Olva Michael

Brief Life History of Olva

When Olva Michael was born on 1 June 1911, in Dairy, Klamath, Oregon, United States, her father, Thomas Parker Michael, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Jane Smyth, was 27. She married Byron Maurice Welch on 30 November 1930, in Hildebrand, Klamath, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sprague River Election Precinct, Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Sprague River, Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 6 April 1972, in Lakeview, Lake, Oregon, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Bonanza, Klamath, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Byron Maurice Welch
1909–1999
Olva Michael
1911–1972
Marriage: 30 November 1930
Edmon Welch
1932–2018
Elton Welch
1933–2000
Clarene E Welch
1936–
Loy Owen Welch
1937–2022

Sources (14)

  • Olva M Welch, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Olva Welch, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Olva Welch, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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1912 · Women Granted Right to Vote

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1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English, German, Dutch, Jewish, and Greek: from the personal name Michael, ultimately from Hebrew Mika’el ‘Who is like God?’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible, the protector of Israel (Daniel 10:13, 12:1; Rev. 12:7). In Christian tradition, Michael was regarded as the warrior archangel, conqueror of Satan, and the personal name was correspondingly popular throughout Europe, especially in knightly and military families. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Mihály (see Mihaly ), Czech and Slovak Michal , Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Mikhael and Mikhail , and also patronymics and other derivatives from these names, e.g. Greek Papamichael , its cognate Papamichalis, and Michaelides , Serbian Mihajlović (see Mihajlovic ), and Slovenian Mihelčič (see Mihelcic ). Compare Mikeal .

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

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