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Daniel Dudley Straw
(1838-1887)
Ann Sarah Durkee
(Abt 1840-1882)
John Sheard
(Cir 1837-)
Emma D. Clisbee
(1843-)
George Walter Straw
(1861-1960)
Estella Sheard
(1871-)

Percy Andrew Straw Sr
(1895-1977)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Pauline Dorothy DeKay

2. Reah Mills

Percy Andrew Straw Sr

  • Born: 2 Oct 1895, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Pauline Dorothy DeKay on 25 Jun 1921 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York
  • Marriage (2): Reah Mills on 2 Oct 1915 in Port Huron, Wayne County, Michigan
  • Died: 1 Dec 1977, Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California at age 82
  • Buried: Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, California
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bullet  General Notes:

NEHGS - Springfield, MA birth records - s/o Walter G and Estella Sheard

per S. Phaneuf:

1900 Boston Ward 2, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Walla? Straw 1862 (should be Walter Straw born Oct 1861)
Estella Straw 1872, wife born 12/1871, MA
Percy Straw1894 born 10/1893, MA moved to Toledo, Lucas, OH
Tracy Straw 1893 born 7/1892, MA [son] moved to Buffalo, Erie, NY

1910 Fairfield County, CT - surname corrupted
Walter G. STANA 1863 NH
Estella 1872 MA
Tracy H. 1893 MA
Percy A. 1895 MA
Beatrice E. 1909 CT

MI marriages
GROOM:Andrew Strew age 21 b. 1894 MA
BRIDE: Reah Mills age 23 born 1892 MI
DATE: 2 Oct 1915
PLACE: Port Huron, Wayne county, Michigan
GROOM'S PARENTS: George and __tella (Sheard) Strew
BRIDE'S PARENTS; Glen and Emma (Cole) Mills
FILM # 2342713; image # 423

WWI Draft Registration for Wayne County, Michigan 1917-1918 - Percy Andrew Straw; age 22y with medium height and build with brown eyes and brown hair. Occ: auto repairman with Mase Laundry: married with wife; military service of 2yrs as Private Co A 31st (state)

1920 census he was probably in the military?

1930 Toledo, Lucas County Ohio
There is a Percy A Straw, an electrician, living in Toledo, OH in 1930. He says he was born in MA but that his parents were from NH & Maine. He is married to a Pauline and has: Elizabeth Whiting [1920], Virginia [1922], John [1924], Percy [1926], Walter [1927] & Delores [1929
Percy A. 1894
Pauline d. 1909
Virginia L. 1922
John R. 1924
Percy A. 1926
Walter J. 1927
Dolores E. 1929
also Elizabeth Whiting c1820

California Death Records and SSDI
STRAW PERCY A born 10/02/1894 Massachusettes [parents not listed]
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 91356
Localities: Tarzana, Los Angeles, California


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Percy married Pauline Dorothy DeKay, daughter of James Monroe DeKay and Cora B. Royce, on 25 Jun 1921 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. (Pauline Dorothy DeKay was born on 7 Jun 1901 in Dukes Center, Pennsylvania, died on 22 Jul 1992 in L.A. County CA and was buried in Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, California.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

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Percy next married Reah Mills, daughter of Glen Mills and Emma Cole, on 2 Oct 1915 in Port Huron, Wayne County, Michigan. (Reah Mills was born in 1892 in Michigan.)




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