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Straub is a Germanic surname that literally means “one with bushy or bristly hair” and "destroy or rob".[1] Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". [2] It may also refer to people who come from Straubing in Germany. [1] Spelling variations of Straub include Staub, Straube, Strauber, Straubinger, Strauble, Strob, Strobel, Strube, Strufe, Struwe, and Struwing. [3]
The first known Straub in the United States was Johannes Straub, one of the Palatine Germans brought to New York in 1710. [4] There were later arrivals, especially in the Pennsylvania Deutsch region and Ohio, most with an origin in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria, Austria, the German cantons of Switzerland, and Alsace-Lorraine. Some Straubs who had earlier migrated east out of Germany, settling in German enclaves in Russia and Austro-Hungary (now Romania), have subsequently immigrated to the U.S. as well.
There were two notable breweries founded in Pennsylvania by Straub immigrants. The earliest was the J. N. Straub & Company brewery founded in the 1840s in Alleghany (now Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, by John N. Straub, immigrant from Hesse-Darmstadt. The other was the Straub Brewery founded in 1872 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, by Peter P. Straub, immigrant from Felldorf, Wuerttemberg.
Other notable landmarks and companies named after a Straub include Bob Straub State Park in Oregon; Straub's Markets, a St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty food retailer; Straub Clinic & Hospital in Hawaii;
During the Second World War there was a Sclass Cannon destroyer escort named USS ''Straub'' (DE-181) that was built for the U.S. Navy. The ship was named after its sponsor, Mrs. Margaret H. Straub.
There is also an asteroid named 6147 Straub
Notable Straub
Notable individuals with the surname Straub include:
- Alexander Straub - Entrepreneur and financier
- Alexander Straub - German pole vaulter
- Brunó Ferenc Straub - Hungarian Politician
- Calvin Straub - Amrican architect
- Chester J. Straub - Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
- Christian Markle Straub - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Bill Straub - U.S. soccer player
- Ernest J. Straub - Owner of Straub Construction and Kansas Delegate
- Jean-Marie Straub - French filmmaker
- Johann Baptist Straub - German Baroque artist
- John E. Straub - Director of the White House Office of Administration
- Jürgen Straub - East German middle distance runner
- Kristofer Straub - Webcomic creator
- Marianne Straub - 20th century textile designer
- Michael John Straub - Artist and printmaker
- Paul F. Straub - Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Peter P. Straub - founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania
- Peter Straub - Prolific horror author
- Philipp Jakob Straub - Austrian sculptor
- Robert W. Straub - Governor of Oregon
- Stephan Straub - German footballer
References
- ^ a b Smith, Elsdon Coles (2003). American Surnames. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 18. ISBN 0806311509.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 420. ISBN 0195081374.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Breitbard, Gail Ann (1970). Notes on the early history in this country of the Straus (Stroop, Stroup, Straup, Strubb, Strupp, Strope, etc.) family. Miami: self-published.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Knittle, Walter Allen (1937). Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co.
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External links
- U.S. Census Data of Surname STRAUB
- Map of Straub distribution in the United States in 1990
- Straub Genealogy and Family History
- The Straub Y-chromosome DNA Surname Project
- Straub Coat of Arms
- John N. Straub, founder of the J.N. Straub & Company Brewery in Alleghany, PA
- Peter P. Straub, founder of the Straub Brewery in Saint Marys, PA
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