Isaac Newton Straw

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Research of Ray and Mary Straw.

census 1850 Hustisford, Dodge, WI Enoch age 52 farmer Betsey age 44 Franklin age 19 Isaac N. age 17 Caroline age 14 John age 11 Henry age 9 Matilda age 6 C. H. Rierson age 27 Carpenter; born NY

census 1860 Hustiford, Dodge, WI - Enoch age 61 ME Betsey age 52 ME Henry D. age 19 ME Isaac N. age 27 ME Ellin M. (w/o Isaac) age 24; born VT Dolly Atkins (domestic) born VT age 65 Matilda P. age 16 born VT General J age 10 born WI

census 1870 Fremont, IA J. Newton c1833 Emma c1835 Hattie c1860 Ida c1866 Caroline c1869 William N c1865

per S. Phaneuf: Enoch & Betsey moved to Richland, Story, IA; the 1880 census lists: Enoch [82], Betsey [74], John [son, 41]; Isaac [son, 46], Ellen [Isaac's wife]; Isaac's children: Harriet [20], William [15], Ida [13], Caroline [11] and Charles [6]. They are farmers

census 1880 Richland, Story, IA Enoch Straw 82 born ME Betsey 74 born ME Isaac 46 born ME Name: Isac STRAW Age: 46 Estimated birth year: <1834> Birthplace: Maine Occupation: Farm Laborer Relation: Son Home in 1880: Richland, Story, Iowa Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Enoch STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH John 41 born ME Helen (daughter in law) 44 born ME Charles 6 b. IA Caroline 11 b. IA Ida 13 b. IL William 15 born IL Harriet 20 born Wisc

1885 - I. N. STRAW [age 51 ME] is in Nevada, Story County, Iowa along with Ellen M. [age 49 VT ]his wife and children: Ida M. [age 18 IL], Caroline F. [age 15], Charles E. [age 11] Harriet married or deceased? Also in HH is Enoch Straw [age 18] born c1867 his probable nephew and s/o Henry? Also living in Nevada is Wm N Straw and his wife Drusilla and their son Jimmy

1900 Buchanan, Atchison County, MO - living next door to son Chas E. Straw and Della Newton Straw May 1833 (HOH) born Maine; m 48 yrs; parents b. ME Ellen Straw July 1834 (wife) born Vermont; ch: 10/3; father b. VT; mother b. at sea Maud Straw age 13; Feb 1887 Iowa (grand daughter) [ d/o Wm Newton Straw and Dracella] Nellie Rumsby (grandaughter); single; born Feb 1882 Iowa [probable d/o Harriet]

Find A Grave Memorial 191121300
Isaac was the son of Enoch Straw, Jr and Betsy Welch. They are buried in Nevada, Story County, Iowa.
Isaac married 5-12-1853 Dodge County, Wisconsin to Ellen Atkins. Born July 1834 Vermont. Ellen died 10-20-1901 Hamburg, Fremont Co. Iowa. Their granddaughter Floy Ellen Straw was born at Hamburg on 9-17-1901 per her official birth record.
Isaac and Ellen had 10 children per the 1900 census. I have connected 3 of these children to his and Ellen's memorial.
Children as follows:
# 1. UKNOWN. I believe this would of been the first born because the next born child wasn't born until 1859.
# 2. John F. born 3-16-1859 Hustisford, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Died 4-29-1859 Hustisford. FAG # 14992865
# 3. Harriet called Hattie as most Harriet's were. Born 1860 Hustiford, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Married ______ Rumsby.
# 4. William Newton born 2-2-1865 Illinois. Died 8-31-1956 San Diego, California. 4.
Married 5-12-1884 Nevada, Story County, Iowa to Druzilla Hand
Born 11-7-1858 Nevada, Story County, Iowa. Died 11-23-1907.
They had 2 children .
# 1. James born 8-16-1881 Nevada, Story County, Iowa. Died 12-5-1956 San Diego, San Diego County, California.
# 2. Bertha Ann born 1884 Nevada, Story Co. Iowa. Died
Married at least three times. First on 8-15-1907 at the age of 23 at Madrid, Boone County, Iowa to William W. Northway age 47. Son of Dura Northway and Eliza Rowne. William born 1858, died 11-14-1915 San Diego, California. death cert # 35304, They had one son Dura C Northway born 8-26-1909 San Diego. died 11-21-1992 Ramona, San Diego County, California.
Bertha age 30 next married Ralph Morrison age 30 on 4-10-1916 in Los Angles, California. The son of James Morrison and Johnanna Shein both from Germany. Ralph born in Switzerland. Marriage record list her parents as William N Straw and Drucillia Hand.
She next married Vergilio Bruschi, Jr. by 9-12-1918. His WW1 draft card list his wife as Bertha Northway Bruschi. [Eva Myrick]

Isaac married Ellen M. Atkins, daughter of John Atkins and Dolly Heath, on 12 May 1853 in Ashippun, Dodge County, Wisconsin. (Ellen M. Atkins was born in Jul 1834 in Vermont, died on 20 Oct 1901 in Hamburg, Freemont county, Iowa and was buried in Hamburg Cemetery - Iowa.)