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Funeral Card · primary-source record

James A. Welch

July 10, 1953

Died 10 July 1953

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

July 10, 1953

From the funeral card

May Jesus have mercy on the Soul of

Mr. James A. Welch

July 10, 1953

Transcription only — no photograph of the card was preserved in the archive. Opening prayer corrected from "My Jesus" to "May Jesus" — standard Catholic funeral card formula; original transcription likely a misread.

Annie's notes

There is a notation on this card in my mother's handwriting that he is the husband of Nell O'Leary, a cousin of my grandfather's. However, I do not show Nell or her husband in my files, so she must be the daughter of one of my great great uncles whose family I do not have yet. He does not show up in the MN death certificate index, so must have died elsewhere.

I think I may have found him in the 1930 Census, Wife Ellen H., one daughter living at home and one roomer named O'Leary. They are living in an area that a lot of my grandfather's family lived in. If it is the correct man, then he was born in 1864.

— Annie in Minnesota

Sources consulted

  • 1930 U.S. census (household with wife Ellen H., one daughter at home, and a roomer named O'Leary)

People named in this record

  • James A. WelchSubject
  • Nell O'LearyMentioned
  • Ellen H. WelchMentioned · probable

Record submitted by

Annie in Minnesota — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
Submitted by Annie in Minnesota to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Submitted by Annie in Minnesota.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

Citation: "Funeral card of James A. Welch, died 10 July 1953," transcribed and submitted by Annie in Minnesota to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/welch-james-a-1953/ : accessed [your access date]).

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