Sarah Straw Danforth

   Another name for Sarah was Martha Hosmer Loker.

  General Notes:

Danforth Genealogy by John Joseph May on Google Book search - John was a book binder, painter and paper hanger; resided in Dedham; drowned in 1846 and his youngest children were adopted out to friends and relatives
Ch: Alvira 1838; Jane 1839; Abbie 1841; Emma 1843 adopted by Winn family with named changed to Anna Winn; Emmett 1844 adopted with name changed to Daniel Danforth Whitney and Sarah Straw 1846 with name changed to Martha Hosmer. who m. Alvin Twiss

On the birth records of her children she is listed as Martha H. Loker Twiss

1850 Brookline, Norfolk county, MA
Alvin Loker age 46 MA
Lucy Loker age 46 MA
Sarah A. age 22 MA
Martha age 4 MA

1860 Roxbury, Norfolk county, MA
Alvin Loker age 56 MA
Lucy Loker age 60 MA
Martha H. Loker age 14 MA

NEHGS - Roxbury birth records - Sarah S. Danforth d/o John M. [painter] and Alvira Feb 10, 1846

NEHGS - marriage records
25 Nov 1869 - Alvin S. Twiss age 24 born Tewksbury [s/o Luther and Mehitable Twiss] and Martha H. Loker 23 born Newton [d/o Alvan and Lucy Loker]

Sarah married Alvin S. Twiss, son of Luther Twiss and Mahitable Loker, on 25 Nov 1869 in Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. (Alvin S. Twiss was born in Jun 1845 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and died circa 1921 in Massachusetts.)