Ethel DeEtta Welty was born July 29, 1897 at Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska. She was the eighth child, and third daughter, of Abram, a.k.a. Abraham, Welty and DeEtta Hester Shottenkirk Welty.
Welcoming her into the world, along with her parents, were her siblings, Ida Mae, George William, John Phineas, Ella Elizabeth, Richard Benjamin, Ira A., and Louis Elmer.
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Based strictly on "oral recitation, "oral tradition"...or "what everyone has always been told" the following would be considered "true and accurate":
Guy Arthur Hamm was married twice and had children by each of his wives. His first wife was Ethel DeEtta Welty. Exactly how, when, and where, they met is uncertain at this time. The following will prove, at the very least, that Guy Arthur Hamm brought two young children into his marriage to M. Grace Crist.
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Whatever the situation was for them the only recorded, and therefore "verifiable", facts are:
1) that Guy Arthur Hamm was living in Nebraska in 1910,
2) that Guy Arthur Hamm married for the first time between 16 Mar 1915 and 15 Mar 1916 (that is, "between his 27th and 28th birthdays")
3) that Guy Arthur Hamm and his wife had a child by the time of the WWI Draft (17 JUL 1917),
4) that both of Guy Arthur Hamm's first two children: Ruby Louise Hamm Reed, and Lawrence Ronald Hamm, (a.k.a. "Larry R. Ham"), were born in Nebraska and
5) that Guy Arthur Hamm's second wfe was ~NOT~ the mother of his first two children.
1. The 1910 U. S. Census record shows a Guy A. Hamm, age 22, as a ~boarder~ to Nathan and Elizabeth Baumgardner, in Perkins, Nebraska. What he was doing in Nebraska at that time is unknown as yet. (Note: Nathan Baumgardner listed his occupation as "retired farmer" while Guy listed ~his~ occupation as "laborer". It seems likely that Guy was "working the farm" for Nathan and Elizabeth.) It is possible that Guy met Ethel there (in Nebraska) at that time. Another possible scenario is that "Guy and Ethel ~moved to~ Nebraska because she had TB."
2. The 1930 U. S. Census Record lists Guy Arthur Hamm's "age at first marriage" as "27". Since Guy would have been 42 at the time (of the 1930 census) this verifies that he was "first married" in 1915. Further, the marriage certificate for Guy Arthur Hamm and M. Grace Crist clearly reads 1926. Therefore, Guy Hamm could ~NOT~ be referring to his relatively recent marriage to M. Grace Crist in the 1930 U. S. Census record--albeit "Mary G. Hamm" is the name on the next line of the census form and is there listed as his wife. [Had this author known nothing of Guy A. Hamm's history, and this had been the first documentation of his life to have been located, this dichotomy would have been a surprise, if not an utterly baffling mystery! But, because this author ~does~ know something of his history, instead this document merely confirms that he ~was~, in fact, married at least once before he married M. Grace Crist Hamm.]
a) The same census record (under Mary G. Hamm) lists a son, Lawrence R. age 12, (estimated birth year 1918) and a daughter, Mary L. 2-3/12 years old (estimated birth year 1928). Furthermore, it states that both Lawrence, and Lawrence's mother were born in Nebraska; while it lists "Mary G. Hamm" as having been born in Indiana. [Thus, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Lawrence's birth mother!]
b) In the same (1930) U. S. Census, (on another page, of course), is a "Mary Hamm", age 68, listed as a "domestic", in Peoria, IL, and a "Ruby Hamm", age 14, (estimated birth year 1916) as a "roomer", both under a listing for the head of household: Mary E. Ticknor. Thus, Ruby was living with Guy's mother, (Mrs. William Sylvester) Mary Jane Eckard Hamm, while her brother, Lawrence, was living with their father and stepmother. Here, again, both Ruby's, ~AND~ Ruby's mother's birth places are listed as Nebraska. [And, again, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Ruby's birth mother, either!]
3. Guy Arthur Hamm's WWI Draft Registration Card (dated 17 JUL 1917) stated that he claimed exemption from the draft because he had a "Wife and child dependant on" him. (Whether he ~got~ the exemption or not is unknown.) Since he did not marry M. Grace Crist until 1926--nine years later--this "wife and child dependant on" him must refer to his first wife, Ethel, and eldest daughter, Ruby.
Ethel died February 27, 1920 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had been in a sanatarium for the last 1 month and 7 days of her life. Written across her death certificate are the words "wife of Guy A. Hamm"; the document is also signed by Guy A. Hamm. Ethel was buried Mar 4, 1920 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, beside her younger sister, Ruby Hester (Welty) Meisner. At the time of her death her son "Lawrence was about 2 years old".
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Welcoming her into the world, along with her parents, were her siblings, Ida Mae, George William, John Phineas, Ella Elizabeth, Richard Benjamin, Ira A., and Louis Elmer.
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Based strictly on "oral recitation, "oral tradition"...or "what everyone has always been told" the following would be considered "true and accurate":
Guy Arthur Hamm was married twice and had children by each of his wives. His first wife was Ethel DeEtta Welty. Exactly how, when, and where, they met is uncertain at this time. The following will prove, at the very least, that Guy Arthur Hamm brought two young children into his marriage to M. Grace Crist.
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Whatever the situation was for them the only recorded, and therefore "verifiable", facts are:
1) that Guy Arthur Hamm was living in Nebraska in 1910,
2) that Guy Arthur Hamm married for the first time between 16 Mar 1915 and 15 Mar 1916 (that is, "between his 27th and 28th birthdays")
3) that Guy Arthur Hamm and his wife had a child by the time of the WWI Draft (17 JUL 1917),
4) that both of Guy Arthur Hamm's first two children: Ruby Louise Hamm Reed, and Lawrence Ronald Hamm, (a.k.a. "Larry R. Ham"), were born in Nebraska and
5) that Guy Arthur Hamm's second wfe was ~NOT~ the mother of his first two children.
1. The 1910 U. S. Census record shows a Guy A. Hamm, age 22, as a ~boarder~ to Nathan and Elizabeth Baumgardner, in Perkins, Nebraska. What he was doing in Nebraska at that time is unknown as yet. (Note: Nathan Baumgardner listed his occupation as "retired farmer" while Guy listed ~his~ occupation as "laborer". It seems likely that Guy was "working the farm" for Nathan and Elizabeth.) It is possible that Guy met Ethel there (in Nebraska) at that time. Another possible scenario is that "Guy and Ethel ~moved to~ Nebraska because she had TB."
2. The 1930 U. S. Census Record lists Guy Arthur Hamm's "age at first marriage" as "27". Since Guy would have been 42 at the time (of the 1930 census) this verifies that he was "first married" in 1915. Further, the marriage certificate for Guy Arthur Hamm and M. Grace Crist clearly reads 1926. Therefore, Guy Hamm could ~NOT~ be referring to his relatively recent marriage to M. Grace Crist in the 1930 U. S. Census record--albeit "Mary G. Hamm" is the name on the next line of the census form and is there listed as his wife. [Had this author known nothing of Guy A. Hamm's history, and this had been the first documentation of his life to have been located, this dichotomy would have been a surprise, if not an utterly baffling mystery! But, because this author ~does~ know something of his history, instead this document merely confirms that he ~was~, in fact, married at least once before he married M. Grace Crist Hamm.]
a) The same census record (under Mary G. Hamm) lists a son, Lawrence R. age 12, (estimated birth year 1918) and a daughter, Mary L. 2-3/12 years old (estimated birth year 1928). Furthermore, it states that both Lawrence, and Lawrence's mother were born in Nebraska; while it lists "Mary G. Hamm" as having been born in Indiana. [Thus, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Lawrence's birth mother!]
b) In the same (1930) U. S. Census, (on another page, of course), is a "Mary Hamm", age 68, listed as a "domestic", in Peoria, IL, and a "Ruby Hamm", age 14, (estimated birth year 1916) as a "roomer", both under a listing for the head of household: Mary E. Ticknor. Thus, Ruby was living with Guy's mother, (Mrs. William Sylvester) Mary Jane Eckard Hamm, while her brother, Lawrence, was living with their father and stepmother. Here, again, both Ruby's, ~AND~ Ruby's mother's birth places are listed as Nebraska. [And, again, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Ruby's birth mother, either!]
3. Guy Arthur Hamm's WWI Draft Registration Card (dated 17 JUL 1917) stated that he claimed exemption from the draft because he had a "Wife and child dependant on" him. (Whether he ~got~ the exemption or not is unknown.) Since he did not marry M. Grace Crist until 1926--nine years later--this "wife and child dependant on" him must refer to his first wife, Ethel, and eldest daughter, Ruby.
Ethel died February 27, 1920 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had been in a sanatarium for the last 1 month and 7 days of her life. Written across her death certificate are the words "wife of Guy A. Hamm"; the document is also signed by Guy A. Hamm. Ethel was buried Mar 4, 1920 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, beside her younger sister, Ruby Hester (Welty) Meisner. At the time of her death her son "Lawrence was about 2 years old".
