Death date is from probate record of brother Cornelius which state she is dead by the time that the probate was done.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44J-J4K : 12 April 2016), Rebecca Straufs in household of Daniel Strauss, Bethel, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca: