Gazlay Family History
William Longstreth Raub
Parents
| Father | Joseph Longstreth Raub (18 April 1838 - ) |
| Mother | Elisabeth Boorom (15 September 1840 - 25 April 1908) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2013; Last Edited: 6 April 2022 |
| Person ID | 6084 |
| Name | William Longstreth Raub |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 27 August 1867 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 31 July 1901 in London, England to Frances Hall ‘Fannie’ Heartt6 |
| Died | 12 February 1952 in St. Johns County, Florida1, 7 |
| Buried | in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York1 |
Biography
William Longstreth Raub was graduated from Amherst College in 1893. He was instructor in mathematics and physics at Amherst, 1893-95. He then studied for six years at the Universities of Berlin, Paris and Strassburg, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the last in 1901. In 1902 he became Professor of Philosophy in Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.6
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Frances Hall ‘Fannie’ Heartt (daughter of Jonas Scholfield Heartt and Frances Helen ‘Fannie’ Hall) |
| Born | 30 March 1874 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York |
| Married | 31 July 1901 in London, England to William Longstreth Raub |
| Died | 12 December 1953 in St. Johns County, Florida |
| Children | of William Longstreth Raub and Frances Hall ‘Fannie’ Heartt: |
| +1. | Jonas Heartt Raub |
| Born | 7 May 1903 in Illinois |
| Married | 12 October 1935 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut to Elizabeth Valentine |
| Died | 18 December 1978 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| +2. | William Longstreth Raub, Jr. |
| Born | 20 November 1904 in Illinois |
| Married | 25 June 1937 in Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois to Dorothy Van Hise Campbell |
| Died | 24 May 1996 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, William Longstreth Raub, born: 27 August 1887; died: 12 February 1952 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg Township, Enumeration District 154, Sheet No. 13A, family of William L. Raub (42, Connecticut, professor, college); wife of 8 years Frances H. Raub (36, New York, 2 children, 2 living); son Jonas Heartt Raub (6, Illinois); son William L. Raub (5, Illinois); governess Gertrude Sweet (23, New York, governess, private family); servant Addie Johnson (24, Illinois, servant, private family).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg Township, Enumeration District 171, Sheet No. 4A, family of Wm. L. Raub (61, Connecticut, teacher, college); wife France H. Raub (46, New York); son J. Heartt Raub (16, Illinois); son Wm. L. Raub Jr. (15, Illinois); servant Cora A. Love (47, Illinois, widow, servant, home).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Florida, Saint Johns County, Saint Augustine, Enumeration District 55-15, Sheet No. 18B, family of William Raub (72, Connecticut); wife Frances Raub (66, New York).
- Florida State Census, 1945, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Precinct No. 19, family of William Raub (76, Conn.); Frances Raub (71, NY).
- The Longstreth Family Records, Revised and Enlarged by Agnes Longstreth Taylor. Philadelphia. Press of Ferris & Leach, 1909. Available at archive.org. Pages 296, 552; entries for the families of Joseph Longstreth Raub, and his son William Longstreth Raub, who married Frances Hall Heartt, daughter of Jonas Scholfield and Frances Helen (Hall) Heartt. The entries provide the names of family members and brief vital and biographical details.
- Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Raub, William Longstreth, died in 1952 in Saint Johns [County], Florida.