Orson Welles
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Richard Welles was born about 1872 in Missouri. His wife Beatrice Ives was born about 1871 in Illinois. | Richard Welles was born about 1872 in Missouri. His wife Beatrice Ives was born about 1871 in Illinois. | ||
− | Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six | + | Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six" [so 1921 or 1922], "...Beatrice Welles died of jaundice on May 10, 1924 in a Chicago hospital. Richard Welles became an alcoholic and died when Orson was fifteen....Maurice Bernstein became his guardian." |
==Primary documents== | ==Primary documents== | ||
*[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]] |