Rose M Wehnes & John Wilkins Brand

Rose M. Wehnes

b. 9 Jan 1913

daughter of Fritz P. & Mary Ann (Welcheck) Wehnes

Married John Wilkins ("Wilks") Brand

 

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December 1933 Marriage Record

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Newbury Center Cemetery

Cuyahoga, Ohio

(findagrave.com)

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4 Nov 1918 Marraige Record for Creed Casteel & Rose Welcheck

Creed Clayton Casteel

son of James Polk & Arra Amanda (Bacon) Casteel

and

Rose Treasa Welcheck

daughter of Stephen & Margaret (Busch) Welcheck

of Cleveland, Ohio,

were married on 4 November 1918 in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio

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Ruth Freeman Welcheck of Ohio - Problem Solved.

I was searching for Ruth (Freeman) Welcheck, the spouse of John J Welcheck.  I last saw the couple in the 1920 census.  Then nothing more on Ruth  (John dies Feb 1930 and their son is residing with the Welcheck grandparents in 1930 census).
Then, finally, I locate a short legal notice in a 1931 newspaper referencing Ruth Tishel formerly Welcheck, and with that clue I was able to find the following:

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A lot of questions are answered in just this one record.

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Military Monday: Cousin Buddy Suchy - WWII Casualty

Russell James (Buddy) Suchy 

 7 Dec 1923 - 16 Nov 1943

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The World War II Diaries provide a day-to-day record of operational and administrative activities. Available on Fold3.com, these war diaries were submitted by most units in the Navy, and most of the Marine Corps war diaries were submitted by aviation units such as fighter squadrons. 

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Sunday's Obituary: Chris Welcheck (1907-1969)

Christopher L. Welcheck

son of Stephen & Margaret (Busch) Welcheck

Cleveland Plain Dealer

18 Aug 1969

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Rose (Welcheck) Casteel (1897-1994)

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Robert & Bernice Welcheck

Robert J. Welcheck Jr

son of Robert Joseph & Sylvia G. Welcheck

m. Bernice Nyman on 31 Dec 1946

(Photo source: findagrave)

Spring Cemetery

Springboro, Pennsylvania

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Wordless Wednesday: Welcheck Children c.1903

Mamie, John, Robert, Rose, & Catherine Welcheck

of Cleveland, Ohio

c. 1903

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The Welcheck Children c.1903 Cleveland, Ohio

c. 1903
Cleveland, Ohio
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Using Morse's 1940 Census ED Finder to locate our ancestors

By knowing where the Welcheck's resided in the 1930 census and using Stephen Morse's

Unified 1940 Census ED Finder

another set of Great-Grandparents were found in less than 5 minutes!

It couldn't be easier:

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A special thank you to Stephen Morse and his One-Step pages.

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Gardening Old-world Style

In a May 24,1916, newspaper article, our Great-Grandmother Margaret (Busch) Welcheck's style of gardening has caught the eye
of gardeners as she entered the Cleveland Plain Dealer's annual
 Vacant Lot & Home Garden Contest .

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Finding a maiden name

Today I was able to locate the record of Robert Joseph Welcheck's first marriage.
We had learned of his first wife, Jennie, from the 1920 U.S. Fed. census giving her birth year of 1899 and marriage yr of c.1916.  Now know we have her maiden name of Soukup and date married as well as her birth date (as they made note of her 18th birthday for the marriage).

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Now she is no longer Jennie [wife of Robert J Welcheck] in my database; she is Jennie Soukup.

Marriage record for Larry Casteel & Marilyn Janssen of Ohio

Below is the 1942 marriage license record for 

Clayton Lawrence (Larry) Casteel, 

son of Creed Casteel &  Rose Welcheck, 

to Marilyn Alice Janssen.

Although they were both from Ohio, Larry was stationed at Camp 

Robinson, Arkansas, at the time so their marraige license is 

recorded in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

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Located in Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 

available on FamilySearch.org 

This is the Face of Genealogy

     

 Rose (Welcheck) Casteel

Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, & Great-Grandmother

- one of the many faces of our genealogy

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James S. Casteel (1928-2002) of Ohio > California

James Stephen Casteel

son of Creed C. & Rose (Welcheck) Casteel

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The Welcheck Children c.1900

Pictured below are the children of Stephen & Margaret (Busch) Welchek (Welcheck) taken c.1900 in Barberton, Ohio.

John J.  b: 21 MAR 1890 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

 Mary Ann  b: 22 SEP 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio

Robert J.  b: 21 MAR 1895 in Cleveland, Ohio

 Rose Treasa  b: 18 JUL 1897 in Barberton, Summit Co, Ohio

 Catherine  b: 17 JUL 1900 in Ohio

 Not yet born:
Joseph F.  b: 09 AUG 1904
Christopher L.  b: 07 MAR 1907

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Tormented by Fire

It was by pure accident that I stumbled upon this 1880 article about our ancestor, John Busch.
I was attempting to confirm & verify the spelling of the street name written in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1880 Federal census when a link to this article appeared in the Google search results for:  Lussenden Ave. & Cleveland.
John Bush?  I knew our John Busch resided in Cleveland but I had failed to note a street address.  A quick census search confirmed this was our man! 

The Welcheck family was residing at 36 Lussenden Ave. Cleveland Ohio, while the Bush/Busch Family was at 76 Lussenden Ave.  The son of Frank Welcheck (Vlcek), Stephen Welcheck, married the daughter of John Busch, Maggie Busch.  Putting them together by this proximity (along with other information) also helps confirm that the family recorded in the 1880 census as Frank, Katie and Stephen Watcher, were indeed the the Welcheck family.

A very special "Thank you" to Nolichucky Roots who answered my query in He Must Be Somewhere.

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A Young Rose

Rose T. (Welcheck) Casteel

Birth: 18 Jul 1897 in Barberton, Summit Co, Ohio

Daughter of Stephen Welcheck & Maggie Busch

Married: Creed C. Casteel on 04 Nov 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio

Operation Ice Truck

Delivering ice - A family operation.

Pictured in front of the ice truck are:

Joey Welcheck, Chris Welcheck, Creed Casteel, 
& Fred Weynes

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Finally Confirming a Hunch

   
I had always figured that the surname Welcheck was an americanized spelling, but it's origin had yet to be identified.  Thanks to pilot.familysearch.org  I was able to locate a marriage record that has given me the evidence I needed.
I knew from oral family history and census records that Margaret Busch and Stephen Welcheck were married in Ohio in 1887.   I did a marriage record search using Margaret Busch, 1887, & Ohio as the search criteria with 'exact & close matches' allowed and got the following result:

Now I can go forth and scour the immigration records for the elusive Stephen Vleck ...
Just one more small but wonderful find on the free Family Search site that Ancestry.com could not fullfill.

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