Sophia (Woodhouse) Welles (1799 - 1883)

Ancestors

Wife of Gurdon Welles — married 9 Nov 1820 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1883 at age 83 in Connecticut

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Biography

Sophia Woodhouse was born on December 03, 1799 in . Her parents were John Woodhouse and Sarah Buck. She married Gurdon Welles on November 09, 1820 Together they had 10 children:

1. Harriet Welles
2. Edgar Welles
3. Elizabeth Welles
4. Frederic Welles
5. Caroline Welles
6. Thomas Welles
7. Mary Welles
8. John Welles
9. Gurdon Welles
10. Jane Welles

She died on February 14, 1883 in Connecticut

Marriage

Name: Sophia Woodhouse

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 9 Nov 1820

Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Spouse's Name: Gurdon Wells^[1]

Children

1. Mary Sophia (Welles) Hale (1821 - 1902)
2. Jane (Welles) May (1823 - 1860)
3. Harriet (Welles) Robbins (1825 - 1919)
4. Elizabeth Ann Welles (1828 - 1881)
5. John Chester Welles (1830)
6. Caroline Galpin Welles (1833 - 1834)
7. Gurdon Cornelius Welles (1835)
8. Thomas Warner Welles (1838 - 1842)
9. Edgar Clinton Welles (1841 - 1870)
10. Frederic Eugene Welles (1843 - 1858)

Occupation

1. Bonnet Maker

Sophia Woodhouse of Wethersfield for the best Grass Bonnett^[2]

1821 Sophia Woodhouse of Wethersfield, Conn.; patented the straw hat ^[3][4]

Death

BURIAL: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #19929399

Date: 2/14/1883

Inscription Sophia Woodhouse / wife of / Gurdon Welles, / Died Feb. 14, 1883. / Aged 83.

Note: Bonnet Maker

Burying Ground Map

Name: Sophia Woodhouse

Event Type: Burial

Event Place: Connecticut, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 83

Birth Year (Estimated): 1800

Death Date: 14 Feb 1883

Father's Name: John

Mother's Name: Sarah^[5]

Name: Sophia Woodhouse Welles

Maiden Name: Woodhouse

Event Type: Burial

Event Date: 1883

Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Death Date: 14 Feb 1883

Cemetery: Wethersfield Village Cemetery^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP74-Q2VN : 21 September 2019), Gurdon Wells in entry for Sophia Woodhouse, 9 Nov 1820; citing Marriage, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272250.
2. ↑ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut 17 Oct 1820, Tue • Page 2
3. ↑ Record-Journal Meriden, Connecticut 25 Dec 1913, Thu • Page 6
4. ↑ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut 12 Feb 1913, Wed • Page 21
5. ↑ Citing this Record "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KQ-RD3 : 16 January 2020), Sarah in entry for Sophia Woodhouse, .
6. ↑ Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-PV5S : 11 July 2016), Sophia Woodhouse Welles, 1883; Burial, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Wethersfield Village Cemetery; citing record ID 19929399, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Wethersfield Historical Society SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES OF WETHERSFIELD RESIDENTS “ SOPHIA WOODHOUSE AND HER LEGHORN BONNETS”
• Wethersfield Historical Society “Sophia Woodhouse’s Grass Bonnets”