Charles Edward Straw

  General Notes:

census 1880 Richland, Story, IA
Name: Charles STRAW Age: 6 Estimated birth year: <1874> Birthplace: Iowa Occupation: At Home Relation: GSon Home in 1880: Richland, Story, Iowa Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Enoch STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH

1900 Buchanan, Atchison County, MO
Charles Straw age 26; Dec 1873 IA; married 2 yrs (HOH)
Della Straw age 18; Nov 1881 IA; married 2 y with 1 child and 1 living
Guy Straw age 1; March 1899 MO
John T. Griffith age 42; March 1858 Maine (FIL); married 21 y
Emma Griffith age 31; March 1869 Maine; married 21y with 8 children and 4 living

1910 Neligh, ward 2, Antelope County, Nebraska
Charles E. Straw 1853 IA (HOH); first marriage of 12 years ; father born WI; mother IA
Myrtle D. age 27 1883 IA; 5 children with 5 living; father born MO; mother b. IL
Guy M. Straw age 10 1900 MO; (son)
Floy E. Straw age 8 1902 IA (dau)
Nora M. Straw age 6 1904 NE (dau)
Silva V. age 4 1906 NE (dau)
Valda I. age 2 1908 NE (dau)
also 3 male boarders; all married but no wives living with them

1920 Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska
[Charles not listed]
Della Straw 1884; divorced and HOH
Guy 1900
Marie 1905
Silvy 1906
Valda 1909
Clarence 1912

Charles married Della Myrtle Griffith, daughter of John Thomas Griffith and Emeline Rogers, on 16 May 1898 in Taylor County, Iowa. (Della Myrtle Griffith was born on 2 Nov 1882 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, died on 6 Dec 1960 in El Monte, Los Angeles county, California and was buried in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.)