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Ethel DeEtta Welty was born July 29, 1897 at Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska. She was the eighth child, and third daughter, of Abram, a.k.a. Abraham, Welty and DeEtta Hester Shottenkirk Welty.
Welcoming her into the world, along with her parents, were her siblings, Ida Mae, George William, John Phineas, Ella Elizabeth, Richard Benjamin, Ira A., and Louis Elmer.
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Based strictly on "oral recitation, "oral tradition"...or "what everyone has always been told" the following would be considered "true and accurate":
Guy Arthur Hamm was married twice and had children by each of his wives. His first wife was Ethel DeEtta Welty. Exactly how, when, and where, they met is uncertain at this time. The following will prove, at the very least, that Guy Arthur Hamm brought two young children into his marriage to M. Grace Crist.
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Whatever the situation was for them the only recorded, and therefore "verifiable", facts are:
1) that Guy Arthur Hamm was living in Nebraska in 1910,
2) that Guy Arthur Hamm married for the first time between 16 Mar 1915 and 15 Mar 1916 (that is, "between his 27th and 28th birthdays")
3) that Guy Arthur Hamm and his wife had a child by the time of the WWI Draft (17 JUL 1917),
4) that both of Guy Arthur Hamm's first two children: Ruby Louise Hamm Reed, and Lawrence Ronald Hamm, (a.k.a. "Larry R. Ham"), were born in Nebraska and
5) that Guy Arthur Hamm's second wfe was ~NOT~ the mother of his first two children.
1. The 1910 U. S. Census record shows a Guy A. Hamm, age 22, as a ~boarder~ to Nathan and Elizabeth Baumgardner, in Perkins, Nebraska. What he was doing in Nebraska at that time is unknown as yet. (Note: Nathan Baumgardner listed his occupation as "retired farmer" while Guy listed ~his~ occupation as "laborer". It seems likely that Guy was "working the farm" for Nathan and Elizabeth.) It is possible that Guy met Ethel there (in Nebraska) at that time. Another possible scenario is that "Guy and Ethel ~moved to~ Nebraska because she had TB."
2. The 1930 U. S. Census Record lists Guy Arthur Hamm's "age at first marriage" as "27". Since Guy would have been 42 at the time (of the 1930 census) this verifies that he was "first married" in 1915. Further, the marriage certificate for Guy Arthur Hamm and M. Grace Crist clearly reads 1926. Therefore, Guy Hamm could ~NOT~ be referring to his relatively recent marriage to M. Grace Crist in the 1930 U. S. Census record--albeit "Mary G. Hamm" is the name on the next line of the census form and is there listed as his wife. [Had this author known nothing of Guy A. Hamm's history, and this had been the first documentation of his life to have been located, this dichotomy would have been a surprise, if not an utterly baffling mystery! But, because this author ~does~ know something of his history, instead this document merely confirms that he ~was~, in fact, married at least once before he married M. Grace Crist Hamm.]
a) The same census record (under Mary G. Hamm) lists a son, Lawrence R. age 12, (estimated birth year 1918) and a daughter, Mary L. 2-3/12 years old (estimated birth year 1928). Furthermore, it states that both Lawrence, and Lawrence's mother were born in Nebraska; while it lists "Mary G. Hamm" as having been born in Indiana. [Thus, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Lawrence's birth mother!]
b) In the same (1930) U. S. Census, (on another page, of course), is a "Mary Hamm", age 68, listed as a "domestic", in Peoria, IL, and a "Ruby Hamm", age 14, (estimated birth year 1916) as a "roomer", both under a listing for the head of household: Mary E. Ticknor. Thus, Ruby was living with Guy's mother, (Mrs. William Sylvester) Mary Jane Eckard Hamm, while her brother, Lawrence, was living with their father and stepmother. Here, again, both Ruby's, ~AND~ Ruby's mother's birth places are listed as Nebraska. [And, again, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Ruby's birth mother, either!]
3. Guy Arthur Hamm's WWI Draft Registration Card (dated 17 JUL 1917) stated that he claimed exemption from the draft because he had a "Wife and child dependant on" him. (Whether he ~got~ the exemption or not is unknown.) Since he did not marry M. Grace Crist until 1926--nine years later--this "wife and child dependant on" him must refer to his first wife, Ethel, and eldest daughter, Ruby.
Ethel died February 27, 1920 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had been in a sanatarium for the last 1 month and 7 days of her life. Written across her death certificate are the words "wife of Guy A. Hamm"; the document is also signed by Guy A. Hamm. Ethel was buried Mar 4, 1920 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, beside her younger sister, Ruby Hester (Welty) Meisner. At the time of her death her son "Lawrence was about 2 years old".
