Mary Onslow Parker
- Born: 13 Sep 1853, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- Marriage (1): Herman Foster Straw on 18 Sep 1873 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Died: 4 Feb 1929, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire at age 75
- Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Cause of her death was Endocarditis.
General Notes:
NH birth records of son gives her name as Mary Onslow Parker
1860 census Concord, Merrimack County, NH she is age 6 and living with her parents
1880 Census PlaceManchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Mary STRAW Birth Year<1855> BirthplaceNH Age25 OccupationKeeping House Marital StatusM <Married> RaceW <White> Head of HouseholdHerman STRAWRelationWife Father's BirthplaceNH Mother's BirthplaceNH
1900 Manchester Ward 2, Hillsborough County, NH Herman F. STRAW 1850 Mary O. 1854 Herman F. 1894 H. Ellis 1883 Wm Parker 1878 there were also 2 female servants in the household and a female housekeeper
obituary Portsmouth Herald Newspaper NH 5 Feb 1929 Mrs. Mary Onslow Parker Straw, wife of Herman P. Straw, for 24 years agent oŁ the Amoskeag Company until his retirement in 1920, and mother of William Parker Straw, .who resigned as ag-ent last month, .died late Monday afternoon at the home, 007 Chestnut street, Manchester, Mrs. Straw was well known in this vicinity and had a summer residence at Straw's Point, Rye Beach, for many years. She was born in Concord, Sept. 13, 1S53, the daughter oŁ William McAfree Parker and Susan (Judkins)Parker. Survivors, besides her widower and her son, •William P., include two other sons, Harry Ellis Straw, cashier of the Amoskeag National Bank, and Herman F. Straw, Jr., of Chicago; one brother, Winthrop Parker, superintendent of the Amoskeag mills; five grandchildren, Ezekiel Albert Straw, Mary Straw Flanders, Barbara, Ann, John Parker, and Anne Straw; four great-grandchildren. Peter S. and Joan Straw, Itouert and Charles Flanders.
Mary married Herman Foster Straw, son of Gov Ezekiel Albert Straw and Charlotte Smith Webster, on 18 Sep 1873 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (Herman Foster Straw was born on 30 Dec 1849 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, died on 8 Jul 1929 in Amoskeag, New Hampshire and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA.). The cause of his death was Cardio/renal disease;acute dilitation of heart.
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