Straub
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Straub is a Germanic surname
that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair". Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". It may also refer to people who come from Straubing
in Germany. Spelling variations of Straub include Staub, Straube
, Strauber, Straubinger, Strauble, Strob, Strobel
, Strube, Strub
, Strufe, Struwe, and Struwing. A few Straubs in North America may have originally been named Strauss in Europe. In the German alphabet, there is a special letter "ß" which stands for a double "s". Therefore Strauss would most often be written "Strauß". This may have been mistaken for a "b" by immigration officials.
The first known Straub in the United States was Johannes Straub, one of the Palatine Germans brought to New York
in 1710. 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 canton
s of Switzerland, and Alsace-Lorraine
. Some Straubs who had earlier migrated east out of Germany, settling in German enclaves in Russia and Austria-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, Württemberg
.
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 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
.
German family name etymology
German family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area. Usually, such family names are derived from nicknames. In etymology, they are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and...
that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair". Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". It may also refer to people who come from Straubing
Straubing
Straubing is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held....
in Germany. Spelling variations of Straub include Staub, Straube
Straube
Straube is a German surname that may refer to:* Erich Straube , German general* Kasper Straube , German printer* Robert Straube , American artist...
, Strauber, Straubinger, Strauble, Strob, Strobel
Strobel
Strobel is the German surname of:* Andreas Strobel , German ski mountaineer and mountain biker* Aron Strobel* Bartholomäus Strobel, Polish painter* Eric Strobel* Gabriel Strobl , Austrian priest and entomologist...
, Strube, Strub
Strub
Strub is a last name of German origin, and may refer to:* Charles H. Strub, American dentist and entrepreneur** Strub Stakes, an American horse race in Arcadia, California, named after him...
, Strufe, Struwe, and Struwing. A few Straubs in North America may have originally been named Strauss in Europe. In the German alphabet, there is a special letter "ß" which stands for a double "s". Therefore Strauss would most often be written "Strauß". This may have been mistaken for a "b" by immigration officials.
The first known Straub in the United States was Johannes Straub, one of the Palatine Germans brought to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 1710. There were later arrivals, especially in the Pennsylvania Deutsch region and Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, most with an origin in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Hesse-Darmstadt
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Philip I, the last Landgrave of Hesse....
, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Austria, the German canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
s of Switzerland, and Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...
. Some Straubs who had earlier migrated east out of Germany, settling in German enclaves in Russia and Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
(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
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
. The other was the Straub Brewery founded in 1872 in St. Marys
St. Marys, Pennsylvania
St. Marys is a city in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,502 at the 2000 census. Originally a small, Bavarian Catholic town, St. Marys was founded December 8, 1842. It is home to Straub Brewery and the first Benedictine convent in the United States. In 1992, the...
, Pennsylvania, by Peter P. Straub
Peter P. Straub
Peter P. Straub is the founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania.-Life and career:...
, immigrant from Felldorf, Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
.
Other notable landmarks and companies named after a Straub include Bob Straub State Park
Bob Straub State Park
Bob Straub State Park is a state park in Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It is named for former Oregon Governor Robert W. Straub. The park encompasses the Nestucca Sand Spit and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and Nestucca River to the east....
in Oregon; Straub's Markets
Straub's Markets
Straub's Markets is a specialty food retailer headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, near St. Louis. The company has been in business since their original store opened in 1901 in Webster Groves, MO. Currently it has four operating stores with a fifth on the way...
, a St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty food retailer; Straub Clinic & Hospital
Straub Clinic & Hospital
Straub Clinic & Hospital is a medical group based in Honolulu, Hawaii.-History:George F. Straub founded the clinic in 1921. Dr. Straub was educated in Germany and came to practice in Hawaii in 1907. In 1910, he conceived the idea of forming a group of physicians to provide better, more specialized...
in Hawaii.
During the Second World War there was a Sclass Cannon destroyer escort
Destroyer escort
A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...
named that was built for the U.S. Navy. The ship was named after its sponsor, Mrs. Margaret H. Straub.
There is also an asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
named 6147 Straub
6147 Straub
6147 Straub is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
.
Notable Straubs
Notable individuals with the surname Straub include:- Agnes StraubAgnes Straub-Selected filmography:* Wilhelm Tell * Die vier Musketiere * Fridericus * So You Don't Know Korff Yet? -External links:...
- German film actress - Alexander StraubAlexander StraubAlexander Straub is an Internet and Telecom entrepreneur and investor.-Biography:Alexander Straub is a German born entrepreneur and European venture capitalist at London-based Straub Ventures and Cambridge -based Cambridge Accelerator Partners. He is a native of Darmstadt, Germany. Alexander...
- Entrepreneur and financier - Alexander StraubAlexander Straub (athlete)Alexander Straub is a German pole vaulter. He obtained a bronze medal at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.Straub set his personal best on 1 August 2008 in Bochum....
