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
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
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.)
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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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