Susan M. Welch

Brief Life History of Susan M.

When Susan M. Welch was born in July 1889, in Canada, her father, James Hamilton Welsh, was 23 and her mother, Rachel Herbertson, was 21. She married Virgil Henry Holford on 8 April 1908, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska, United States in 1900.

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Virgil Henry Holford
1885–1960
Susan M. Welch
1889–
Marriage: 8 April 1908
Raymond Holford
1909–1911
Russel Earl Holford
1915–1994

Sources (7)

  • 1900 United States Census, St. Paul City, Howard, Nebraska (Susan(10) and sister Maggie(Margaret)(12) Welch, Boarders)
  • Legacy NFS Source: Susie Welch - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Susie Welch
  • Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006 (Susie(Susan) M. Welch and Virgil H. Holford)

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .

German: variant of Welk .

Americanized form of German Welsch .

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

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