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David Straw
(1826-1894)
Margery Virginia Kirtland
(1839-1903)
Frederick Van Fleet
(1857-1922)
Nellie Starkweather
(1863-1956)
Lawrence Edmunds Straw
(1876-1955)
Edith Laura Van Fleet
(1885-1981)
Henry Kirtland Straw
(1909-1987)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lucy Clarke Jewett
2. Wilma Ruth Gilmore

Henry Kirtland Straw

  • Born: 9 Nov 1909, Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio
  • Marriage (1): Lucy Clarke Jewett on 18 Jun 1935 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • Marriage (2): Wilma Ruth Gilmore on 14 Jan 1945 in Washington D.C.
  • Died: 3 Feb 1987, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA at age 77
  • Buried: Drummer Tonwship Cemetery in Gibson city, Ford County, Illinois
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bullet  General Notes:

in the 1930 census for Cuyahoga, Lakewood, OH.

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Name:Henry Kirtland Straw
Marriage Date:18 Jun 1935
Form Type:Marriage
Age:26
Gender:Male
Birth Year:abt 1909
Birth Place:Ohio
Father:Lawrence E Straw
Mother:Edith L VanFleet
Spouse:Lucy Clarke Jewett
Spouse Age:28
Spouse Birth Year:abt 1907
Spouse Father:Frank C Jewett
Spouse Mother:Marcia Kilby

1940 Erie, Erie, PA - they are lodgers
Kirkland Straw 1909 OH ; store manager - retail rubber
Lucy Straw 1909 Maine



aka Kirtland Harvey Straw


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Henry Kirtland Straw born 19 Nov 1908; died Feb 1987 Buffalo, Erie county, NY; married [14 Jan 1945 in Washington DC] to Wilma Ruth Gilmore born 17 June 1911 in Ford county, IL

PLAIN DEALER -18 Feb 1947
Henry K. Straw is appointed Personal Director of W. B. Davis Company...business experience includes Kroger Grocery and Baking Co; Firestone Tire and Rubber co; the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics and the Office of Price Administration. He is married, the father of a daughter and lives in Lakewood [Ohio]

Gibson City Courier (Gibson City, Illinois) 25 Aug 1955, Thu Page 6
M/M Kirkland Straw and Sara of Cleveland, OH were weekend visitors of M/ M Merton Gilmore. Mrs Straw remained for a few weeks here.

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Birth: Nov. 9, 1909
Carey (Wyandot County)
Wyandot County
Ohio, USA Death: Feb. 3, 1987
Buffalo
Erie County
New York, USA
Henry was married to Wilma Ruth Gilmore. His parents were Laurence Edmundo Straw and Edith Van Fleet.
Henry was first married to Lucy Clarke Jewett, daughter of Frank C. Jewett and Marcia Kilby on June 18, 1935 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They were boarding with Lucy Ely in Erie, Erie County, Pa on the 1940 Census. It is not known if Lucy died or they divorced. Henry was next married to Wilma Ruth Gilmore on January 14, 1945 in Washington, D.C. They had a daughter, Sara. Henry, who went by his middle name, Kirtland, graduated from Williams College and was a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and Vice-President of Sales at Roberts-Gordon Appliance Corp. His parents were Laurence Edmundo Straw and Edith Laura Van Fleet.

Gibson City Courier (Gibson City, Illinois) 11 Feb 1987, Wed Page 8 [notes]
Henry K. Straw obit - BA degree Williams College 1930; Lt Cmdr USNR 1942-1946...survived by wife and daughter Sara Straw Wright...sister Mrs Douglas (Virginia) Phillips


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Henry married Lucy Clarke Jewett on 18 Jun 1935 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (Lucy Clarke Jewett was born circa 1907 in East Port, Maine.)


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Henry next married Wilma Ruth Gilmore, daughter of Craig Merton Gilmore and Ida C. Onken, on 14 Jan 1945 in Washington D.C. (Wilma Ruth Gilmore was born on 17 Jun 1911 in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, died on 28 Aug 1999 in Norcross, Gwinnett county, Georgia and was buried in Drummer Cemetery in Gibson, City, Ford County, Illinois.)


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