Clifford Leroy Straw
Name: Clifford LeRoy (FESSENDEN) STRAW Sex: M Birth: October 05, 1918 in Rainier, Or [father was Wm Eugene Fessenden b. 1888 and mother Maud Sweeny born 1889 and died 1919] Death: December 01, 1975 in Walla Walla, Wa. Note: Clifford was adopted on March 02, 1921 in Shoshone, Id. by Daniel Minor Straw and Henrietta (Fessenden) Straw. Henrietta was Clifford's biological Aunt. (www.rootsweb.com - researcher Nora Straw Figgins) also: " mother passed away in 1919 when he was just about a year old. We don't know what happened to the family for the next 3 years. In 1922 his biological aunt (his dad's sister) Henrietta Straw and her husband abopted him. Later his adopted father passed away and Henrietta could no longer take care of him so he was sent to an orphange in Kansas where he stayed until 1936 when he turned 18 years old. " [figdwni on www.ancestry.com]
Clifford married Helena Lethrud. (Helena Lethrud was born on 28 Feb 1918 in Fortuna, Divide, North Dakota, died on 27 Oct 1983 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery - Walla Walla, Washington.) |
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