James Harvey Straw

  General Notes:

Name: James STRAW Age: 18 Estimated birth year: <1862> Birthplace: Iowa Occupation: Works On Farm Relation: Son Home in 1880: New Hampton, Chickasaw, Iowa Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Josefhns STRAW Father's birthplace: OH Mother's birthplace: OH

1885 New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa - all born Iowa
Joseph Straw 60
Elisabeth Straw 58
James H Straw 23
Amanda Straw 18
Josephus Straw 13


1895 Iowa census Chickasaw, IA
James Straw age 33 b. NH
Ella 26 b. NH
Ester 6 NH
Harel age 5
Florence 3 NH

1900 New Hampton, Chickasaw, IA
James H. c1861 Iowa
Ella 1869 WI
Florence 1891 Iowa
Esther 1888 Iowa

In 1920 Cedar Falls, Blackhawk County, Iowa he is HOH and single; in the HH are his nephew Alec Dickerson and wife Cora who is listed as James' neice and the Dickerson children

1930 Cedar Falls, Balckhawk, IA
James H. Straw is age 68; divorced and lives alone and works as a janitor in an apt bldg

IGI files: DOM POM
James H. Straw married Alla Valiria Everts on Jun 01, 1887 in Chickasaw, IA
Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference numbers 1027436 through 1027438

His children's names per genealogy of Joe Swinehart

James married Ella (Alla) Valaria Everts, daughter of Stephen Everts and Esther Ann Elliot, on 1 Jun 1887 in New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa. (Ella (Alla) Valaria Everts was born on 14 Feb 1869 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.)