Arthur Weston Straw

  General Notes:

census 1870 Essex, MA
Samuel E. c1823 age 47 (HOH)
Sarah J. c1834 age 36 (wife)
Clara W. c1857 age 13 (d/o Samuel Eastman Straw)
Arthur W. Straw c1861 age 9 (s/o S.E.Straw)
Luther G. c1864 age 6 (s/o S.E. Straw)
Celia L. c1868 age 2 (d/o S.E.Straw)

census 1880 Danvers, MA
Samuel Straw 56 born NH
Sarah J. 46 NH
Arthur W. 19
Name: Arthur W. STRAW Age: 19 Estimated birth year: <1861> Birthplace: Massachusetts Occupation: Clerk In Store Relation: Son Home in 1880: Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Samuel E. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH
Luther G. 16
Celia L. 12
Jennie W. 6

POB per research of Warren Forsythe (genealogy120@hotmail.com)
buried in same cemetery as parents and stone alongside theirs.

Photo found on internet
Name and text written on photo: A.W. Straw written old dip pen ink
Photo Type: Cabinet Card Photograph
Approximate Age: circa 1870-80`s
Photographer Name: Fibbetts and also stamped William E. Sanford
Photographer City: Danvers
State: Massachusetts
County: Essex
Found in Manchester, New Hampshire in Hillsborough, Merrimack and Rockingham Counties. Please note that where an object is found, is not necessarily an indication of where a family lived. Although sometimes a clue, ancestral migration made the mailing and movement of ephemera common between separated family members.
NOTE: There is a small, faded purple rubber stamp mark on the back which reads William E. Sanford, may be the actual photographer of this piece.
NOTE: A wonderful Straw family piece!
Size: about 4.5 X 7 inches

NEHGS MA VR - 2 Dec 1891
Arthur W. Straw age 30 of Danvers, Ma [s/o Sam'l E and Sarah J Hadley Straw] to Mary J. Damon age 24 of Reading, MA [d/o Edward P and Jane Damon Hinman]

The Salem Directory: Containing the City Record, Schools, Churches, Banks, Societies, Etc., Names of the Citizens, a Business Directory, General Events of the Years 1854 and 1855, an Almanac for 1857 and a Variety of Miscellaneous Matter
By George Adams
Published by H. Whipple, 1886
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Jun 1, 2007
Served in Danvers Fire Dept

Find A Grave Memorial# 96615269

Arthur married Mary Jane Hinman, daughter of Edward Payson Hinman and Jane Damon, on 2 Dec 1891 in North Reading, Massachusetts. (Mary Jane Hinman was born on 19 Apr 1868 in North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, died on 29 Aug 1942 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Harmony Vale Cemetery in North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.)

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