Mary Jane WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

MOTHER: Mary Jane's death certificate list "Rose Louc" as her mother but no record of Rose has been found.

1880 OH CENSUS, Meigs Co, Bedford Twp: Dallas Welch, 33, farmer, b. OH, parents b. VA; wife Mary Jane, 22, keeping house, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA; dau. 4; son, 2; dau. Cora Alma, 3/12, b. Feb. All children were b. OH, parents b. OH. (The census page was torn so the names of 2 of the children could not be seen.) (Listed next to Timothy & "Octavo" Welch on census.)

1900 WV CENSUS, Jackson Co, Union District: William D. Welch, Dec 1846, 53, married 26 yrs, b. OH, father b. VA, mother b. OH, farmer; wife Mary J., Apr 1857, 43, married 26 yrs, 9 children, 8 living, b. OH, father b. IA, mother b. PA; son Daniel C., Feb 1878, 22, single, b. OH, farm laborer; dau. Cora A., Feb 1881, 20, single, b. OH, no occupation listed; Orpha J., Feb 1882, 18, single, b. WV, servant; son Calvin, Sep 1885, 14, b. WV, farm laborer; dau. Emma E., Sep 1888, 11, b. WV, at school; son George V., Apr 1892, 8, at school; dau. Elsie E., Jun 1894, b. WV, at school. The parents of all children were b. OH.

1910 WV CENSUS, Hancock Co, Chester city: Dallas W. "Welsh", 66, 1st marriage, married 38 yrs, b. OH, father b. PA, mother b. OH, laborer, odd jobs; wife Mary J., 55, 1st marriage, married 38 yrs, 9 children, 8 living, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA; son Calvin I., 22, single; dau. Orpha, 26, single; dau. Emma E., 21, single; dau. Elsie E., 18, single; son Virgil G., 20; boarder Beatrice Starkey, 16, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, no occupation; granddaughter Alice I. Welch, 12, b. OH, father b. WV, mother b. OH. All of Dallas' children were b. WV, parents b. OH, laborer, tin mill.

1920 WV CENSUS, Hancock Co, Chester city: William D. "Welsh". 75, b. OH, father b. VA, mother b. PA, laborer; wife "Wickaman Welsh", 65, b. OH, parents b. OH; son "Verges"(?), 26, single, b. WV, parents b. OH, electrician, tin mill.

1930 WV CENSUS, Hancock Co, Chester city: Charles J. Duffy, 34, 1st marriage age 28, b. OH, father b. Ireland, mother b. WV, warehouse man, pottery; wife "Kathyrn", 28, 1st marriage age 22, b. OH, father b. Ireland, mother b. OH; lodger John Brown, 32, single, b. Australia, parents b. Australia, to US in 1905, paper hanger; mother Mary J. Welch, 75, wd, 1st marriage age 18, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA.

REGISTER OF DEATH, HANCOCK CO., WV: Mary Jane Welch d, 1-17-34 at Hollidays Grove, WV of myocarditis; 79 yrs, 9 mo, 15 days; wid.; b. 4-21-1854 in OH; father: Valentine Wickham who was b. OH; mother: Rose "Louc" who was b. OH; burial: 1-19-34 at Locust Hill Cemetery.

Mary married William Dallas WELCH. (William Dallas WELCH was born on 10 Jan 1845 in Pogetown, Meigs Co, OH,³ died on 2 Oct 1928 in Hollidays Grove, Hancock Co, WV and was buried on 5 Oct 1928 in Locust Hill Cem., Chester, Hancock Co, WV.)