Elizabeth Newsberry

   Cause of her death was beriberi/enteritis.

   Other names for Elizabeth were Lizzie Newbery and Lizzie Newsbury.

  General Notes:

per S. Phaneuf

found the following burial in Cleveland St Cem. in. Amherst, Lorain, OH:
NEWSBERRY
______, father, 1828-1909
______, mother, 1827-1889
Jak, 1874-1879

1900 Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
Edwin STRAW 1859
Lizzie 1861
Anna May 1888

1910 Amherst, Lorain County, OH
Edwin C. Straw 1860
Elizabeth 1861

1920 Amherst, Lorain OH
Edward C. Straw 1860 born OH; parents born MA; a farmer; married to Lizzie, age 59, born OH; parents from Germany. No children listed.

1930 census of Amherst, Lorain, OH.
Elizabeth Straw born 1861 She is the widow of Edward; her maiden name is Newsberry and she is living with her brother, Peter.
She & Edward married when she was 20. She is also worth $8000. Peter is a restaurant proprietor.

1940 Amherst, Lorain, OH
Elizabeth Straw is widow and b. 1861 and lives alone

OH deaths
Name Elizabeth Straw Death date 20 May 1949 Death place Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States Birth date 10 Aug 1860 Birth place Amherst, Ohio Age at death 88 years 9 months 19 days Gender Female Marital status Married Race or color Caucasian Spouse name Straw Father name Valentine Newsbery Mother name Lucelle Hellmer
Informant Mrs Margaret Zabel

Find A Grave Memorial 130876227
Straw, Elizabeth Date: May 23 1949
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Straw, Elizabeth, residence, 139 Harris St., Amherst, O.; passed away Friday, 11:40 p. m.; sister of Mrs. Charles Uthe, Vermilion, O.; aunt of nieces and nephews. Remains at the Zilch Funeral Home, Amherst, O., where friends may call. Funeral Monday at 2 p. m. Burial in Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
Additional info provided by contributor #46837378;
Elizabeth(Newsberry) Straw
Per Ohio death certificate;
Name Elizabeth Straw Death date 20 May 1949 Death place Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States Birth date 10 Aug 1860 Birth place Amherst, Ohio Age at death 88 years 9 months 19 days Gender Female Marital status Married Race or color Caucasian Spouse name Straw Father name Valentine Newsbery Mother name Lucelle Hellmer.
Informant Mrs Margaret Zabe. Elizabeth's cause of death was beriberi [Vitamin B1 deficiency] and enteritis
Elizabeth married 23 Dec 1880 in Lorain County, Ohio to Edward C. Straw. He died in 1929 following a bout of influenza. They had one known daughter Anna May Straw who died in 1920 of TB

  Medical Notes:

beriberi is a disease due to deficiency of Vitamin B1 [thiamine] characterized by nerve, cardiovascular [edema] and cerebral manifestations

Elizabeth married Edward C. Straw, son of Ezra Straw Jr and Mary Maria Foster, on 23 Dec 1880 in Loraine County, Ohio. (Edward C. Straw was born on 6 May 1859 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, died on 14 May 1929 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio and was buried on 16 May 1929 in Cleveland Street Cemetery Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA.). The cause of his death was acute diletation of the heart following influenza.

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