Found, One Marriage Record, Nell Glenn & William Welch, Research Report, the As It Is Series

Copyright 2023, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This continues a series of posts, done in hopefully an efficient (make that speedy fast) manner to share some research on the ancestors. This is NOT intended to be the end all to end all report. It's a work in progress, to show you what I have found, right or wrong. Kind feedback is welcomed via comments.

Let’s begin - -

Man's grandfather, who we have discussed a time or two, Archibald Norman Lashbrook, aka, Arthur Norman Stevens, Sr., married one Sarah E. Glenn, aka, Nellie, aka so it seems, Nell.  They were married in 1901.  

About 1915-1916, Archie up and went poof from his family in Minnesota. 

Eventually, Sarah/Nellie/Nell remarried to William E. Welch.  We knew this from census and other documentation.  

However, their marriage record was never found, until this week.  After following a hint at that A dot com place (that I pay full subscription fees to, yearly) I hit a link for "Nell E Glenn".  I do not remember seeing her given/nickname as Nell before, nor the link to this record, but, click I did.  And, there they be!

(I could barely restrain myself, I input that date and place immediately in my database, that's why it shows on the clip.  LOL)  

We find them on the 1930 U.S. Census for Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, living at 2955 Newton: William E. Welch, owns home, value not stated, owns radio set, age 52, married, born England, both parents born England, came to the US in 1882, naturalized, baggage master railroad; Nellie E., wife, age 51, born Minnesota, father born Missouri, mother born Kentucky; George S., son (step son to Nellie), age 20, single, born Minnesota, father born England, mother born US (unknown); Kenneth, son (step son to Nellie), born Minnesota, father born England, mother born US (unknown).

However, by the 1940 census enumeration, he is still in Minnesota, claiming to be married, and she is residing in California, claiming to be divorced.

William passes in 1942, has a Find A Grave memorial 211044031.

Sarah/Nellie/Nell passes in 1945, has a Find A Grave memorial 120583577.

* Disclaimers, I use Find A Grave, Ancestry dot com, FamilySearch, several newspaper subscriptions, free sites, such as Virginia Chronicles, Virginia Chancery Cases online at the Library of Virginia and more to research my ancestors.  I pay for subscriptions, full price.

** My judgements may or may not be correct.  Transcriptions may or may not have errors.

*** Links, URL's, for the most part will not be included henceforth on my posts, as so many of them change and then I have to come back and try to re-discover and relink.  Frankly folks, I have no desire to spend my limited time here on this side of the sod with those kinds of do overs.  As researchers, or just members of the internet community, sites such as Find A Grave are easy to find, some are free to use and with the information I am sharing with you, hopefully, you can duplicate the research/findings. That said, I have seen memorials at Find A Grave be removed.  If you have questions, I suggest you leave a nice comment for me. OR find the method I have outlined on my blog for contacting me.

****  P. S.  Wish list - - photos of Sarah/Nellie/Nell and/or William E. Welch.

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