Fife, Bessie M.

Also Known As Fife, Bessie M.
Gramps ID I6576
Gender female
Age at Death 82 years, 11 months, 5 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1879-02-22 Seamersville, Jackson Twp, Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
 
Census 1910 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1920 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1930 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1940 Thorncreek Twp, Whitley Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Death 1962-01-27 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Burial   Woodland Union Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
 

Families

    Family of Welch, Frederick Christian and Fife, Bessie M. [F2145]
Married Husband Welch, Frederick Christian [I6572] ( * 1876-04-26 + 1935-03-13 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1901-04-17 Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Welch, David F. [I6579]
Welch, Olga Bessie [I6577]1902-12-031981-01-08
Welch, John Frederick [I6578]1909-02-181991-04-12
Welch, Robert Benjamin [I6580]1916-03-291916-04-05

Narrative

[Obituary for Bessie Welch, from the Van Wert Bulletin-Times, 29 Jan 1962; posted online to the FindaGrave.com website, courtesy of Renee Maxwell.]

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Bessie M. (Fife) Welch, of Fort Wayne, who died Saturday in the Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital. Rites will be in the Klaehn Funeral Home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Phillip Philbrook to officiate. Interment will be in the Van Wert Woodland Cemetery. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Welch, a native of Van Wert, was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fort Wayne. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Morrill of Fort Wayne, two sons, John F. Welch of Fort Wayne and Captain David F. Welch, serving in the Navy at Charleston, S. C.; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Pedigree

    1. Fife, Bessie M.
      1. Welch, Frederick Christian [I6572]
        1. Welch, Olga Bessie [I6577]
        2. Welch, John Frederick [I6578]
        3. Welch, Robert Benjamin [I6580]
        4. Welch, David F. [I6579]

Source References

  1. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-21
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLT-98C : accessed 20 May 2017), Fred C Welch, Fort Wayne Ward 7, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 5A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 339; FHL microfilm 1,374,352.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Fort Wayne Ward 7, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Fred C Welch Head M 34 Ohio
        Bess M Welch Wife F 31 Ohio
        Olga B Welch Daughter F 7 Indiana
        John F Welch Son M 1 Indiana
        Emma Preuss Servant F 20 Indiana

  2. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-12
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ6-9MG : accessed 20 May 2017), Frederick C Welch, Fort Wayne Ward 1, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing ED 36, sheet 11B, line 59, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 421; FHL microfilm 1,820,421.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Fort Wayne Ward 1, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Frederick C Welch Head M 43 Ohio
        Bessie M Welch Wife F 40 Ohio
        Olga B Welch Daughter F 17 Indiana
        John Welch Son M 10 Indiana
        David Welch Son M 1 Indiana
        Irba Doty Boarder F 21 Indiana

  3. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930-04-04
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41L-FZ9 : accessed 20 May 2017), Fredrick C Welch, Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet B, line 98, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 577; FHL microfilm 2,340,312.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Fredrick C Welch Head M 53 Ohio
        Bessie M Welch Wife F 50 Ohio
        John F Welch Son M 21 Indiana
        David F Welch Son M 11 Indiana
        Mary E Fife Mother-in-law F 73 Ohio

  4. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-30
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1BG-LZQ : accessed 20 May 2017), Bessie M Welch, Thorn Creek Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-14, sheet 15B, line 54, family 316, 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 1111.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Thorn Creek Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States
        Bessie M Welch Head M 61 Ohio
        David F Welch Son M 21 Indiana

  5. Van Wert Bulletin-Times (Ohio) [S0368]
      • Date: 1962-01-29
      • Confidence: High
  6. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 [S0291]
      • Date: 1901-04-17
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD2H-3Y8 : 8 December 2014), Frederick O. Welch and Bessie M. Fife, 17 Apr 1901; citing Van Wert, Ohio, United States, reference 601; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,015,863.