Charles William Straw

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MI birth records
Name Charles Straw Birth date 05 Sep 1883 Birth place Concord, Jackson, Michigan Gender Male Father name Lewis D. Straw Father birth place Michigan Mother name Elvira L. Straw Mother birth place Michigan Film number 2320696 Digital GS number 4207053 Image number 303 Reference number item 2 p 198 rn 708


MI marriage records
Groom name Charles Straw Groom age 21 years Groom birth year 1883 Bride name Carrie Garlock Bride age 23 years Bride birth year 1881 Bride birth place Wisconsin Marriage date 24 Nov 1904 Marriage place Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan Father of groom name Louis Straw Mother of groom name Alvira Parsons Father of bride name J.L. Garlock Film number 2342666 Digital GS number 4208681 Image number 573 Reference number v 1 p 396 rn 501
Michigan Marriage Records 13 Nov 1919 Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI
Charles W. Straw age 35 b. 1884 Concord, MI; s/o Lewis Straw and Elvira Paeshall
Pearl J. Ketchum age 20 b. 1899 Mendon, MI; d/o Frank D. Ketchum

1930 Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Charley Straw c1881 MI
Pearl c1901 MI
Mercer c1923 MI

1940 Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Charles Straw c1885 MI
Pearl c1900 MI
Mercer c1923 MI

SSDI
Charles STRAW
Birth Date:5 Sep 1883
Death Date:Oct 1971
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan
Death Residence LocalitiesZIP Code:49017
Localities: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Michigan, Calhoun - Vital records, Index to marriages, 1836-1917 - FHL US/CAN Film [1009294]:
STRAW, Charles & GARLOCK, Carrie, book 5, page 184.
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RECORDER AND TIMES
Janesville, Rock Co., WI
December 1, 1904
p. 4, c. 1
AT BATTLE CREEK
FORMER JANESVILLE GIRL MARRIED ON THANKSGIVING DAY
In the presence of only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties, a happy wedding event occurred at 4 o'clock Thanksgiving afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, Battle Creek, Mich., when the latter's son Mr. Charles Straw, was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Garlock, formerly of Janesville, Wis., the ceremony being pleasantly performed by Elder C. A. Hanson, of the A. M. M. college. Just previous to the ceremony, or at 2 o'clock, the bridal party and their friends joined in a most sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner, which the kind hostess, Mrs. Hill, prepared and placed before them. The bride and groom were the recipients of many fine and appropriate wedding gifts, testimonials of esteem from their appreciative friends. The groom is an efficient and highly respected attache of the Sanitas Nut Food company, the bride being an expert and esteemed typist in the service of the Sanitarium Food company. Mr. and Mrs. Straw began housekeeping at once at No. 105 Walter avenue, where they will be at home to their many friends after December 1st.

1910 Battle Creek Ward 3, Calhoun County, Michigan
Charles W. Straw
Carrie

11 Sept 1918 - WWI draft registration of 1917-1918; age 36y and of medium height and build with dark brown eyes and black hair; occ: driver camp jitney with Camp Custer Road in Battle Creek, MI; nearest relative is Mrs Carrie STRAW (wife);

THE BATTLE CREEK MOON JOURNAL
Thursday, November 4, 1919
pg. 7, col. 3
Granted Divorce - Mrs. Charles Straw was granted a divorce yesterday afternoon by judge Walter North in circuit court in Marshall from her husband Charles Straw, upon grounds of extreme cruelty. She will assume her maiden name. Miss Carrie Garlock and has accepted a position with the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake company in the stenographic department. She was represented in court by Attorney Robert Kirschmen.

Charles married Carrie M. Garlock, daughter of Joseph W. Garlock and Sarah Jane Tuckwood, on 24 Nov 1904 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Carrie M. Garlock was born in Aug 1881 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN.)

Charles next married Pearl Josephine Ketchum, daughter of Frank D. Ketchum and Hettie M. Meeker, on 13 Nov 1919 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Pearl Josephine Ketchum was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, died on 15 Oct 1975 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California and was buried in Mission City Memorial Park in Santa Clara, California.)