Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:
Frank F. and Martha A. (Wise) Welt
Vernon
Arriving on the Mathilde from Hamburg in New York on June 16, 1869 were Michael Welt 35, a farmer, and Johanne 31, Ferdinand 3, and Franz 2.
Frank might be in Stephenson County,
Illinois in 1870, with Michael 36, Hannah 30, August 4, FERDINAND 3 and William six months.
1880, with Michael 46, Margaret 40, August 14, Frank 13 all born in Germany, William 10, George 7, Fred 5, and Emma 2 born in Illinois.
Michael Welt is buried in Stephenson
County 1834-1920 # 140395800,
with Margaret 1836-1912 # 140395818.
Frank proved up a quarters in section 3,
2S 44W in 1894.
Frank F. Welt and Martha A. Wise married in Yuma County on September 18, 1894.
Martha had been in Logan County,
Illinois in 1880, 3, with Henry 50,
Frank 22, Catharine 17, Harriet 13,
John 9, Elizabeth Wise is 73.
In 1898 Frank was a witness for the land claim of Robert Dickson of New Hartford, Illinois for a timber claim in 129, 1S 45W. Other witnesses were John F. Wales, Henry N. Foltmer and Corydon C. PPinckney, all of Vernon.
October 1899 "Mr. Wise and family of
Vernon visited with their daughter, Mrs.
Frank Welt, Saturday and Sunday."
December 1899 "Mrs. E. S. Pike and
Mrs. H. Welt were shopping in Wray
Wednesday."
Frank is a railroad laborer in 1900
Wray, born March 1867 in Germany,
with Martha A. April 1877 Illinois. Ira June 1895 was born in Colorado.
Thanks to the Welt family for the great photograph.
Frank F. Welt is widowed in 1910 Yuma County, 44, born in Germany, with son Ira I. 15 born in Colorado.
Frank is divorced in 1920 Yuma County,
52, this census saying he was born in Illinois.
Frank is widowed in 1930 Englewood, a laborere in a rubber fatory, 63, born in Illinois.
One tree said he died in Denver Feb 7, 1947, born March 31, 1867 in Prussia.
Martha Ann Wise 1876-1939 married Alvah Allen Moore, and they're in Denver in 1920 and Jefferson County in 1930.
Ira Irvin Welt registered for WWI in Wray, saying he was born in Vernon on June 11, 1895, a mechanic for J.Q. Conrad in Wray, single.
Ira I. Welt and Mary L. Blake married on June 28, 1917.
He's a rubber worker in 1920 Denver, 23, with Mary L. 21 and Viola M. 1.
Ira is a bookkeeper in the rubber factory in 1930, 34, with Mary 32, Viola M. 11, Donald L. 7, and Mary L. 4.
One tree said he died in Denver July 17, 1958.
Mary Lou Nielsen 1925-2016 is buried in Fort Logan, 3 171957897, with Raymond 1917-1999
"Mary Lou married Raymond Nielsen in 1947.
Survivors include her sister Norma Bays, her sons David, Paul, John, and Daniel, and daughter Penny; 11 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren."
Violet Rose Welt, 74, Hotchkiss, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.
Survivors include her husband, Don Welt; two sons: Terry Welt and wife Kathleen; John Welt and wife Gloria, all of Hotchkiss; three grandchildren: Camden Welt, Tory Welt, Evan Welt, all of Hotchkiss; two brothers: Richard Pearce and wife Eileen, of Sheridan, Mich.; Larry Pearce, of Hotchkiss; and one niece, Lynn Wheatley, of Westminster.
Donald Welt married Violet Rose Pearce
in 1951 - she was born in 1929, dying 2003 in Grand Junction .
Hotchkiss resident Donald “Don” Lee Welt, 90, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Paonia United Methodist Church in Paonia with the Rev. Charles Thompson officiating. Don is survived by his sons and their wives, Terry and Kathy, and John and Gloria of Hotchkiss; sisters, Mary Lou Nielsen and Norma Bays of Westminster; grandsons, Camden Welt and wife Nikki (Hunt), Tory Welt, and Evan Welt of Hotchkiss; granddaughters and their husbands, Rocky and Wes French, and Amanda and Mathew Sikes of Klamath Falls, Ore., and Brandy and Curt Floyd of Billings, Mont.; great-grandchildren, Griffen and Carsen French, and Macey Floyd, and several nephews and nieces.
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