Milton Abbott Straw Jr

  General Notes:

census 1850 of Melrose, Middlesex County, MA shows him ae 13 living in a HH with the following people:
Ingalls (a teacher); Pressey; Haywood; ?Dugan and others too illegible to read.

Census of 1850 Chelsea, Suffolk, MA
Milton Abbott Straw ae 41
Eliza b1810 ME
Milton A. Jr age 13 born MA
Jefferson H age 4 MA
next page shows Eliza Straw ae 7 born MA and Sarah Knowlton ae 50 b. MA

1855 Chelsea, MA
Milton A Straw45
Eliza W Straw46
Milton A Straw19
Jefferson H Straw10
Mary Lake30
Elizabeth Renny20

1860 Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Milton A. Straw 1809
Eliza 1807
Milton A. 1837
Haskell 1846

May and June 1863 Civil War Draft records
Milton A. Straw age 28 Salesman born MA

1865 Boston, Suffolk, MA [boarding house?]
E A Milliken29
Annie Milliken25
H D Simpson28
M Davin25
Milton A Straw30 book keeper
Jennie Miller23
Clara F Smith24
Mary A Hurstler24
Caroline Reynolds35
Rose Archibald19
John C Archibald4/12

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island)
Given NameMilton A.
SurnameStraw
Event Date12 Sep 1892
Age40y
NationalityU.S.A.
Departure PortSouthampton
Arrival PortNew York
GenderMale
Citizenship StatusX
Ship NameColumbia

Date: Saturday, September 22, 1894 Paper: New York Tribune (New York, New York) Page: 11
Recorded mortgages
Zerwiah, Moses and wife to Milton A. Straw N. 80 Henry Street 3 years - $ 2,000

Date: Thursday, August 20, 1896 Paper: New York Tribune (New York, New York) Page: 8
Recorded Mortgages
O,Brien, Esther G. to Milton A. Straw s. e. corner Park Avenue and 174th st 3 years 3,000

1900 Manhattan Dist 683, New York, New York
Milton STRAW age 63 boarder; born MA; father born NH; mother born ME
Mary E. Straw (wife) born Maine Dec 1845; married 15 yrs. No children.

see wife's notes

www.ancestry.com
LW&T of Milton A. Straw of City of New York - 2 Mar 1903; probated 9 Feb 1905
Perpetual care of Lot 237 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Middlesex County, MA and for wife $5000.00 for placement of a sarcophagus [stone coffin bearing sculptures or inscriptions] in same cemetery "and having cut thereon the name Milton A. Straw"
Mary Elizabeth Straw [wife] Executrix - Furniture, jewelry, ;pictures - all personal propery except money and or investments; $2400.00 per annum and payable quarterly; $600.00 each 3 months in advance
Jefferson Haskell Straw [bro] - $10,000.00 to purchase an annuity
He also gave to many friends either $1000.00 or to one man in Boston $5000.00
Friends: Wm P. Clark of NYC and Wm Murray Sayer of NYC - Co-Executors with his wife

ancestry.com
Name:Milton A Straw
Age:67
Birth Year:abt 1837
Death Date:23 Nov 1904
Death Place:Manhattan, New York, USA
Certificate Number:38241

familysearch.com
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths
NameMilton A. Straw
Event TypeDeath
Event Date23 Nov 1904
Event PlaceManhattan, New York, New York, United States
GenderMale
Age67
Marital StatusUnknown
Birth Year (Estimated)1837
Father's NameMilton A. Straw
Mother's NameEliza Tarbox

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Note: Cremation At Fresh Pond, NYC

Burial:
Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium
Middle Village
Queens County
New York, USA
His LW&T arranged for burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA

  Research Notes:

Given names Milton A. Surnames Straw Ship arrival date 12 Sep 1892 Arrival age 40y[ born c1852] Nationality U.S.A. Departure port name Southampton Ship arrival port New York Gender Male US citizen X Ship name Columbia

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1836.

Milton married Mary Elizabeth circa 1885. (Mary Elizabeth was born on 9 Apr 1836 in North Dixmont, Maine, died on 16 May 1916 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.)