Owen Shirley Welch (1883 - 1969)

Born 15 Nov 1883 in Fayette, Illinois, United States

Husband of Thelma G. (Greenwood) Welch — married 25 Oct 1941 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, United States

Died 28 Feb 1969 at age 85 in United States

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Biography

Owen was born in 1883. ^[1] He was the son of John A. Welch and Martha A. [--?--]. ^[2] He passed away in 1969. ^[1]

Residences

Owen was enumerated in the following location:

• 1900 - Fayette County, Illinois ^[2]
• 1910 - Delta County, Colorado ^[3]
• circa 1917 - Delta County, Colorado ^[4]
• 1920 - Delta County, Colorado ^[5]
• 1930 - Cowley County, Kansas ^[6]
• 1940 - Cowley County, Kansas ^[7]

Family

Owen married twice. He first married in 1914 Alta Emma Stanley, daughter of Josiah Stanley and Sarah H. Wilson. To this union was born one daughter:

• 1918 - Martha Shirley

After Alta's death, Owen married Thelma G. Greenwood, daugther of Dillard Selman Greenwood and Lillian K. McGuckin. No children were born to this union.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #57098669
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7B-P63 : accessed 31 October 2021), Owen S Welch in household of John A Welch, Ramsey Township (excl. Ramsey vill.), Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 9B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,300.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW5-M52 : accessed 31 October 2021), Owen Welch in household of D Walter Thomas, Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 8B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,374,127.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZK8-XSB : 23 February 2021), Owen Shirley Welch, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2Z-69S : 31 January 2021), Owen S Walsh, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X735-KVW : accessed 31 October 2021), Owen Welsh, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 17B, line 77, family 493, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 698; FHL microfilm 2,340,433.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVT-7LZ : 30 May 2020), Oan S Welsh, Ward 1, Winfield, Winfield City, Cowley, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-44A, sheet 23A, line 37, family 575, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1226.