RESEARCH PROJECT STUBY

 

OBJECTIVE

Who are the parents of Andrew Stuby born about 1810 in Germany. He married a widow named Elizabeth Wagner. They had one son, Jacob Stuby born between 1842-1847 in Pennsylvania. I will us documentary research and autosomal DNA matches on Ancestry using the matches of a cousin who is one generation closer.

SUMMARY OF KNOWN FACTS

 1845 Oct 08 Deed: William MCloskey and wife to Andrew Stupi

 1848 Jun 20 Deed: Ann Fisher et. al. to Andrew Steube

 1849 Apr 09 Deed: Ezekiel Hughes et.ux. to Anthony Steuby

 1850 Census Blair Co., PA Andrew Stuby age 40 miner born in Germany. Wife Elizabeth Stuby age 50 born in Germany. Son Jacob Stuby age 8 born in PA. Step-sons John Stephens age 23 and Valentine Stephens age 14 both born in PA.

 1853 Sep 2 Deed: James C. Fisher to Andrew Steube (sic) of Cambria County.

 1855 Jan 3 Deed: James C. Fisher deceased to Andrew Stube (sic) of Cambria Co.

 1861 May 8 Death: Obituary – “A man named Andrew Stuby, committed suicide at his residence in Carroll township on last Friday evening”

WORKING HYPOTHESIS

 Using the AncestryDNA matches of a cousin who is a generation closer to Andrew Stuby, discover any connections to other Stuby families or discover new genetic networks. Andrew Stuby was born about 1810 in Germany. He married Elizabeth Wagner Stephens a widow and they had one son named Jacob Stuby born between 1842-1847 in Pennsylvania. Andrew Stuby died about 8 May 1861 in Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.  

FINDINGS & ANALYSIS - RESEARCH REPORT

 Filtering the DNA matches of a 2nd Great Granddaughter of Andrew Stuby on Ancestry with known Stuby descendants finds a network of matches who all have the surname Stuppy in their tree. Further research of the trees found they all descend from Johannes Martin Stuppy born 1789 in Germany and died 1844 in Germany and Maria K. Kappler 1791-1852 also of Germany. I will refer to Johannes Martin as Martin.

 The name is spelled in various records as Stuppy and Stuppi.

 The name Stuby and Stuppy are similar sounding and with German accents may have sounded the same. Deeds recorded in the Cambria County courthouse for Andrew Stuby shows his name listed as Stupi, Steube, Steuby and Stube. The census and his obituary spell his name as Stuby. Descendants of Andrew Stuby all use the name Stuby.

 Martin Stuppy and his wife Maria had about twelve children. Many of the births are recorded in the baptismal records in Bavaria. Tracking some of the children, the names Andrew and Jacob are used in every generation. Most of their children married and died in Germany. But two came to America in 1853, Elizabeth Stuppy Hoffman and her husband and son. On the same ship was her younger brother Ludwig/Lewis Stuppy.

 11 DNA matches descend from these two siblings. One DNA match descends from Martins brother Adam Stuppy. Adam’s 2nd Great Grandson came to America in the 1940s and his daughter is a DNA match.

 Martin and Maria Stuppy’s oldest son was Andreas Stuppi born 25 May 1810. Is this our Andrew Stuby born in 1810 in Germany – more research is needed. Quick searches of trees on Ancestry and FamilySearch did not produce any more information after his baptism record. Most of his other siblings showed birth, marriage and death dates and descendants.

 Tracking Ludwig/Lewis Stuppy in America he is listed on the 1860 census in Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania as Lewis Stuby along with his wife and two children. In 1870 and after he is listed as Stuppy.

 This demonstrates that the name Stuppy and Stuby are sometimes interchanged between both families.

CONCLUSION

The parents of Andrew Stuby have not been found. However, it is a possibility that Andreas Stuppy, the son of Johannes Martin Stuppy and Maria K. Kappler is the same person as our Andrew Stuby. The birth year and place of 1810 in Germany are the same. No further information was found on Andreas Stuppy in public family trees, unlike his siblings which had family information listed.

More research will be needed. But it is certain that Andrew Stuby is somehow related to Martin and Maria K. Kappler Stuppy.

 A diagram was built of all the descendants of Martin and Maria Stuppy that matched DNA with our Stuby tester. A centimorgan (cM) is a unit of measure for DNA matches. The higher the centimorgan the closer the relationship. The centimorgans documented in the diagram were within range of the correct cousin match 21 cM to 66 cM. However, this range can have multiple cousin possibilities.

