Orris
Moore
Wellman
Born in Searsmont, Waldo, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nicholas Cooper Wellman
and Elizabeth (Brown) Wellman
Brother of
Freeman Wellman, James Brown Wellman, Wesley Reginald Wellman, John Pendleton Wellman and Rhoda Ann (Wellman) Moore
Husband of
Rose (Dudley) Wellman
— married
about 1865 (to about 1866) in Maine
Husband of
Catharia (Dudley) Wellman
— married
about 1867 (to about 1871) in Maine, United States
Husband of
Elmira A (Day) Wellman
— married
about 1872 (to Feb 1879) in Maine, United States
Husband of
Joan (Fisher) Wellman
— married
7 Jun 1880 (to 29 Feb 1912) in Robbinston, Washington, Maine, United States
Father of
Henry Orris Wellman, Orena (Wellman) Clark, Adrian B (Wellman) Smith, Zenith (Wellman) Kerr, Rhoda R (Wellman) Gilligan, John N Wellman and Orris Moore Wellman
Died
at age 75
in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2020
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Biography
Orris was a son of Nicholas Wellman and Elizabeth (Brown) Wellman. He first married Rose Dudley who died shortly after their marriage. He then married her sister Catharia Dudley. Their children included:
- Henry Orris Wellman (born 1868)
- Mary (died an infant in 1871)
His second wife died delivering Mary, and he married Elmira Day. Her daughter Orena was born in 1873. After Elmira died in February 1879, Orris married Joan Fisher on 7 June 1880 at Robbinston, Maine. Joan's children were:[1]
- Adrian B. Wellman (born 1881)
- Zenith (Wellman) Kerr (twin born 1884)
- Zeltha (twin died an infant in 1884)
- Rhoda R. (Wellman) Gilligan (born 1888)
- John R. Wellman (born 1890)
- Orris Moore Wellman (born 1893)
Sources
- ↑ Wellman, Joshua Wyman Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts Boston: Arthur Holbrook Wellman (1918) pp.391&392
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- Ronald Wellman
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 32 markers, haplogroup I1, Ancestry member ronwcsc - AL Wellman :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #998687
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