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'''Orson Welles''', (1915 - 1985) Actor and Director.  Best known for the movie ''Citizen Kane'' and as the voice on the radio broadcast ''War of the Worlds''.
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'''Orson Welles''', (1915 - 1985) Actor and Director.  Best known for acting and directing the movie ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' and as the voice on the radio broadcast ''War of the Worlds''.
  
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1903_02_11_0004&r=an&rc=4872,2150,5017,2183;4475,2179,4592,2212&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=473508868 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], [[Feb 11]], 1903, page 4, "Persons and Things", "The engagement of Richard Head Welles of Kenosha and Miss Beatrice Ives of Chicago is announced.  Miss Ives was formerly a social leader at Detroit."
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1903_02_11_0004&r=an&rc=4872,2150,5017,2183;4475,2179,4592,2212&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=473508868 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], 11 Feb 1903, page 4, "Persons and Things", "The engagement of Richard Head Welles of Kenosha and Miss Beatrice Ives of Chicago is announced.  Miss Ives was formerly a social leader at Detroit."
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1910USCenIndex&F2=WIT624_1715-0168 1910 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[RichardWellesC1910|here]]
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1910USCenIndex&F2=WIT624_1715-0168 1910 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[RichardWellesC1910|here]]
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1914_04_07_0001&r=an&rc=997,796,1134,829;1153,796,1192,829;1212,796,1349,829&fn=&ln=Record+Richard+H+Welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=479337473 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], [[Apr 7]], 1914 "Kenosha, Wis. &mdash; ...Added interest centers in the election because of a prominent society woman, Mrs Richard H Welles, is running for the office of school commissioner.  This is the first time a woman has been a candidate for a city office and many woman voters went to the polls early."
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7365&iid=NEWS-WI-DA_NO.1914_04_07_0001&r=an&rc=997,796,1134,829;1153,796,1192,829;1212,796,1349,829&fn=&ln=Record+Richard+H+Welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=479337473 ''The Daily Northwestern'' (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)], 7 Apr 1914 "Kenosha, Wis. &mdash; ...Added interest centers in the election because of a prominent society woman, Mrs Richard H Welles, is running for the office of school commissioner.  This is the first time a woman has been a candidate for a city office and many woman voters went to the polls early."
  
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lhbum04718&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Beatrice&gsln=Ives&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=p "Mary Davison Bradford, Memoirs", page 383] "Board of Education, Kenosha, Wis 1914-15 ...Mrs Beatrices Ives Welles..."
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lhbum04718&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Beatrice&gsln=Ives&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=p "Mary Davison Bradford, Memoirs", page 383] "Board of Education, Kenosha, Wis 1914-15 ...Mrs Beatrices Ives Welles..."
  
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=432023852&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1342123 ''Chicago Daily Tribune''], [[12 May]], 1924 (obituary), "Welles &mdash; Beatrice Ives Welles, May 11, wife of Richard Head Welles; mother of Richard Ives and George Orson Welles.  Funeral services at chapel, 1253-5 N. Clark St, Tuesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Kenosha, Wis."
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=432023852&fn=richard&ln=welles&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1342123 ''Chicago Daily Tribune''], 12 May 1924 (obituary), "Welles &mdash; Beatrice Ives Welles, May 11, wife of Richard Head Welles; mother of Richard Ives and George Orson Welles.  Funeral services at chapel, 1253-5 N. Clark St, Tuesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Kenosha, Wis."
  
 
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50447&iid=NEWS-WI-MA_EX.1841_12_27_0003&r=an&rc=495,988,574,1017;637,988,716,1017&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=441347075 ''Madison Express'' (Madison, Wisconsin)], [[Dec 27]], 1841, "Appointments by the Governor...", "[for the county of Racine] Thomas Wright, to be Supreme court Commissioner; Orson S Head to be Notary Public...."
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50447&iid=NEWS-WI-MA_EX.1841_12_27_0003&r=an&rc=495,988,574,1017;637,988,716,1017&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=441347075 ''Madison Express'' (Madison, Wisconsin)], 27 Dec 1841, "Appointments by the Governor...", "[for the county of Racine] Thomas Wright, to be Supreme court Commissioner; Orson S Head to be Notary Public...."
  
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry%2c&rank=0&gsfn=orson&gsln=head&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=8054459&recoff=1+3 1850 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[OrsonHeadC1850|here]]
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry%2c&rank=0&gsfn=orson&gsln=head&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=8054459&recoff=1+3 1850 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin], transcribed [[OrsonHeadC1850|here]]
  
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50419&iid=NEWS-WI-KE_DE.1851_07_11_0001&r=an&rc=492,2004,640,2046;758,2004,906,2046&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=446409729 ''Kenosha Democrat'' (Kenosha, Wisconsin)], [[Jul 11]], 1851, (advertisement) "Orson S Head, Attorney, Conosellor (sic), and Solicitor, City of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Will attend to all professional business entrusted to his care in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin"
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50419&iid=NEWS-WI-KE_DE.1851_07_11_0001&r=an&rc=492,2004,640,2046;758,2004,906,2046&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=446409729 ''Kenosha Democrat'' (Kenosha, Wisconsin)], 11 Jul 1851, (advertisement) "Orson S Head, Attorney, Conosellor (sic), and Solicitor, City of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Will attend to all professional business entrusted to his care in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin"
  
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50442&iid=NEWS-WI-DE_ST_RE.1851_08_11_0004&r=an&rc=3075,5333,3159,5366;3210,5333,3294,5366&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=446442500 ''Democratic State Register'' (Watertown, Wisconsin)], [[Aug 11]], 1851 "General Election Notice" "...A state senator for the sixteenth senate district, comprising the county of Kenosha, in place of Orson S Head, whose term of service will expire on the first day of January next;...."
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50442&iid=NEWS-WI-DE_ST_RE.1851_08_11_0004&r=an&rc=3075,5333,3159,5366;3210,5333,3294,5366&fn=orson&ln=head&st=d&ssrc=&pid=446442500 ''Democratic State Register'' (Watertown, Wisconsin)], 11 Aug 1851 "General Election Notice" "...A state senator for the sixteenth senate district, comprising the county of Kenosha, in place of Orson S Head, whose term of service will expire on the first day of January next;...."
  
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=&gsln=head&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States+&gs1pl=52%2cWisconsin&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=30&recid=27051014&recoff=3 1860 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin]
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=&gsln=head&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States+&gs1pl=52%2cWisconsin&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=30&recid=27051014&recoff=3 1860 Census of Kenosha, Wisconsin]
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