Orson Welles
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| − | Richard Welles was born about 1872 in Missouri. His | + | Richard Head Welles was born about 1872 in Missouri to Richard Jones Welles and his wife Mary Blanche Head. His mother Mary remarried to Fredrick Yotthersen and the family moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where they appear in the 1900 census. |
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| + | Beatrice Ives was born about 1871 in Illinois. They married about 1903/4 and had one son Richard I about 1905/6. | ||
Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six" [so 1921 or 1922], "...Beatrice Welles died of jaundice on May 10, 1924 in a Chicago hospital. Richard Welles became an alcoholic and died when Orson was fifteen....Maurice Bernstein became his guardian." | Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six" [so 1921 or 1922], "...Beatrice Welles died of jaundice on May 10, 1924 in a Chicago hospital. Richard Welles became an alcoholic and died when Orson was fifteen....Maurice Bernstein became his guardian." | ||
