Hollis William Straw

  General Notes:

1900 Seattle ward 7, King County, Washington Gilbert E Straw 37 Lizzie E Straw 32 Ellsworth T Straw 5 Hollis W Straw 3 Gilbert M Straw 2 Calvin S Straw 76


1910 Seattle Ward 14, King County, Washington Gilbert E Straw 47 MN Elizabeth E Straw 42 MA Elfred T Straw 16 WA Hollis W Straw 13 WA Gilbert M Straw 12 MA Edward Prince Straw 3 WA

5 June 19--WWI draft registration1917-1918 for Hollis William STRAW of Seattle, King County, WA; age 21 and of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair; occ: ship fitter for (Shimmer?) and Eddy Co in Seattle, WA; single

1940 census Portland, OR
Hollis W. Straw age 43
Alta M. Straw age 46
Bob C. Douglas age 18; b. 1922 ID

Oregon death index Name: Straw, Hollis County: Multnomah Death Date: 27 D 1963 Certificate: 17479 Age: 67 Spouse: Alta

cemetery records: Name: Hollis W Straw Service Info.: CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR I Birth Date: 5 Jun 1896 Death Date: 27 Dec 1963 Service Start Date: 3 Oct 1917 Interment Date: 2 Jan 1964 Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery Cemetery Address: 11800 SE MT. Scott Boulevard Portland, OR 97266 Buried At: Section F Site 5770

OREGONIAN - 30 Dec 1963
Survived by widow Alta M.; brothers Morton and Edward; step sons Harold and Bob Douglas; step dau Mrs Mildred Alderman; foreman in Portland city maintenance; WWI vet..interment Willamette Nat'l Cemetery

Hollis married Alta May Morgan, daughter of Samuel H. Morgan and Sarah Alice Southworth, in 1961 in Skamania county, Washington. (Alta May Morgan was born on 27 May 1893 in Star, Ada County, Idaho, died on 4 Mar 1967 in Westminster, Orange County, California and was buried on 8 Mar 1967 in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.)