Very interesting. I found some more info since I made that post (in 2000!) I can now go back to a Gustav Adolph Trube from Germany. He begot Adolph who begot August who begot Arthur Sr. who begot my father, Arthur Jr Trube. I wonder if there is a connection. Look at my tree at
http://www.trube.ws/familytreelogin: trube
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