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==Beatrice Ives== | ==Beatrice Ives== | ||
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. | ||
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Wikipedia states about Orson Welles, 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 about Orson Welles, 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." | ||
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1910USCenIndex&F2=WIT624_1715-0168 1910 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[RichardWellesC1910|here]] | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1910USCenIndex&F2=WIT624_1715-0168 1910 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[RichardWellesC1910|here]] | ||
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1914_04_07_0001&r=an&rc=997,796,1134,829;1153,796,1192,829;1212,796,1349,829&fn=&ln=Record+Richard+H+Welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=479337473 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], [[Apr 7]], 1914 "Kenosha, Wis. — ...Added interest centers in the election because of a prominent society woman, Mrs Richard H Welles, is running for the office of school commissioner. This is the first time a woman has been a candidate for a city office and many woman voters went to the polls early." | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1914_04_07_0001&r=an&rc=997,796,1134,829;1153,796,1192,829;1212,796,1349,829&fn=&ln=Record+Richard+H+Welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=479337473 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], [[Apr 7]], 1914 "Kenosha, Wis. — ...Added interest centers in the election because of a prominent society woman, Mrs Richard H Welles, is running for the office of school commissioner. This is the first time a woman has been a candidate for a city office and many woman voters went to the polls early." | ||
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| + | *[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] "Board of Education, Kenosha, Wis 1914-15 ...Mrs Beatrices Ives Welles..." | ||
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=432023852&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1342123 ''Chicago Daily Tribune''], [[12 May]], 1924 (obituary), "Welles — Beatrice Ives Welles, May 11, wife of Richard Head Welles; mother of Richard Ives and George Orson Welles. Funeral services at chapel, 1253-5 N. Clark St, Tuesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Kenosha, Wis." | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=432023852&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1342123 ''Chicago Daily Tribune''], [[12 May]], 1924 (obituary), "Welles — Beatrice Ives Welles, May 11, wife of Richard Head Welles; mother of Richard Ives and George Orson Welles. Funeral services at chapel, 1253-5 N. Clark St, Tuesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Kenosha, Wis." | ||
