Alva James Straw Sr

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5 June 1917 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record - Alva J. Straw of Chickasaw County, IA; age 21 and of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair; single and employed in farming; employer's name: Theodore Pichart ? of New Hampton, IA

census 1920 New Hampston, Chickasaw County IA
George Straw 63
Myra Straw 48
Alva Straw 24
Harriet Straw 17
Ella Straw 8
Stella Straw 8

The Nashua Reporter (Nashua, Iowa)10 Aug 1927, WedPage 1 [wedding notes]
Dorothy Alma to Alva J. Straw

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1930 Coffee, Wabash Co IL
Alva Straw age 30; single; born IL as were his parents; a farm laborer

The Mason City Globe-Gazette (Mason City, Iowa)24 Aug 1940, SatPage 14 [notes]
New Hampton - Divorce petition filed by Dorothy Loos Straw against Alva James Straw...plaintiff alleges they were married 8 Aug 1927 and lived together until 24 Nov 1936 when defendant is alleged to have deserted his wife. Petitioner asks custody of their 9 yr old son.


WWII draft record
Alva James Straw of Growmore, Rt 4, Yakima, WA; age 46 born New Hampton, IA 18 Sept 1895; John Toop/Loop [person who will always know your address] of same address as Alva; employed by Rex Spring of same address

The Mason City Globe-Gazette (Mason City, Iowa)09 Feb 1966, WedPage 13 [notes]
Alva Straw, 70, born Chickasaw County, died 2 Feb in Yakima, WA....WW1 Vet....survived by son James of New Hampton..sisters: Mrs Ed Draheim; Mrs Will Gauger; Mrs Robert Kalkbrenner and Mrs Carl Loewen all of New Hampston and brother Orville of New Hampton and brother George of Marshalltown.

Alva married Dorothy Alma Loos, daughter of Nicholas P. Loos and Cecelia Agnes Schultz, on 8 Aug 1927 in Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa. (Dorothy Alma Loos was born on 23 Jan 1904 in Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa, died on 14 Jun 1976 in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa and was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Nashua, Iowa.)