Ronald Joseph Welsh

Brief Life History of Ronald Joseph

When Ronald Joseph Welsh was born on 6 April 1909, in Otter Creek Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States, his father, John Henry Welsh, was 27 and his mother, Susan Ansie Peters, was 22. He married Hildegarde Von Roland on 1 March 1930, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940 and DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1995. He died on 6 October 1995, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Key West, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.

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Ronald Joseph Welsh
1909–1995
Hildegarde Von Roland
1910–
Marriage: 1 March 1930
Barbara Ann Welsh
1934–1998

Sources (19)

  • Ronald Walsh, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ronald Joseph Welsh, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Ronald J Welsh, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

Scottish, English, and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English welshe (Old English wēalisc, wēlisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’, for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace .

Americanized form of German Welsch .

Americanized form of Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) Voloshin or its Polish variant Wołoszyn (see Woloszyn ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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