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. They married about 1903/4 and had one son Richard I about 1905/6. |
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." | 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." |