- German pole vaulter - Bill StraubBill StraubWilliam Straub is a former U.S. soccer player. He spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League. He also three caps with the United States in 1975.-College:...
- American soccer player - Brandon StraubBrandon StraubBrandon Straub is an American professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League. During the 2009–10 season he played for the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League , and two games for the Houston Aeros of the AHL...
- American ice hockey player - Brunó Ferenc StraubBrunó Ferenc StraubBrunó Ferenc Straub was a biochemist. As a young scholar he was a research assistant of Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, and subsequently worked at the Molteno Institute, Cambridge, UK. He discovered actin. He founded the Biological Research Centre in Szeged...
- Hungarian politician - Calvin StraubBuff, Straub, and HensmanBuff, Smith and Hensman is an architectural firm. The office has won more than 30 awards for house designs from the American Institute of Architects.-The Partners:...
- American architect - Chester J. StraubChester J. StraubChester John Straub is a Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit headquartered in New York City.-Life:...
- Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals - Christian Markle StraubChristian Markle StraubChristian Markle Straub was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Christian M. Straub was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as prothonotary of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1845, and sheriff of Schuylkill...
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - Christopher StraubChristopher StraubChristopher Straub is a fashion designer who was a contestant on season 6 of the competitive reality show Project Runway and also appeared on season 1 of the competitive reality show Models of the Runway as the designer for the model Katie Sticksel, Celine Chua, and Matar Cohen...
- Contestant on reality series Project Runway - Hans StraubHans StraubHans Straub is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the heats or repechage rounds at all three games. Straub's best finish was fourth in the repêchage round of the K-1 4 x 500 m event at Rome in 1960...
- Swiss Olympic sprint canoer - Jean-Marie StraubJean-Marie StraubJean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006...
- French filmmaker - Joe StraubJoe StraubJoseph J. Straub was a Major League Baseball catcher who played three seasons in the majors during the 19th century.-External links:...
- a Major League Baseball catcher - Johann Baptist StraubJohann Baptist StraubJohann Baptist Straub was a German Rococo sculptor.-Biography:Straub was born in Wiesensteig, into a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Philipp Jakob, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were also sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. J. B...
- German Baroque artist - John E. StraubJohn E. StraubJohn Straub was the Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President until September 2006. In this capacity, Mr. Straub was responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the EOP including serving as...
- Director of the White House Office of Administration - Jürgen StraubJürgen StraubJürgen Straub is a former East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres....
- East German middle distance runner - Kristofer StraubKristofer StraubKristofer Straub is the creator of webcomics Checkerboard Nightmare, Starslip, Time Friends, Origin Story, and more recently chainsawsuit and F Chords. He is also the co-founder of webcomics collectives Blank Label Comics and Halfpixel...
- Webcomic creator - Marianne StraubMarianne StraubMarianne Straub was one of the leading designers of textiles in Britain during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.She was born in the village of Amriswil, Switzerland on 23 September 1909. Her father was a textile merchant so it was no surprise that she was soon attracted to a career in textiles. She studied...
- 20th century textile designer - Michael John StraubMichael John StraubMichael John Straub was an artist and printmaker. Originally from Clifton Park, New York 1979-1989 and Amherst, New Hampshire 1971-1979, a 1989 graduate of Shenendehowa High School, he studied at and earned a Bachelor's degree from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Born...
- Artist and printmaker - Paul F. StraubPaul F. StraubPaul Frederick Straub was an Surgeon in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine-American War.-Medal of Honor citation:...
- Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient - Peter StraubPeter StraubPeter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
- Prolific horror author - Peter StraubPeter Straub (politician)Peter Karl Otto Straub is a politician from Germany, and served as president of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union from 2004 to 2006.-Background and family life:...
- German politician - Peter P. StraubPeter P. StraubPeter P. Straub is the founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania.-Life and career:...
- founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania - Philipp Jakob StraubPhilipp Jakob StraubPhilipp Jakob Straub was an Austrian sculptor from a well-known family of German Baroque sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Johann Baptist, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were also sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt...
- Austrian sculptor - Robert W. StraubRobert W. StraubRobert William "Bob" Straub , was an American politician and businessman in the state of Oregon. A native of California, he settled in Eugene, Oregon, where he entered politics. A Democratic politician, he served in the Oregon State Senate, as the Oregon State Treasurer, and one term as the 31st...
- Governor of Oregon* - Rudolph Straub - German prisoner-of-war executed during World War II
- Stephan StraubStephan StraubStefan Straub is a retired German footballer who last played for Alemannia Aachen in the 2nd Bundesliga.-External links:* *...
- German footballer - Wolfgang StraubWolfgang StraubWolfgang Straub is a Swiss lawyer and photographer.-Photographic works:His series of still lifes ‘Le dictionnaire des analphabètes’ deal with visual evidence of the paradoxical....
- is a Swiss lawyer and photographer
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, Pennsylvania
- Peter P. Straub, founder of the Straub Brewery in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania