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.
  
Richard was an inventor, filing several patents while living in Kenosha.
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Richard was an inventor, filing several patents while living in Kenosha.  He retired in 1917, and that year or the next the family moved to Chicago.  While there, his mother became involved with Maurice Bernstein, or according to other sources he became infatuated with either her or Orson.
  
 
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."
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Although Richard and Beatrice are supposed to have divorced, when she died, she is called "...wife of Richard Welles" in her Chicago Tribune obit.
  
 
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