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Harriet Elizabeth Welch (1851 - 1930)

Harriet Elizabeth "Hattie" Welch
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Died at age 79 [location unknown]
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Biography

Harriet Elizabeth was born August 7, 1851. [1] She was also known as Hattie. She grew up on a farm in Henderson County, Illinois. Hattie was the daughter of John Welch and Mary Lathrop. Her father was a successful farmer and Hattie's uncle, Charles, worked the farm with her father. Her mother kept the house. Hattie was the oldest of 5 who were mostly girls. Hattie had one brother. [2] [3]

Hattie married Samuel Reed on February 13, 1871 in Henderson, Illinois. [4] Samuel was a school teacher. In 1880, Hattie was keeping house with her 2 sons, Franklin and James, at home. Her daughter, Julia, was in school. [5] Over the next 10 years they had 5 more children: Mable, Clara, unknown, Lela and Vincent.. One was not listed in census records but included in the count of "5 of 8 children living in 1900" from the 1900 Census. Two of them, Clara and Lela, only lived a few years. [6]

Hattie's husband, Samuel died on November 24, 1907. [1] Three years later, Hattie was living in Monmouth Township, Illinois with another widow, Martha, who was 10 years older than her. They were listed as partners and mutually owned the home free of mortgage. It was house number 213 but the street name was not listed. Hattie was listed as having 5 children and Martha had 3. All 8 children were still living in 1910. [7]

In 1920, Hattie was living on Clara Street in San Antonio, California. Two of her daughters, Mabel and Juliet, were living on the same street. Mabel's home was nest door and listed as a farm. She was married to Walter G. Bishop, a bank employee working in the mail department. He also filled out farm schedule 49. Mabel had 2 children: Reed 6 and Ruth 4. Next door to Mabel lived Hattie's daughter, Juliet. Juliet was married to a minister, John M. Brown. John and Juliet had 3 children:, Mabel Ella, 17; Maurice Jas, 13 and Merwin R, 10. [8]

Ten years later Hattie was living with John and Juliet Brown and her 2 grandsons. John owned their home valued at $7,000. It was located in Los Angeles, California. [9]

Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth Welch Reed died on September 29, 1930 and was buried in Reed Cemetery, Henderson County, Illinois. Samuel and Hattie's marker [1]

Data

Name:

Harriet Elizabeth Welch Reed [1]
Harriet E Welch [2]
Hattie Welch [3] [4]
Hattie E Reed [5]
Harriet Reed [6] [8] [9]
Hattie Reed [7]

Birth:

Aug. 7, 1851 [1] [2] [3]
Aug 1851 [6]
about 1852 [5] [7] [8] [9]
Illinois [2] [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Family:

Father: John H Welch (1814 - 1888) [1]
born in New York, United States [5] [6] [7] [8]
Mother: Mary L Lathrop Welch (1820 - 1895) [1]
born in Connecticut, United States [5]
born in New York [6] [7] [8]
Siblings
  1. Nelson Q Welch (1854 - 1940)* [1] [2] [3]
  2. Nancy R Welch [2] [3]
  3. Mary Welch [2] [3]
  4. Sarah [3]
Spouse: Samuel Merrifield Reed (1839 - 1907) [1] [2] [3]
Children:
  1. Julia A Reed (1874 - ) [5]
  2. Franklin Nelson Reed (1876 - ) [5]
  3. James B or Boan J Reed (1878 - ) [5] [6]
  4. Mable E Reed (1880 - ) [6]
  5. Unknown - possibly born 1881 or 1882 and not enumerated with family in 1900 US Census when his/her age would be 18 or 19. Fuller-5853 09:29, 1 November 2016 (EDT) [6]
  6. Clara E Reed (1883 - 1884)* [1]
  7. Lela F Reed (1886 - 1889)* [1]
  8. Vincent Reed (1889 - ) [6]
*Calculated relationship

Residence:

1860: Township 11 N 4 W, Henderson, Illinois, United States [2]
1870: Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois, United States [3]
1880: Greenville Precinct, Henderson, Illinois, United States [5]
1900: Fall Creek & Rozetta Precincts, Henderson, Illinois, United States [6]
1910: Monmouth Ward 1, Warren, Illinois, United States [7]
1920: San Antonio, Los Angeles, California, United States [8]
1930: Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States [9]

Death:

Sep. 29, 1930 [1]

Burial:

Reed Cemetery [1]
Henderson County, Illinois, USA [1]

Research Notes

Find identity and sources:

Child #5: Unknown - possibly born 1881 or 1882 and not enumerated with family in 1900 US Census when his/her age would be 18 or 19. Fuller-5853 09:29, 1 November 2016 (EDT) [6]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Find A Grave Memorial# 111250606 Created by: jeanette; Record added: May 27, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4B-6Y2 : 30 December 2015), Harriet E Welch in entry for John H Welch, 1860. 1860 US Census form
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64Q-FD7 : 17 October 2014), Hattie Welch in household of John H Welch, Illinois, United States; citing p. 23, family 160, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,727. 1870 US Census form 1 of 2 1870 US Census form 2 of 2
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKV-GCV : 3 March 2016), Samual Reed and Hattie Welch, 13 Feb 1871; citing Henderson, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,377,856.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJP-9YS : 14 July 2016), Hattie E Reed in household of Samuel Reed, Greenville Precinct, Henderson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 35C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0212; FHL microfilm 1,254,212. 1880 US Census form
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSW4-5KK : 6 March 2015), Harriett Reed in household of Samuel Reed, Fall Creek & Rozetta Precincts, Henderson, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,305. 1900 US Census form
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF7-MHS : 29 October 2015), Hattie Reed, Monmouth Ward 1, Warren, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 142, sheet 24A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,345. 1910 US Census form
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7F-W28 : 7 December 2015), Harriet Reed, San Antonio, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,119. 1920 US Census form
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV3-HNR : 8 December 2015), Harriet Reed in entry for John Moutcalm Brown, 1930. 1930 US Census form

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