Marvin Elmer Straw

  General Notes:

1880 Census PlaceMattawan, Van Buren, Michigan
Elmer STRAW
Birth Year<1869>
BirthplaceMI
Age11
OccupationAttend School
Head of HouseholdGeorge F. STRAW >RelationSon
Father's BirthplaceMI
Mother's BirthplaceNY

1900 in Cumming, Ogemaw Co, MI
STROW
George F HOH b 1841 MI
Mary b. 1840 NY
Elmer STEWART son in law b 1869 MI
Sarah STEWART dtr b 1879 MI
Duam [Duane] b. 1895 MI grandson
Elenor b. 1898 granddtr
George b. 1900 grandson.

1910 Rose Ward 3, Ogemaw County, MI
STRAN
Mary HOH b. 1840 NY
Elmer son b. 1869 MI
Duane grandson b. 1895 MI
Monford grandson b. 1887 MI
Ella grand dtr.b. 1889 MI
George grandson b. 1900 MI

1920 in Rose, Ogemaw County, Michigan
STRAW
Mary HOH b. 1840 NY
Elmer M son b. 1870 MI
Montgord [Montford] P b. 1887 MI
George b. 1900 MI

1930 Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Marvin STRAW 1869
Monford 1897

Ohio death records
Name: Marvin E Straw Birth Date: 1928 Birth State: Ohio Birth Country: United States Gender: Male Race: White Residence County: Hamilton Residence State: Ohio Residence Country: United States Death Date: 22 Feb 1983 Hospital of Death: University Hosp. Cinci General City of Death: Cincinnati County of Death: Hamilton Certificate: 017710 Age at Death: 55 Certifier: Coroner Autopsy: Yes, used for certification Social Security Number: 273-24-5570 Marital Status: Widowed

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Marvin, who often went by Elmer during his young adult years, was born in 1869 to George Strawn and Mary Hodges. He spent most of his youth in Mattawan and Kalamazoo.
In 1894, he and his sweetheart, Luella Griffith, eloped to St Joseph County, Indiana. Shortly thereafter, they moved to rural Ogemaw County, where they welcomed four children over the next 5 years.
Sadly, during the pregnancy for youngest son George, Luella contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. With the help of his parents, he raised his young family as a single parent.
As his children grew up and moved away, Marvin found his way to Saginaw, near son George, where he lived out the rest of his life in a boarding house. He died in October, 1943. He was laid to rest with Luella in Rose City cemetery

Marvin married Lucia Luella Griffith, daughter of Collins Dewane Griffith and Harriet Eleanor Pettys, on 19 Oct 1894 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. (Lucia Luella Griffith was born in 1865 in Mattawan, Van Buren County, Michigan, died on 7 Oct 1914 in Michigan State Hospital in Traverse City, Michigan and was buried in Rose City Cemetery in Ogemaw County, Michigan; Lot 122B.). The cause of her death was TB (pulmonary).