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
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. www.fold3.com [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
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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