Andrew Stuby was the testers 2nd Great Grandfather, so we are searching for the testers 3rd Great Grandparents which is within the realm of using autosomal DNA.

Further research is listed below and continued research of the DNA matches looking for other genetic networks will continue in a future project.

SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

 ·         Research the baptism records for each child of Martin and Maria Stuppy

·         Research siblings Elizabeth Stuppy Hoffman and Ludwig Stuppy.

·         Search for a marriage record for Andrew and Elizabeth Wagner Stuby at the courthouse and in the Catholic church.

·         Research Jacob W. Stuby to determine correct date of birth

o   This will assist with possible marriage date for Andrew and Elizabeth

·         Search page by page the 1860 census for Stuby or variants.

·         Write to the Blair County Genealogical Society for records on Stuby.

·         Check Pennsylvania Archives on Fold3 for Stuby

·         Check for other genetic networks in DNA matches

·         Have a male Stuby descendant take a Y-DNA test

·         Have a male Stuppy descendant take a Y-DNA test

o   Compare Stuby and Stuppy Y-DNA haplogroups to see if they are the same

·         Build a WATO tree

·         Research Mr. Stuby married to Elizabeth Earnest.

o   This couple is often confused with Andrew Stuby and Elizabeth Wagner

o   Both couples had a son named Jacob Stuby-which are often mixed up

Sunday Obituary - Stuby and Hardee

You never know what you will find in an obituary.
Sometimes you get very little information, such as the one for William T. Hardee:

14 April 1893  Dallas Morning News, p. 3

Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Tex., April 13 - W. T. Hardee died last night.

Well, that was helpful.

Sometimes you find a gem.
But, every once in a while you find one that really tells you what happens. Whether you want to know or not, such as the one for Andrew Stuby. Actually, I found two for Andrew and the first one gives you a taste and then the second one lays it all out.

The Alleghanian
Ebensburg, Pa.
Thursday, May 16, 1861
Volume 2, Number 39

Shocking Occurrence: A Man Cuts His Own Throat

  On last Friday, a man named Andrew Stuby, who resided in Carroll
township about two miles from the village of Carrolltown, committed
suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.  The cause assigned to the
rash act is said to be pecuniary losses growing out of the
mismanagement of business affairs. The deceased was about 50 years of
age, was married and had several children.  He formerly resided at
Number Six, this county and prior to that time, we believe, in
Hollidaysburg.

I found this second obituary while in Pennsylvania. I think it is the most descriptive and interesting obit I have found yet.

Obituary from the Democrat & Sentinel in Cambria County Pennsylvania, dated May 15, 1861 states:

Suicide - A man named Andrew Stuby, committed suicide at his residence in Carroll township on last Friday evening, by cutting his throat with a razor. He was alone at the time, his wife the only other member of the family at home, having gone to the barn for the purpose of milking. When discovered he was laying on his face, in a pool of blood, in front of a looking glass, dead. His hand still retained the razor with the rigid grasp of death. He attempted to drown himself a few weeks ago, and was supposed to be partially insane. He was a coal digger by trade and was employed until recently, by a firm in the neighborhood of Hollidaysburg. He lost about $600 recently by the failure of a former employer, a misfortune which seemed to prey upon his mind, rendering him gloomy and irritable and probably led to perpetration of the rash act. He owned considerable real estate in Carroll Township, and was in good circumstances. He was about 65 years of age, and leaves a wife, and a son about 16 years old.

Andrew Stuby's Story?
I still have lots of questions to answer about Andrew Stuby. From what I have learned so far: Andrew Stuby was born in Germany about 1800. He married Elizabeth and had one son with her named Jacob.  Elizabeth had been married before, possibly to John Stephens.  Andrew and Elizabeth are found in the 1850 census living in Juniata Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania with their eight year old son Jacob and two of Elizabeth's four children, John Stephens age 23 and Valentine Stephens age 14. Andrew and John are listed as miners. I could not find them in the 1860 census. The next time we are in Pennsylvania, I hope to do more research.

Stuby Line
Andrew Stuby b. abt 1800 Germany
Elizabeth (maybe nee Wagner) b. abt 1810

Jacob Stuby b. 1842 Pennsylvania
Margaret (nee Leslie) b. 16 Oct 1838 Carrolltown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

George Stuby b. 9 May 1868 West Carrol Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Madge Catherine Flanigan b. 27 April 1872 Diamondville or Mitchells Mill, Indiana County, Pennsylvania