Lawrence Edmunds Straw

   Another name for Lawrence was Laurence Edmundo Straw.

  General Notes:

O'Dell's Abstracted Newspaper Index of Page and Taylor Counties, Iowa
S360 "Straw, Lawrence of Carey, Oh vis(ited) Lew Straw's father, age 85, in Vil. SP 08 Oct 1912" (Lew Straw's father would be Malachi Straw born 1828?)

Straws buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Crawford, Ohio are:
David 1825- 26 april 1890
Lucy A. 1834 - 5 July 1870
Margie V. 1841 - 22 mar 1903
David Harry 29 Jan 1855 - 12 Feb 1895
Mary Ann 19 Mar 1858- 9 Nov 1927
Lawrence Edmundo 1876 - 1955
Edith VanFlect (sic) 1885 - 1981

1880 Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio
David SHAW Self M Male W 54 OH Banker VT PA
Margie SHAW Wife M Female W 39 OH Keeps House CT OH
Grace SHAW Dau S Female W 14 OH At Home OH OH
Robert SHAW Son S Male W 13 OH At Home OH OH
Nellie SHAW Dau S Female W 7 OH OH OH
George SHAW Son S Male W 6 OH OH OH
Lawerence SHAW Son S Male W 4 OH OH OH

1900 Crawford, Wyandot County, Ohio
Margie V. STRAN 1841
Nellie L. STRAN 1873 [daughter]
Lawrence E. STRAN 1877 [son] also listed in Williamstown, Berkshire, MA [student @ Williams College]
George A. STRAN 1874

1910 Crawford, Wyandot County, Ohio
Laurence E. Straw age 33 OH
Edith V. age 35 OH
Virginia H. age 3 OH
Henry K. age 1 OH

12 Sept 1918 - World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record Lawrence Edmunds Straw of East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH; age 42 and is tall and slender with brown eyes and light hair; occ: auditing for Franz Premier CO in Cleveland, OH; nearest relative is Edith VanFleet STRAW (wife)

1920 East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Larence E., 53, teacher, married to Edith, 45, secretary,
and in both cases (1930 census for Cuyahoga, Lakewood, OH.) list only two children: Kirtland [b. 1909] and Virginia [Nellie?] born 1902. Both born in OH.

1940 Cleveland, OH
Lawrence, Edth & Virginia

Name: Straw, Lawrence E.
Date: Jan 21 1955
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #159.
Notes: Lawrence E. Straw, a former Greater Cleveland resident, died Jan. 10 in Carey, O., at the age of 78, it was learned here yesterday. He was buried there. Mr. Straw was born in Carey, where his father was a banker. He was a graduate of University School and Williams College. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. For a number of years Mr. Straw taught sciences at Harding Junior High School in Lakewood. Later, he devoted his time to private interests here. He returned to Carey in the early 1940s. Surviving him are his wife, a son, H. Kirtland Straw of Cleveland Heights, and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Phillips of Alcott, N. Y.

The following is taken from writings of Martha Hufford Shough:
A nephew, Lawrence Straw, of Grandmother Smith wrote up a genealogy as the result of his investigations and is as follows: "Family firmly established in Germany at the town of Giesseu, near Frankfort on the Rhine in the year of 1472. In 1483 the Coat of Arms was founded before the establishment of the College of Arms. Root of the name was "Stroh" which is still found in Germany. The College of Arms established the Coat of Arms in 1483. After immigration began our branch went to England in 1620 A.D. and here we find Jacob changed to Jack, then Solomon, Samuel, Lawrence, Israel, Ezekiel, Joel, Jason, Elizabeth, Sally, Ulary, David and a host of others followed to the United States and settled in Clermont County, Maine. The King of England compelled "Stroh" name to be changed to "Straw" and to swear allegiance to the English Crown.

Lawrence married Edith Laura Van Fleet, daughter of Frederick Van Fleet and Nellie Starkweather, on 12 Oct 1905 in Wyandot County, Ohio. (Edith Laura Van Fleet was born on 9 Feb 1885 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio, died on 14 Jan 1981 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio.)

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