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To go forward in time, see Guy Arthur Hamm...
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Welcoming her into the world, along with her parents, were her siblings, Ida Mae, George William, John Phineas, Ella Elizabeth, Richard Benjamin, Ira A., and Louis Elmer.
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Based strictly on "oral recitation, "oral tradition"...or "what everyone has always been told" the following would be considered "true and accurate":
Guy Arthur Hamm was married twice and had children by each of his wives. His first wife was Ethel DeEtta Welty. Exactly how, when, and where, they met is uncertain at this time. The following will prove, at the very least, that Guy Arthur Hamm brought two young children into his marriage to M. Grace Crist.
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Whatever the situation was for them the only recorded, and therefore "verifiable", facts are:
1) that Guy Arthur Hamm was living in Nebraska in 1910,
2) that Guy Arthur Hamm married for the first time between 16 Mar 1915 and 15 Mar 1916 (that is, "between his 27th and 28th birthdays")
3) that Guy Arthur Hamm and his wife had a child by the time of the WWI Draft (17 JUL 1917),
4) that both of Guy Arthur Hamm's first two children: Ruby Louise Hamm Reed, and Lawrence Ronald Hamm, (a.k.a. "Larry R. Ham"), were born in Nebraska and
5) that Guy Arthur Hamm's second wfe was ~NOT~ the mother of his first two children.
1. The 1910 U. S. Census record shows a Guy A. Hamm, age 22, as a ~boarder~ to Nathan and Elizabeth Baumgardner, in Perkins, Nebraska. What he was doing in Nebraska at that time is unknown as yet. (Note: Nathan Baumgardner listed his occupation as "retired farmer" while Guy listed ~his~ occupation as "laborer". It seems likely that Guy was "working the farm" for Nathan and Elizabeth.) It is possible that Guy met Ethel there (in Nebraska) at that time. Another possible scenario is that "Guy and Ethel ~moved to~ Nebraska because she had TB."
2. The 1930 U. S. Census Record lists Guy Arthur Hamm's "age at first marriage" as "27". Since Guy would have been 42 at the time (of the 1930 census) this verifies that he was "first married" in 1915. Further, the marriage certificate for Guy Arthur Hamm and M. Grace Crist clearly reads 1926. Therefore, Guy Hamm could ~NOT~ be referring to his relatively recent marriage to M. Grace Crist in the 1930 U. S. Census record--albeit "Mary G. Hamm" is the name on the next line of the census form and is there listed as his wife. [Had this author known nothing of Guy A. Hamm's history, and this had been the first documentation of his life to have been located, this dichotomy would have been a surprise, if not an utterly baffling mystery! But, because this author ~does~ know something of his history, instead this document merely confirms that he ~was~, in fact, married at least once before he married M. Grace Crist Hamm.]
a) The same census record (under Mary G. Hamm) lists a son, Lawrence R. age 12, (estimated birth year 1918) and a daughter, Mary L. 2-3/12 years old (estimated birth year 1928). Furthermore, it states that both Lawrence, and Lawrence's mother were born in Nebraska; while it lists "Mary G. Hamm" as having been born in Indiana. [Thus, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Lawrence's birth mother!]
b) In the same (1930) U. S. Census, (on another page, of course), is a "Mary Hamm", age 68, listed as a "domestic", in Peoria, IL, and a "Ruby Hamm", age 14, (estimated birth year 1916) as a "roomer", both under a listing for the head of household: Mary E. Ticknor. Thus, Ruby was living with Guy's mother, (Mrs. William Sylvester) Mary Jane Eckard Hamm, while her brother, Lawrence, was living with their father and stepmother. Here, again, both Ruby's, ~AND~ Ruby's mother's birth places are listed as Nebraska. [And, again, Guy Arthur's current wife (which, by 1930, was M. Grace Crist Hamm) cannot be Ruby's birth mother, either!]
3. Guy Arthur Hamm's WWI Draft Registration Card (dated 17 JUL 1917) stated that he claimed exemption from the draft because he had a "Wife and child dependant on" him. (Whether he ~got~ the exemption or not is unknown.) Since he did not marry M. Grace Crist until 1926--nine years later--this "wife and child dependant on" him must refer to his first wife, Ethel, and eldest daughter, Ruby.
Ethel died February 27, 1920 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had been in a sanatarium for the last 1 month and 7 days of her life. Written across her death certificate are the words "wife of Guy A. Hamm"; the document is also signed by Guy A. Hamm. Ethel was buried Mar 4, 1920 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, beside her younger sister, Ruby Hester (Welty) Meisner. At the time of her death her son "Lawrence was about 2 years old".
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