Dora Straw

  General Notes:

Her name per research of Richard Nichols on IGI files.

1920 Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK Dora and husband are runnng a boarding house]
Fred Muhlek 1886 Germany
Dora Muhlek 1884 KS; parents b. OH
Frank Nichols 1910 OK [stepson]
[also 21 boarders]

1930 King, McPherson, KS
Clarence Kentner 1878 KS
Dora Kentner 1885 KS

1940 McPherson City, McPherson County, KS [transcribed mispelled...page clearly indicates KENTNER]
Clarence KENTNUS 63 KS - proprietor of restaurant; res 1935 Lorraine, KS
Dora 58 KS chef- cook in restaurant; res 1935 Lorraine, KS

Dora Straw, born June 6 1880 in El Dorado, Butler Co., KS. Married George Albert Nicholson Dec 8, 1898, in Alva, Woods County, OK. They divorced in 1915 in Douglas Co., Nebraska. Dora then married Clarence Kentner, who died in 1947. Dora died on April 20, 1963, in McPherson, KS. (Have obit and photos)
obit highlights:
Dora Straw Kentner
She was the d/o Mr and Mrs Chester Straw. Born near Eldorado, Butler County, Kansas on June 6, 1880. At an early age she accompanied her family to Oklahoma and later lived near Alva (OK). Returned to Kansas in the early Twentys. Resided in several communities (including McPherson) before moving to Holsington, KS. Returned to McPherson in 1947. Her hsuband (Mr. Kentner) died in May of 1947 and she also lost an infant daughter (no dates). Dora died in McPherson Hospital on 20 April 1963.
Surviving children include:
Mrs Georgia Lucas of Beloit, Wisconsin
Mrs Myrtle Hoover of Roseberg, Oregon
Mrs. Bertha Fielding of Kearney, Nebraska
Arthur Nichols of Maxwell, NM
Frank of Roseberg, Oregon
also:
grand daugther Mrs. Betty Sitts of Inman, KS
and (Dora's) sisters (not named)

Family lore also claims Dora had a son Peter born 1897 when she was about 16 or 17 yrs of age. Peter was raised by her parents [Chester and Susan Straw] and appears in the 1900 census as their "grandson." Thus far there is no documentation to prove this. Peter's Draft registration indicates "parentage unknown."
In the census of 1910 the notes say that Dora & George had had 9 children, 5 of whom were living in 1910. George had two sons by his first marriage, he and Dora had 5 living children and they lost one daughter in infancy. Peter would be the 9th child.

Find A Grave Memorial 53820121

Dora married George Albert Nichols, son of James M. Nichols and Loretta Lindsley, on 8 Dec 1898 in Alva, Woods Co. Oklahoma. The marriage ended in divorce on 31 Aug 1915. (George Albert Nichols was born on 7 Jan 1862 in Saranac, Michigan, died on 22 Jun 1943 in Kearney, Nebraska and was buried in Kearney Cemetery in Buffalo County, Nebraska.)

• Marriage Contract, 8 Dec 1898, Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. witnesses:
H A Noah
F M Cowgill

  Marriage Notes:

courtesy of D. Young

Dora next married Clarence Kentner after 1920. (Clarence Kentner was born in 1878 in Kansas and died in May 1947 in Kansas.)

Dora next married Fritz Muhlecka, son of Aug. Muhlecka and Henrietta Kellerman, on 24 Dec 1915 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. (Fritz Muhlecka was born in 1884 in Germany.)

  Marriage Notes:

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