Harry Ellis Straw

   Another name for Harry was Henry Ellis Straw.

  General Notes:

NH birth records recopied 1941 - 2nd child of Herman F. age 33 and Mary O. (Parker) Straw age 28; person reporting said birth was W. P. Straw his older brother

1900 Manchester Ward 2, Hillsborough County, NH
Herman F. STRAW 1850
Mary O. 1854
Herman F. 1894
H. Ellis 1883
Wm Parker 1878
there were also 2 female servants in the household and a female housekeeper

Graduated with honor from Harvard College class of 1905. Entered Harvard Law School.Harry Ellis graduated with AB in finance and living in Manchester, NH as of 1919.

On 7 Sept 1907 he was issued a passport to travel abroad for 6 mos. He was a student. Gives DOB POB. No photo.Age 24' 5'9" tall with blue eyes and dark brown hair
Passenger list for Ellis Island
First Name:H. Ellis Last Name:Straw Ethnicity: Last Place of Residence: Date of Arrival:Nov 26, 1907 Age at Arrival: 24y Gender: M Marital Status: Ship of Travel:Kronprinz Wilhelm Port of Departure:Bremen Manifest Line Number:0022


12 Sept 1918 - WWI draft registration - Harry Ellis STRAW Manchester City, NH. Occ: cashier for Amoskeag Nat'l Bank in Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH; age 35years; tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair; nearest relative Herman F. STRAW (father)

1930 Hillsborough County, NH
H. Ellis STROW 1884
Eunice 1888
Annie 1927

1940 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH
H. Ellis Straw 57; Eunice 53; Anne 13 and Ruth W. Higgins age 49 [sister of Eunice] also female maid and female cook

1942 WWII draft registration - Harry Ellis STRAW age 59 of Manchester,Hillsboro County, NH; born 25 April 1883 in Manchester, NH; contact Mrs Eunice H. STRAW of same address; employed by Amoskeag Nat'l Bank in Manchester, NH

LOWELL SUN - 5 Nov 1950
MANCHESTER BANKER DIES
"Manchester, NH- Nov 4 - H.Ellis Straw President of the Amoskeag National Bank died today at his home. He was 67....graduated Harvard 1905...associated with amoskeag Nat'l Bank two years later...president in 1937....also director of Amoskeag Svgs Bank...NH Fire Ins Co...Manchester Gas Co..past president of the NH Farmer's Assoc...leaves widow and two brothers, Herman F. Straw of Andover, MA and Wm P. Straw president of Amoskeag Svgs Bank..services Tuesday in Congregational church.

Harry married Eunice Spalding Higgins, daughter of Edmund Fessenden Higgins and Martha Safford, on 25 Jun 1924 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (Eunice Spalding Higgins was born on 29 Jun 1887, died in Apr 1977 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire and was buried in East Candia Cemetery Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA.)

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