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Lester N. Straw Sr.
(Bef 1825-)
Conrad Kracht
(1825-1907)
Anna Marie "Mary" Luise Kosenkoetter
(1829-)
Lester N. Straw Jr
(Abt 1845-1891)
Mary Kracht
(Cir 1861-)
Mabel Straw
(1884-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marvin Melvin Folk
2. Cyrus A. Connelly

3. John Clarence Ralston

Mabel Straw

  • Born: 17 Sep 1884, Iowa
  • Marriage (1): Marvin Melvin Folk on 1 Jan 1925 in DesMoines, Polk county, Iowa
  • Marriage (2): Cyrus A. Connelly on 28 Dec 1900 in Jasper County, Iowa
  • Marriage (3): John Clarence Ralston between 1913 and 1917
  • Died: 24 Mar 1953 at age 68
  • Buried: Melbourne Memorial Garden in Marshall County, Iowa
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bullet  General Notes:

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Name: Sey Connelly Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Mable Straw Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1900 Marriage Place: Jasper, Iowa Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10088-2 System Origin: Iowa-EASy Source Film Number: 1034510 Reference Number: p 109

1905 Independence, Jasper, Iowa
Cyrus Connelly, Mable, Harry and M. G.

1910 Des Moines, Polk, IA
Cyrus A. Connelly age 30; Mabel C. age 24 with Harry 8 and Gladys age 5

1920 Chicago, Cook county, IL [lodging with Mattie and Frank Glancy along with other lodgers]
John Ralston born 1880 IL; occ: rec'ing clerk in mail order house; parents b. IL
Mabel Ralston born 1886 Iowa; father b. MI; mother b. IL
Harry Connelly born 1902 Iowa
Gladys Connelly born 1905 Iowa

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1925 Mabel Folk [Mabel Straw] Birth Year: abt 1886 Birth Place: Iowa Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1 Jan 1925 Residence State: Iowa Residence County: Polk Locality: Des Moines Ward 7 Relation to Head: Wife Mother: Mary Kracht Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Father: Lester Straw Father's Birthplace: Michigan Marriage Place: Iowa Spouse Name: Marvin M Folk Roll: IA1925_1906 Line: 30
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Des Moines Ward 7, Polk County, Iowa in 1925
Marvin FOLK age 46 born c1879 IL
Mabel Folk (wife) age 39; born 1886 Iowa

1930 Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Marvin FOLK age 55 widowed and born IL c1875; parents born OH - living alone
1930 Walnut, Polk Co, IA
There is a Mabel Ralston age 44 [c1886 IA] with father b. MI and mother b. WI who is living and working as a housekeeper for a 62 yr old widowed man. Says she is widowed. Since she is buried as a "Ralston" she must have reverted back to that married name.

Find A Grave Memorial #37716941-
Melborne Memorial Garden in Marshall county, Iowa
Mabel Straw Ralston b. 17 Sept 1884 and died 24 Mar 1953; mother of Harry Connelly [b. 1901] and Gladys Ralston born 1905


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Mabel married Marvin Melvin Folk, son of Henry Folk and Mary Martha Mason, on 1 Jan 1925 in DesMoines, Polk county, Iowa. (Marvin Melvin Folk was born on 14 Mar 1877 in Illinois.)


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Mabel next married Cyrus A. Connelly, son of Henry Charles Connelly and Mary Kline, on 28 Dec 1900 in Jasper County, Iowa. (Cyrus A. Connelly was born on 15 Feb 1879 in Iowa and died on 6 May 1913 in Iowa.)


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Mabel next married John Clarence Ralston between 1913 and 1917. (John Clarence Ralston was born on 14 Oct 1878 in Taylorsville, Illinois and died after 1942.)




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