Edward Anson Straw

   Another name for Edward was Red Straw.

  General Notes:

(per grandson T. Walden via email Dec 2008) "We were told Edward Anson Straw (my grandfather) ran away from home after a dispute with his Stepmother, Lucinda 'Lulu' STRAW, nee BEERS."..also gave POB with multiple sources..

name per research of Wendy O'Neal

Research of Ken Armstrong on GenCircles.

1900 - can't find him or his father Ashley. His sister Maggie is living with a married couple in what appears to be foster care in Johnsonville, MN. Edward's mother is now deceased.

Grooms First Name Edward Grooms Last Name STRAW Grooms Residence Brides First Name Myrtle Brides Last Name THOLL Brides Residence County of Record Minidoka Co., Idaho Place of Marriage Marshfield Date of Marriage 20 Jul 1916 Volume 1 Page 250


WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIon: Cassia County, Idaho - 1917-1918
name: Straw, Edward Anson
enlistment (birth?) date: 19 Apr 1891
place of birth: Manchester SD
location of registration: Cassia, ID

1920 - can't find him or his family

1930 census Declo, Cassia County, ID
Adword (sic) Straw born c1892
Myrtle born c1895
Robert M. c1918
Margaret F. c1919
Vinal E. c1921
Vivian c1923
Richard T. c1927

Find A Grave Memorial 26746553

  Events

• Alt. Birth, 19 Apr 1891, Beatrice, Beadle, South Dakota.

Edward married Edith Myrtle Tholl, daughter of John Nicholas "Nick" Tholl and Margaret Louella Smothers, on 20 Jul 1916 in Marshfield, Minidoka County, Idaho. (Edith Myrtle Tholl was born on 28 Apr 1894 in Fairview, Okanagan, BC, Canada, died on 26 Dec 1971 in Stites, Idaho County, Idaho and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery Kooskia, Idaho County, Idaho, USA.)