Chase Straw

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research of Denise Drew from Quebec District of St. Francis; Vol 2; marriages 1815-1879

Witnesses at Chase and Betsey's wedding include: James Drew; Jerry Lovejoy and Esra Straw
IGI files

kindredkonnections on internet

[contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, December 2006]
In December 1849 and January 1850, there was a petition to have Stanstead County become part of the United States. There were over 1000 people who signed this petition. This could be an important resource if you are trying to find an ancestor as it would prove they lived in Stanstead County at that time. It is especially valuable because the 1851 census for Stanstead County is missing. This annexation list was printed in the Stanstead Journal and appear in the first Stanstead County Vital Statistics Book compiled from information published in the Stanstead Journal (researched by Elizabeth Brock & Jackie Tilton, November 1991) and available at the Stanstead Historical Society along with all the other volumes.
The petition reads as follows:
To John McConnell Esq. M.P.P. for the County of Stanstead.
Sir- The undersigned electors and inhabitants of the County of Stanstead, feeling that a great political change is necessary to the welfare and prosperity of this Province, and fully concurring in the principles set forth in the Montreal Manifesto, that a peaceful separation of the Colony from Great Britain, and a union with the United States, are the only means of relieving Canada from its present state of depression, respectfully request you to make public your sentiments and opinions upon this subject.
December 26, 1849, additional signatures January 3, 10, & 24, 1850.
(Signature of "Chase" STRAW)


census 1881 Dixville, Stanstead, Que
Curtis age 33
Clara 23
Ida 5
Edward 3
Herbert 2
Chase 71 widowed

burials in Dixville Cemetery in Dixville, Stanstead County, Quebec, Canada
Straw, Chase, d. 2 Feb 1885, age: 75yrs, s/w & husband of Betsey Drew
Straw, Curtis A., b. 27 Mar 1848, d. 18 Feb 1928
Straw, Herbert E., d. no date, son of G. (C)A. & C.J., stone broken
Straw, James, d. 30 Dec 1906, age: 63yrs, s/w Ellen Boyden
Straw, Melissa A., b. 1839, d. 1914, s/w Nelson Egleston
Straw, Minnie G., d. 16 Aug 1886, age: 7yrs, s/w & dau of J. & E. Straw

Find A Grave Memorial# 103900421

Chase married Betsey Drew, daughter of James Drew and Betsey Bliss, on 21 Jan 1834 in Stanstead, Que. (Betsey Drew was born on 19 Nov 1816 in Barnston, PQ, Canada, died on 26 Feb 1881 and was buried in Dixville Cemetery Dixville, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada.)