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Ezra Straw
(1780-1855)
Hannah Colbath
(1798-1886)
Elisha Foster Jr
(1795-1842)
Anna Mason
(1804-1900)
Ezra Straw Jr
(1831-1902)
Mary Maria Foster
(1836-1913)

Parks Foster Straw
(1869-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bertha H. Pries

2. Lucy Lelia Crocker

Parks Foster Straw

  • Born: 24 May 1869, Lorain County, Ohio.
  • Marriage (1): Bertha H. Pries in 1910-1912 in Lorain County, Ohio.
  • Marriage (2): Lucy Lelia Crocker on 4 Jul 1889 in North Amherst, Ohio
  • Died: 11 Jun 1919, Blackriver, Lorain County, Ohio. at age 50
  • Buried: Elmwood Cemetery;North Ridge, Amherst Twp, Lorain County, OH

bullet   Cause of his death was Cancer of stomach.

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bullet  General Notes:

www.familysearch.com - POB DOD DOD POD

census 1880 Black River, Lorrain, OH
Ezra age 48 b. NY; parents b. NH
Mary age 43 b. OH ; father b. VT; mother b.NY
Edwin age 21; single; b. OH
Parks age 11 b. OH
Name: Parks STRAW Age: 11 Estimated birth year: <1869> Birthplace: OHIO Occupation: At Home Relation: Son Home in 1880: Black River, Lorain, Ohio Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Ezra STRAW Father's birthplace: NEW YORK Mother's birthplace: OHIO

1900 Elyria, Lorain county, OH
Parks F. Straw b. May 1869 OH; m 10yrs
Lucy Straw b Sept 1872; m 10yrs; ch: 0/0

1903 Lorain OH City Directory
Straw, Mrs Lucy 329 4th st
Straw, P. F. 329 4th St; motorman

1910 Black River, Lorain county, Ohio
Park F. STRAW age 40 born OH; married once at age 20 (HOH)
Mary M. Straw age 72; widow; 4 children with 2 living (mother)
also in HH is Ray Hill age 20; servant; single
Next door is the Pries family with Bertha age 26 and single along with her brother John age 25 and Bertha's parents John Pries age 61 and his wife Emila? age 49

ancestry.com
Name:Parks Straw
Gender:Male
Spouse:Pries
Child:Ezra E Straw
Film Number:001575508

STRAW, Parks - Death date: 6/11/1919, Lorain County Volume #3011, Certificate #39228
Informant Edward Straw; COD: Carcinoma of stomach

www.ancestry.com - claims there was another marriage to Lucy Crosby - no dates
Tracy genealogy: ancestors and descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox ...
By Mattie Liston Griswold Hunt - confirms this and they married 4 July 1889 but gives her name as Lucy Crocker

OH death records
Name Parks Straw Death date 11 Jun 1919 Death place Blackriver, Lorain, Ohio Birth date 24 May 1869 Birth place Ohio Age at death 50 years 18 days Gender Male Marital status Married Race or color Caucasian Street address Amherst R.F.D. Occupation Farmer Residence Blackriver Lorain, Ohio Burial date 14 Jun 1919 Burial place Lorain, Ohio Cemetery name Elmwood Cemetery Father name Ezra Straw Father birth place Ohio Mother name Mary Foster Mother birth place Ohio
Informant Edward Straw [son]

Burial at Ridgehill- 1 May 1935
Find A Grave Memorial 195492512


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Parks married Bertha H. Pries, daughter of John Pries and Amelia Schallon, in 1910-1912 in Lorain County, Ohio. (Bertha H. Pries was born on 3 Nov 1883 in Germany, died on 29 Jul 1956 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio and was buried in Ridge Hill Memorial Park - Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio.)


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Parks next married Lucy Lelia Crocker, daughter of Spencer Crocker and Ellen Jenette Frisbie, on 4 Jul 1889 in North Amherst, Ohio. (Lucy Lelia Crocker was born on 2 Sep 1872 in North Amherst, Ohio and died on 2 Jan 1908 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

ancestry.com - Fam tree of ECFWizard2 claims they married in Essex, Ontario. Canada



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