Ira Irlie Straw

  General Notes:

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Note: Married first Clara King (divorced),married second Hettie (___) . Son: Bennie

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12 Sept 1918 WWI Draft Registration 1917-18 Union County, Iowa - Ira Straw - nearest relative is Israel Straw [father]; age 21 y; blue eyes and brown hair

1920 Union, Union County, Iowa
Samuel I. Straw 1861
Benjamin F. 1897 (son)
Ira A. 1898 (son)
Ida Ellen 1901
Mary E. 1904
Jesse M. 1907 (son)
Ethel S. 1909

1925 Pleasant, Union County, Iowa
I S Straw age 64 (wid); father Cyrus Straw b. MA; mother Sarah Stearns b.VT
Bennie 28 (single) father: I S Straw b. IA; mother: Emaline Gartrell b. IA
Ira 27 (single) "
Ida 25 (single) "
Jess 19 (single) "

1930 Tingley, Ringold County IA
Ira A. Straw born c. 1898 living with his brother Jesse and wife and says he is single

SSDI:
Ira STRAW
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1897
Death Date: Mar 1968
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Iowa
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 94577
Localities: San Leandro, Alameda, California

Find A Grave Memorial 30149428
Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park...Also known as: Decoto Cemetery, Garden of Noor Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery
He was the husband of Hettie Straw; father of Ben Edwards of Oakland, Mrs Yvonne Hatch of San Leandro and Mrs Bonnie Smith of West Covina; grandfather of eight and brother of Ben Straw and Mrs Ethel England both of Iowa. He was 70 years old and a native of Iowa.

Ira married Clara King, daughter of Robert N. King and Catherine, after 1920. (Clara King was born in 1900 in Lebanon, Missouri, died in 1944 and was buried in Carson Cemetery in Carson, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.)

Ira next married Hettie Elizabeth Green, daughter of Frank Leslie Green and Lela Beatrice Potter, after 1930. (Hettie Elizabeth Green was born on 16 Mar 1900 in Nebraska, died on 24 Feb 1975 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California and was buried in Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, Alameda County, California.)