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| − | Beatrice Ives was born 1870/1 (she is 39 in 1910), in Illinois. While living in Chicago, she married Richard Head Welles of Kenosha, Wisconsin about 1903/4 and had one son Richard Ives Welles about 1905/6. | + | Beatrice Ives was born 1870/1 (she is 39 in 1910), in Illinois. While living in Chicago, she married Richard Head Welles of Kenosha, Wisconsin about 1903/4 and had one son Richard Ives Welles about 1905/6, and a second son Orson Welles in 1915. |
"The women of Kenosha may have their first representative on the Board of Education following the coming city election, as petitions have been taken out in the second ward for the nomination of Mrs Beatrice Ives Welles as a candidate for the office of school commissioner. The petitions are being circulated by the men, and it is certain that Mrs Welles will have a strong support among the men as among the women. She is one of the most prominent members of Kenosha Clubs and Societies, and has taken a great interest in public questions." ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lhbum04718&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Beatrice&gsln=Ives&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=p Mary Davison Bradford, Memoirs, page 383]) Beatrice was elected to the Kenosha, Wisconsin Board of Education for the 1914-15 school year. | "The women of Kenosha may have their first representative on the Board of Education following the coming city election, as petitions have been taken out in the second ward for the nomination of Mrs Beatrice Ives Welles as a candidate for the office of school commissioner. The petitions are being circulated by the men, and it is certain that Mrs Welles will have a strong support among the men as among the women. She is one of the most prominent members of Kenosha Clubs and Societies, and has taken a great interest in public questions." ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lhbum04718&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Beatrice&gsln=Ives&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=p Mary Davison Bradford, Memoirs, page 383]) Beatrice was elected to the Kenosha, Wisconsin Board of Education for the 1914-15 school year. | ||
