You mention a Meachum family! This is important to me because my great great great grandmother's diary refers to a "Prudence MEACUM" married to Amos HURSH (her parents, my g-g-g-g-grandparents) and I have not been able at all to find anything on this person. Why connect this with the Straub list? Because Amos HURSH was the son of Martin HURSH and "Susannah Hogan-Doebler" both of Lycoming and Northumberland counties PA. I was stumped on the "Hogan-Doebler" part until someone helped me make the connection. Susannah turned out to be Susannah HOUGENDOUBLER and her mother was a STRAUB! Now, if there is a connection between the STRAUB family and the MeACHAM (Meacum) family, perhaps I can at last find my missing Prudence Meacum! What is the URL of the Meacham family webpage? Let me know and if they have any HURSH connections. Sylvia At 12:05 AM 1/23/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, >I have been searching for and was told that My Straub family line doesn't >have a family bible. >Rev. Benjamin Straub/Stroup b. 1802 place;????? and Elizabeth Hoss/Haas >Straub >We think and he probably was born in PA and need proof of this and proof of >who his parents are. >There is a Benjamin Straub family bible but it relates to the other Benjamin >who was born the same year or 1 year difference and died 1 year apart. If I >remember right this one belongs to Shirley but could be mistaken about that. >Anyway, about 8 months ago I was speaking with Marilyn who is connected to my >Straub line my marriage and her family line is Plotts. She is very nice and >helpful with anything. She told me that she wasn't sure if there is one but >made a request to the person who would have it if it exists and they told her >that they were not interested in family genealogy and basically told her >where to go. >In going through the civil war pension file for my GreatGreat Uncle Sheldon >Palmer Straub (I been through this file at least 50 times and missed this >before tonight), I ran across a statement from Sheldon to the commissioners >of Pension and it reads; >Hartford, Mich., Feb 18, 1914 >Dear Sir: >I am 70 years old today (my note; they didn't agree with his year of birth >and they were haggling over the dollar amount of his pension), Born Feb 18th, >1844 ACCORDING TO OUR OLD FAMILY BIBLE WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR >GENERATIONS. I am now entittled to an increase in my pension from $17.00 to >$23.00. >Very Truly >Sheldon P; Straub >Private Co., L 1st Ohio Vol HA cert #769086 > >I know the bible is not in the hands of his wives (Mary Bolger Straub) family >because she has been in the state mental hospital at Kalamazoo, MI from >around the early 1900s till his or her death. >Sheldon's son Sheldon Parker Straub married Lillian May Conklin in Hartford, >Van Buren Co., Mi so I believe it is with this side of the family. The family >line including my Sheldon can be found at the Meachum Family web page. I have >contacted Virginia Meachum 4 times over the past year, even before I new of >the family bible and have not received any response. >I need any help form any of you if you know Virginia Meachum or anyone in >that family tree that may be willing to pled my case for the info in the >bible. I don't want the bible just the info. >Thanks for any thing that can be done to help >Nancy Straub Holben > > >==== 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

You don't give any dates, so I don't know if this family is in the ballpark for the one you seek, but there was a Joseph HOUGENDOBLER married to a Maria Eva STRAUB. Their family group sheet is at: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/6/Straub/FGS/JosephHougendobler-MariaEvaStraub.htm Unfortunately, I only know the name of one of their children, a son, Joseph, Jr. The senior Joseph was in the Revolutionary War (Pvt., Capt. James Barber's Company, Lancaster County [PA] Militia), and is in the D.A.R. record books. If you're lucky, maybe someone has gained membership through a daughter, Susanna. Diana Winterhaven wrote: > > You mention a Meachum family! This is important to me because my great > great great grandmother's diary refers to a "Prudence MEACUM" married to > Amos HURSH (her parents, my g-g-g-g-grandparents) and I have not been able > at all to find anything on this person. Why connect this with the Straub > list? Because Amos HURSH was the son of Martin HURSH and "Susannah > Hogan-Doebler" both of Lycoming and Northumberland counties PA. I was > stumped on the "Hogan-Doebler" part until someone helped me make the > connection. Susannah turned out to be Susannah HOUGENDOUBLER and her mother > was a STRAUB! Now, if there is a connection between the STRAUB family and > the MeACHAM (Meacum) family, perhaps I can at last find my missing Prudence > Meacum! > > What is the URL of the Meacham family webpage? Let me know and if they have > any HURSH connections. > > Sylvia

Hi Diana: Did you ever come across in the 1870 U.S. Census of Pennsylvania for my George and A. Beightol Straub? By this time they had their six children that I have listed as Lida Ellen, A. Etta, Ida M., Gordon, Ann, and J. Allen Straub, all born between 1859 to 1869 in Pennsylvania. I know at one time you would keep an eye out for this but I was wondering since it been awhile ago back. Matthew D. Friend ===== An American Portrait - The Friend Family http://www.geocities.com/friends1995/index.html The Friend Family Association of America http://www.friendfamilyassociation.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com