Russel A. Straw

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NameRussell Straw
Event TypeMarriage Registration [Parent's consent filed]
Event Date24 Dec 1941
Event PlaceElkhart, Indiana, United States
Residence PlaceGoshen, , Indiana
GenderMale
Age (Estimated)21
RaceWhite
Race (Original)White
Birth Date03 Aug 1920
BirthplaceToledo, , Ohio
Marriage License Date24 Dec 1941
Marriage PlaceElkhart, Indiana
Father's NameRoland J Straw
Mother's NameEdith May Hoke
Spouse's NameChristine Collinsworth
Spouse's Residence PlaceCromwell, , Indiana
Spouse's Residence CityCromwell
Spouse's Residence StateIndiana
Spouse's GenderFemale
Spouse's Age (Estimated)16
Spouse's RaceWhite
Spouse's Race (Original)White
Spouse's Birth Date19 Mar 1925
Spouse's Birthplace, Prairie, Kentucky
Spouse's Father's NameDenny B Collinsworth
Spouse's Mother's NameMatilda Carter
Officiator's NameSamuel E Miller
Page281
Number of Images1
CITING THIS RECORD
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX1Q-KYD : 21 January 2016), Russell Straw and Christine Collinsworth, 24 Dec 1941; citing Elkhart, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,845,723.

cemetery records - Headstone inscription: WWII Private

15 Dec 1943 in Toledo, OHIO - WWII Enlistment of Russel A. STRAW; born 1920 OH; 2 yrs HS; married; semiskilled occupations in mfg of paper goods

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Name: Russell A Straw
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1920
Death Date: 27 Sep 1975
Gender: Male
Residence: Sturgis, St. Joseph, Michigan
Place of Death: Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan

Russel married Katherine Christine Collinsworth, daughter of Denny Burns Collinsworth and Matilda Carter, on 24 Dec 1941 in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. (Katherine Christine Collinsworth was born on 19 Mar 1925 in Bonnyman, Perry County, Kentucky, died on 12 Nov 2001 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana and was buried in South Union Cemetery in Nappanee, Indiana.). The cause of her death was Acute myocardial infarct.

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Russel next married Eleanor Evangeline Bellaire, daughter of Charles W. Bellaire and Anna L. Osborn, on 11 Feb 1950 in Goshen, Indiana. (Eleanor Evangeline Bellaire was born on 16 Dec 1926 in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, died on 4 Jan 2005 in Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis, Michigan and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA.)

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