Family Group Sheet
Name: Rebecca Welch
Birth: 22 Jun 1847
Place: Creditsville, Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 22 Apr 1937
Place: Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota
Burial: Litchfield Cemetery, Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota
Father: James Hillis Welch
Mother: Rachel Ann Cruzan
Spouse: Alonzo Olmstead
Marriage: 12 Sep 1869
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Children:
Name: Rachel Alzora (Allie) Olmstead
Birth: 8 Sep 1870
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 16 May 1955
Place: Beltrami County, Minnesota
Spouse: Clifford Alton Matheny
Name: Serena Hester Olmstead
Birth: 1872
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 1872
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Spouse:
Name: William Arthur Olmstead
Birth: 17 Feb 1874
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 8 May 1942
Place: Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota
Spouse: Lydia Adelia Whitmarsh
Name: Francis Edward Olmstead
Birth: 18 Nov 1875
Place: Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 17 Jun 1922
Place: Meeker County, Minnesota
Spouse:
Name: James Alfred Olmstead
Birth: 29 Mar 1879
Place: Chestnut Ridge, Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 21 Aug 1974
Place: Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota,
Spouse: Flora Kathryn Montgomery
Name: Son Olmstead
Birth: 1880
Place: Meeker County, Minnesota
Death: 1880
Place: Meeker County, Minnesota
Spouse:
Name: Dora Elnora Olmstead
Birth: 15 Jan 1881
Place: Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota,
Death: 30 May 1959
Place: Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota,
Spouse: Edwin Harvey Porter
Name: Charles (Shorty) Victor Olmstead
Birth: 19 Dec 1883
Place: Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota
Death: 24 Mar 1968
Place: Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Spouse: Olive Wentworth
Name: Earl (Slim) Clyde Olmstead
Birth: 3 Jun 1886
Place: Minnesota
Death: 4 Mar 1980
Place: Winona County, Minnesota
Spouse: Kate Tracy Abbott
Name: Ethel May Olmstead
Birth: 21 Jan 1890
Place: Minnesota
Death: 16 Sep 1984
Place: Meeker County, Minnesota
Spouse: Victor Anton Akeson
Name: Beatrice (Tress) Olmstead
Birth: 1893
Place:
Death: 1970
Place:
Spouse: Victor G Anderson
Notes:
Mrs. Alonzo Olmstead Passes
Rebecca Welch Olmstead, widow of the late Alonzo Olmstead, passed away at her home in Litchfield Thursday evening, April 22, 1937. She was born in Jackson county, Indiana, June 22, 1847 and had nearly attained her 90th birthday. she was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. James Welch. She was married to Alonzo Olmstead, a verteran of the civil war, on September 12, 1869. To them were born 11 children. Eight are living, namely Mrs. Allie Matheney, Charles and Earl of Blackduck, Minn.; Mrs. Victor Akeson and William of Litchfield; James, Mrs. Dora Porter and Mrs. Victor Anderson of Darwin. A sister, Mrs. Mary Robisnon of Phoenix, Arizona, two brothers, Sam Welch of Seymour, Indiana and Isaac Welch of Stapels, Minn., are living, besides 29 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Claude Kain of Dassel is a nephew.
Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead became residents of Meeker county in 1879 and located in Litchfield in 1924. Mrs. Olmstead had been in failing health for some weeks before her death.
Funeral services were held at the home at 12:30 Sunday and from the Methodish church, of which she was a loyal supporter, at 1 p.m., conducted by the pastor, Rev. Kettlewell.
Litchfield Independent, 4/28/1937
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