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Samuel Straw
(1788-Cir 1863)
Rhoda Chase
(1791-)
Nathaniel Webb
Nancy R. Smith
Horace Chase Straw
(1818-1862)
Martha Lowe Webb
(1822-1906)
Samuel Walter Straw
(1857-1945)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Myra J. Stetson

Samuel Walter Straw

  • Born: 22 Feb 1857, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
  • Marriage (1): Myra J. Stetson on 16 Oct 1879 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Died: 11 Aug 1945, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts at age 88
  • Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts
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bullet  General Notes:

per Essex Co MA archives
SAMUEL WALTER STRAW.---110
Son of Horace C. and Martha L. (Webb) Straw, b. 22 Feb., 1857, in Syracuse, N. Y.; m. 16 Oct., 1879, Miss Myra J. Stetson, of Winthrop, Me., in Ds. Button hole business. Raised in M. L., 3 Nov., 1887.
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[The family moved back to Danvers, MA when Samuel Walter Straw was 10 wks old - this per letter written by his mother to show evidence of his birth for her husband's Civil War Pension]

census 1860 Essex, MA
Horace Straw c1818
Martha c1828
Mary E. Straw c1850 (sister of Horace)
Martha C. c1842
Samuel W. c1857
Horace W. c1859

1880 census Lynn, MA
Walter S. age 23 born NY; father born NH; mother born MA
Name: Walter S. STRAW Age: 23 Estimated birth year: <1857> Birthplace: New York Occupation: Works In Shoe Shop Relation: Self Home in 1880: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Walter S. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: MA
Myra J. age 23 born ME as were her parents

1900 Beverly, Essex County, MA
Walter S. Straw born Feb 1857 NY
Myra born 1847 Maine

1910 Danvers, Essex, MA - Oak Street [do not see mother closeby]
S Walter Straw53
Myra Straw53

1920 Danvers, MA - Rear 149 Offnater - as is Myra's mother Mary Diana Stetson
S Walter Straw62
Myra J Straw62

1930 census Salem, Essex County, MA
S. Walter c1858
Myra J. c1858
Benjammin F. Lowe born 1854 MA

1940 Salem, Essex, MA - Bertram Home - assisted livng and Sr. Home care
S. Walter Straw is age 83 born 1857 Maine; widowed; inmate; resided there in 1935 also


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Samuel married Myra J. Stetson, daughter of Alfred Pierce Stetson and Mary Diana Joy, on 16 Oct 1879 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Myra J. Stetson was born in Feb 1857 in Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, died in 1931 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts.)




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