Orson Welles
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Beatrice Ives was born about 1871 in Illinois. They married about 1903/4 and had their eldest son Richard I about 1905/6, and second son Orson in 1915. | Beatrice Ives was born about 1871 in Illinois. They married about 1903/4 and had their eldest son Richard I about 1905/6, and second son Orson in 1915. | ||
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| + | Richard was an inventor, filing at least two patents while living in Kenosha. | ||
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." | ||
