Twelfth Generation15498. Ernest Wesley WELTER was born on 5 May 1898 in Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota.455,723 He appeared in the census on 11 June 1900 in Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota. Age 2, born May 1898 Minnesota, parents born Wisconsin, living with parents. Name on census: Earnest W. Welter. He appeared in the census on 2 May 1910 in Vail Township, Redwood, Minnesota. Age 12, born Minnesota, father born Germany, mother Wisconsin, living with grandparents. Name on census: Earnest Welter. Ernest registered for the World War I draft on 12 September 1918 in Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota He was age 20, born 5 May 1898, residing in Wabasso. He was a well digger for M. W. Fagen in Wabasso and his nearest relative was Henry Meyer. His name was written Ernest Wesley Welter. He appeared in the census on 13 January 1920 in Gordon, Ashland, Wisconsin. Age 21, born Minnesota, parents born Minnesota. He was single, working as a laborer in a lumber camp, and living in a boarding house. Name on census: Ernest Welter. He appeared in the census on 3 April 1930 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana. Age 30, born Minnesota, father born Germany, mother Maine. He had first married at age 28 and was working as a tile layer in the sewers. His household included his wife Bonita, 24. Name on census: Ernest Welter. Ernest appeared in the census on 17 April 1940 in Scottsburg, Scott, Indiana. Age 40, born Minnesota. He was the superintendent of a sewer construction company and his household included his wife Bonita, 34. Name on census: Ernest W. Welter. He died on 30 December 1958 at the age of 60 in Marion, Franklin, Nebraska.455,723 Ernest Wesley WELTER and Bonita Faye BEEMAN were married on 29 March 1929 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois.723 Bonita Faye BEEMAN, daughter of Ulysses Elmer BEEMAN and Elnora YORK, was born on 25 February 1906 in Illinois.455 She appeared in the census on 15 April 1910 in Oblong, Crawford, Illinois. Age 4, born Illinois, parents born Illinois, living with parents. Name on census: Bonita Beeman. She appeared in the census on 7 January 1920 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois. Age 13, born Illinois, parents born Illinois, living with widowed mother. Name on census: Bonita F. Beeman. Bonita appeared in the census on 3 April 1930 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana. Age 24, born Illinois, parents born Illinois. She had first married at age 23 and was living with husband Ernest. Name on census: Bonita Welter. She appeared in the census on 17 April 1940 in Scottsburg, Scott, Indiana. Age 34, born Illinois. She was living with husband Ernest. Name on census: Bonita Welter. She died on 7 March 1999 at the age of 93 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois.455 |