Harry James Welch and Vera G. Getty

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Husband Harry James Welch ¹

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           Born: 30 Aug 1876 - Independence Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Hutchinson Welch (1838-1909) 2
         Mother: Sarah Jane Gibson (1840-1913) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Aug 1909 3

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Wife Vera G. Getty ³

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           Born:  - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: George Hale Getty (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Emma Thompson (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Virginia Welch ³

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           Born: 27 Nov 1910 3
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2 F Gretchen Welch ³

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           Born: 25 Dec 1912 3
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General Notes: Husband - Harry James Welch

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He was born in Independence township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was there a student in the public schools, spending his youth on the home farm. He later attended the Indiana and California State Normal Schools, then returning to the farm was there employed for a short time, afterward accepting and holding for about two years a position as clerk in T. J. Adamson's store, at Independence, Pennsylvania. In October, 1902, he entered the dental school of the University of Pittsburgh, whence he was graduated D.D.S. in 1905, having in that institution been chosen a member of the Psi Omega dental fraternity. Beginning August 3, 1905, he began to practice in Ingram, Pennsylvania. He held membership in the Pennsylvania State Dental Association and the Odontological Dental Society, of Pittsburgh. His fraternal society was the Masonic, in which he belonged to Crafton Lodge, No. 653, Free and Accepted Masons; Cyrus Chapter, No. 26, Royal Arch Masons; Chartiers Commandery, No. 78, of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Knights Templar; and the Pennsylvania Consistory, of Pittsburgh. He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church of Ingram.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 804.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 803.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 805.