Ada Elsie Straw
- Born: 3 Mar 1878, Washington, Taylor County, Iowa
- Marriage (1): Alexander Naper Tait on 2 May 1903 in Pipestone County, Minnesota
- Died: 17 Apr 1952, Alameda, California at age 74
- Buried: Graceland Park Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa
 General Notes:
Name: Ada E. STRAW Age: 2 Estimated birth year: <1878> Birthplace: Iowa Relation: Dau Home in 1880: Washington, Taylor, Iowa Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: C.G. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH
In the census of 1880 she is "ADA" but in census of 1885 she is called "ADDA"
1900 Red Rock, Minnehaha county, SD
Geroge A. Straw age 29 born Aug 1870 VT; single; farmer [head]
Anson E. Straw age 22 born Jan 1874 VT; single; partner of brother [brother]
Ada E. Straw age 22 born March 1878 IA; single [sister]
Sally Straw age 61; born Oct 1838 NH; ch: 8/6 [mother]
In 1925 she is living in Woodbury County, Iowa as Ada TAIT born c1879 the d/o Sally Stearns and "Silas" Straw.
1930 Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Alexander Tait 53
Ada Tait 52
Mable Tait 18
Walter Tait 14
June Tait 11
California Death records
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TAIT - In Oakland, April 17, 1952. Ada Elsie Tait, beloved wife of the late Alexander Tait; loving mother of Walter F. Tait, Mrs. Carl Kopp, Mrs Joseph F. Cotter of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Albert Venzke; sister of George Straw of Minnesota; grandmother of eight grandchildren; a native of Iowa; aged 75 years. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 19, 1952, at 1 p.m. at the East Lawn Chapel of Hanrahan, Wadsworth- Pine & Borba, East 14th Street at 5th Avenenue. Interment and graveside services, Sioux City, Iowa. ..." Oakland Tribune Sat. Apr. 19, 1952. Children: Walter Flemming Tait 1915-1999, Bertha E. Tait Kopp b. 1904, Alexander S. Tait b. 1908, Mabel Idella Tait Cotter 1911-2011, and June Tait Venzke 1919-1997.
Ada married Alexander Naper Tait, son of Alexander Tait and Christina Naper, on 2 May 1903 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. (Alexander Naper Tait was born on 20 Nov 1876 in Scotland, died in 1933 in USA and was buried in Graceland Park Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa.)
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