Clayton Richard Strauss ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

One researcher gives a death date for Clayton as 9 Mar 1936 in Clawson, Oakland, Michigan but without any source citation. This date sounds plausible because on the 1940 US Census, his wife, Stella, was living with her mother and was noted as being widowed.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1886 and a birth location of Michigan.

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• He has alternate birth date of 7 August 1887 and a birth location of Weesaw, MI.

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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lake Charter Township, Berrien County, MI on April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 75, Household 155
Lake Charter Township, Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Clayton E. Strauss..Head..22..MI

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• His occupation in June 1917 was a Farmer in Buchanan, MI. ⁵

• He resided in Buchanan, MI in June 1917.
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• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Buchanan, MI.

Name: Clayton Richard Strauss
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1887
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Buchanan, MI on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 0022, Household 81, Roll 976
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Clayton Straus..Head..42..MI

(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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Clayton married Estella Cora West, daughter of Isaac Pembrook West and Phoebe Katharine Jones, on 13 December 1907 in Saint Joseph, MI.^{1 2 3} (Estella Cora West was born on 16 June 1889 in Chikaming Township, Berrien, MI,^{1 2 3 6 7 8 9} died on 28 May 1951 ⁹ and was buried after 28 May 1951 in Glendora, MI ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 13 December 1907, in Saint Joseph, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lake Charter Township, Berrien County, MI on April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 75, Household 155
Lake Charter Township, Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Clayton E. Strauss..Head..22..MI
Estella Strauss..Wife..20..MI
Mayles Strauss..Daughter..0..MI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Buchanan, MI on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 0022, Household 81, Roll 976
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Clayton Straus..Head..42..MI
Stella Straus..Wife..41..MI
Russell Straus..Son..12..MI
Bernice Straus..Daughter..10..MI
May Straus..Daughter..7..MI
Ruth Straus..Daughter..1..MI
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Clayton Strauss
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Dec 1907
Event Place: Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21y
Birth Date: 1886
Birthplace: Mich.
Marriage Date: 13 Dec 1907
Marriage Place: St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Mitchell
Spouse's Name: Estella West
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1889
Spouse's Birthplace: Mich.
Spouse's Father's Name: Isaac
Spouse's Mother's Name: Jones
Source Reference: item 1 p 252 rn 1602

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3JP-RZV : 17 January 2021), Clayton Strauss and Estella West, 13 Dec 1907; citing Marriage, St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208700.
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