Ralph Edwin Straw

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1900 Scandia Valley, Morrison County, MN Gilbert STRAW age 37 July 1862 married 8 yrs. Mildred A. age 27 c1873 Ralph E. age 7 Dec 1892 Lester R. age 2 Apr 1898 daughter May 1900

1910 Conde Ward 3, Spink County, SD Gilbert O. STRAW age 47 WI; c1863; father born WI; married 18y (c1892) Mildred A. age 37 b. MN father b. OH; mother b. NY Ralph E. age 17 b.SD (son) c1893 Lester R. age 12 MN (son) c1898 Mabel age 10 MN c1900 Horace A. age 4 SD (son) c1906 Glen A. age 1y 2m SD (son) c1909

5 June 1917 WWI draft registration of Ralph E. STRAW of Florence, Spink County, SD; age 24 and of medium height and build with brown eyes and brown hair; employed as a farm laborer in Frankfort, SD; single; DOB and POB (VERDON?)

1920 Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington G O STRAW age 57 MN; father OH; mother WI Mildred age 47 MN Ralph age 27 SD Ray age 21 MN Mabel age 19 MN Horrace age 14 SD Glen age 11 SD also in HH is Joe Meskan/Mahan born 1881 Hungary, a roomer.

SD marriage records Name: Rolph Edwin Straw Age: 30 Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Geraldine Fellman age 23 Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1924 Marriage County: Spink County of Residence: Spink Post Office: Frankfort

Ralph married Mary Geraldine Fehlman, daughter of John Philip Fehlman and Matilda Magdalene Valder, on 25 Jun 1924 in Frankfort, Spink County, South Dakota. (Mary Geraldine Fehlman was born on 29 Mar 1901, died in May 1983 in Spink County, South Dakota and was buried in St. Anne Cemetery in Frankfort, Spink County, South Dakota.)