I seek information on the parents and husband of Clara B. Straw, who is shown in the records of the Venango Cemetery as born in 1878 and died 9 Jan 1972 under the name Clara B. (Straw) Kepler (received from James Acker, secretary of the cemetery association). She has been identified as a child of Michael J. Straw and Sarah (Gillis?). The records in the 1900 census for Venango Boro indicate that this couple was married about 1876 (24 years earlier), when they were 27 and 21 years old, resp. and Sarah reported in this census that she had had six children of whom four were living in 1900, their names listed as Walter J, Jenny G, Blanch E and Robert C., ages 4 to 18. On this basis it is doubted that Michael and Sarah were the parents of Clara B. Straw. It has been suggested that Clara was the wife of James Kepler, but I have found no evidence on this at this time. The issue is somewhat confused by the appearance of a Clara A. Kepler in the Erie County, PA, census records. In 1900 she is listed as a daughter of Harriet Brundage, and born March 1860, age 40. She appears again in the 1920 census at age 60. Any clues will be much appreciated. Dick ---------------------------- Richard M. Straw Talent, OR 97540 <[email protected]>