Isabella Whidden

   Another name for Isabella was Belle Whidden.

  General Notes:

On her birth record her father is called Michael L and mother Mary Ann
On her death certificate her father is Henry L. Whidden and mother Mary Fellows - cause of death Heart disease; res: Worcester, MA

1860 South Danvers, Essex county, MA
Henry L. Whidden age 41 NH
Mary A. age 36 MA
A. H age age 17 MA
Frances age 16 MA
Asa age 8 MA [male -could this be an error and s/b Isabella?]

1870 Peabody, Essex County, MA
Henry L. Whidden age 52 NH
Mary A. age 47 NH
Albert H. 27 MA
Isabella age 18 MA

1880 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Living in boarding house
William STRAW Other M Male W 33 MA Confectioner MA MA
Belle STRAW Other M Female W 26 MA House Keeping MA MA
(they are living in a boarding house owned by Mary Bartlett; a widow age 25 with a young son.)

1900 - can't locate her but her husband William is divorced and living with his sister and brother as follows:
Malden, Middlesex county, MA
Abbie F. Hiltz Nov 1845 MA; widow; ch:2/1; father b. NH; mother MA
Frank E. b. Sept 1871 MA MA MA; m 8yrs
Eva M. Apr 1873 KS ME MA ; no ch
Benjamin F. Straw Feb 1849 MA; single(brother)
William E. Straw Sept 1851 MA; divorced (brother)

Isabella married William Everett Straw, son of Benjamin F. Straw and Sarah C. Burrill, on 9 Sep 1874 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts. (William Everett Straw was born on 7 Aug 1851 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusettes, died on 4 Aug 1913 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Saugus, Massachusetts.). The cause of his death was pulmonary enbolism.

Isabella next married James Walter Flagg, son of Levi Lincoln Flagg and Caroline Elizabeth Barnes, on 28 Aug 1888 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. (James Walter Flagg was born on 14 Aug 1853 in Boylston, Massachusetts.)