TRAUB, John

Date of birth:  31 Oct 1837 – Ebersbach, Goeppingen, Landkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date of death: 4 Mar 1929 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

Franklin Evening Star, Monday, March 4, 1929
page 1 column 5 and page 6 column 2

JOHN TRAUB, AGE 92,

DIES MONDAY MORNING

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Well Known German Citizen
Passes Away at Johnson
County Home

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John Traub, age 92, a well known citizen of Franklin for the past forty years, died Monday morning at 6

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JOHN TRAUB

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o’clock at the Johnson County Home where he had been living for the past eight years. Mr. Traub had been sick since April, 1928.

One daughter, a resident of Indi­anapolis, is the only survivig [sic] member of his family.

No funeral arrangements have been made but the services will probably be held from the Flinn & Henderson funeral parlors.

Mr. Traub was born in Germany and came to this country when a young man. During his residence in Franklin he had been a worker in the city street department, keeping that position through different ad­ministrations because of his faith­fulness to the task at hand. He was thrifty and a hard worker but in later life is understood to have got­ten rid of his money in an effort to help some of his relatives who had experienced trouble.

Mr. Traub was a fluent German conversationalist and many students of German at Franklin college delighted to talk with him. He al­ways seemed to enjoy conversing with them also. At one time, John Medsker, a well known Franklin colored man, was also a member of the city street department and he also was a fluent speaker of German and it was no unusual exp­erience to pass the street squad and hear arguments carried on in pure German.

Mr. Traub was twice married. Both of his wives preceded him in death.

Franklin Evening Star, Tuesday, March 5, 1929
page 6 column 2

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TRAUB FUNERAL HELD

TUESDAY MORNING

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Funeral services for John Traub, age 92, a well known citizen of Franklin for the past forty years, who died early Monday morning, were held at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Tuesday morning at nine o’clock, in charge of Father Ralph Doyle, of Columbus, pastor of the church. A requiem high mass was sung by the choir.

Mr. Traub was born in Germany and came to this country when a young man and had lived most of his life in Franklin. He is survived by one daughter, Miss Katherine Traub, of Indianapolis.

The body was taken to Indianap­olis for burial in Holy Cross ceme­tery, where the other members of his family are interred.

Link to John Traub’s grave

Submitted by Lois Johnson

Note: John Traub’s birthdate and place are from The Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index Vol. I-VIII, Trudy Schenk, compiler, where he is recorded as Johann Friedrich Traub.