Elijah J. Straw

   Cause of his death was consumption [TB].

  General Notes:

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Name:Elijah Straw
Birth Date:19 Jan 1819
Birthplace:Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Father's Name:Elijah Straw
Mother's Name:Mary
Registration Place:Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States GS Film number: 1001045 , Digital Folder Number: 4244313 , Image Number: 01255

Could Elijah J. and Jonathan be one and the same...or are they twins? Found birth record for Jonathan born 19 Jan 1819 [s/o Elijah and Mary]. Also for Elijah with same information. Census records indicate Elijah J. born 1819 and death records give his DOB as Jan 1819....and parents Elijah and Mary.Since these records on www.familysearch.com are recopied in 1905 from some original source it is possible the transcriber made an error...no where on either certificate does it indicate they were twins. Elijah J. may be Elijah Jonathan? However...the 1820 census of Warner, NH indicates there were 2 males born 1811-1829 and this could be an indication that Jonathan and Elijah were indeed two separate births. Will leave them that way until I can prove otherwise.

census 1850 of Charlestown, MA shows Elijah Straw ae 31, a cabinet maker, serving time in MA State Prison for robbery. He is listed as Elijah Straw (b c 1819) a date of 1844 appears near his name and may indicate the year of his incarceration. On Apr 10 charged with highway robbery [$15] of Moses Grant of Lyndeborough, NH. Straw presented a pistol and threatened to shoot Grant.

LOWELL DAILY CITIZEN AND NEWS - 27 May 1856
Elijah Straw was fined $5 for an assault on C. J Knowles

POD, name of first wife (Eliza Sutton) and POMs for both marriages per S. Phaneuf

Second wife's name is Olive

Lowell Institute for Savings 1829-1992 was one of the earliest savings banks established in the United States. Among the bank records were dozens of ledgers listing depositors including Name, Occupation, and the Date they opened their Account.
Straw, Elijah 1853 - also opening accounts that same year were Miriam Straw and Elizabeth Straw - relationships unknown

NEHGS VR Lowell, MA
Elijah J. Straw - died age 38y 1 mo of consumption; male; married; stone cutter; b. Warner, NH; parents: Elijah and Mary Straw

Elijah married Eliza Ann Sutton on 5 Feb 1842 in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (Eliza Ann Sutton was born before 1826.)

  Marriage Notes:

Date: Thursday, August 10, 1843
Paper: Boston Recorder (Boston, MA)
Volume: XXVIII
Issue: 32
Page: 127

Elijah next married Olive Putnam, daughter of Timothy Putnam and Betsey Dickey Hall, on 14 Jun 1854 in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (Olive Putnam was born on 30 Sep 1820 in Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont and died on 29 Nov 1868 in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.)