I found that Ignatz married > Caroline (maiden name? of Kropp) in 1853 in > Cincinnati. Secondly I can find no record of any > Ignatz Straub in Texas in the 1850 Census (John's > older sister Sophie was born in Texas in 1849 and it > appears his older brother William was also born > there in 1851, but that may be iffy). In fact, > Ignatz doesn't come up anywhere on the 1850 Census > Index (of course people missing from a census or an > index doesn't surprise me, though it makes the > search a little harder). Oddly enoug! > h, I have seen the Family Search notice of a > Carolina Kropp marrying a John Peter in Comal, TX in > 1846. And from the 1880 Census, after Ignatz passed > away, I know that Caroline was the mother of Sophie, > since Sophie's daughter was living with Caroline and > lists the girl (Mena? Kinkel) as a granddaughter. > So I'm left with two possibilities, my great > grandfather was adopted by Ignatz, or Ignatz and > Caroline were married twice. That the second option > is possible I bring up the aforementioned Katherine > Thullen: her parents were married in Germany in 1845 > and in Cincinnati in 1847. Has anyone else come > across such a problem? > > Thanks > mark > > > ==== STRAUB Mailing List ==== > Ths subject of this mailing list is > STRAUB/STROUP/etc. genealogy. > Please do not post virus alerts or other off topic > messages to this list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com