John Bean Straw

  General Notes:

Sources: Genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson 1897; IGI files.

NEHGS - Lowell birth records

History of Lowell and Its People By Frederick William Coburn - Was in partnership with Charles Swan in Lowell, MA as a civil engineer

Probably the John Straw who opened a savings account with Lowell Institute for Savings Bank in 1846; occ: clerk

1850 Lowell, Middlesex County, MA M. B. Stram 1802 Augusta M. 1825 John B. 1827 Levi H. 1828 M. E. 1838

1855 Lowell, MA
J. B. Straw born 1825-1835
Mary H. born 1825-1835

Name: John B Straw Event Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1827 Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1852 Marriage Place: Lowell, Massachusetts Marriage Age: 25 Father Name: Stephen Straw Mother Name: Meriam Straw Spouse Name: Mary H Emerson Spouse Marriage Age: 22 Spouse Father Name: Nehemiah Emerson Spouse Mother Name: Amry Emerson

Research for consideration: STRAW, ??? Spouse: Emerson, ??? Location: Laconia County: Belknap Date: 06/01/1852

census 1860 Lewiston, Androscoggin, ME John B. Straw born c1827 Mary H. born c1829

census 1870 Lewiston Ward 7, Androscoggin, ME John B. Straw born c1829 Mary born c1831 John S 1863 Mary M. 1866

census 1880 Lewiston, ME John B. Straw 54; born MA; born c1826; occ: engineer; parents born NH Mary H. 50; born NH John S. 17; b. ME Mary M. 14; b. ME

per 1900 census he is living in Lewiston, ME with his wife and son John S who is now 38 and single.

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John married Mary Harvey Emerson, daughter of Maj. Nehemiah Emerson and Mary Bean Felch, on 1 Jan 1852 in Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire. (Mary Harvey Emerson was born on 19 Nov 1829 in New Hampshire, died on 11 Jan 1929 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston, Maine.)

  Marriage Notes:

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May also have been married in Lowell, MA