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| USA Social Security Death Index Given Name: Perry Surname: Wells Birth Date: 10 September 1887 Social Security Number: 368-22-2720 State: Michigan Last Place of Residence: Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan Previous Residence Postal Code: 49096 Event Date: August 1970 Age: 83 ===== USA Census, 1920 Name: Perry H Wells Event Place: Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan District: 111 Gender: Male Age: 32 Marital Status: Married Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1888 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Household ID: 89 Line Number: 41 GS Film number: 1820763 Digital Folder Number: 004311588 Image Number: 00569 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Perry H Wells M 32 Michigan Wife Zella K Wells F 28 Michigan Son Louis Wells M 3 Michigan Dau Reva J Wells F 0 Michigan ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: Perry H Wells Event Place: Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan District: 0026 Gender: Male Age: 42 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1888 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Number and Letter: 4B Household ID: 114 Line Number: 99 GS Film number: 2340718 Digital Folder Number: 004607719 Image Number: 00854 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Perry H Wells M 42 Michigan Wife Zella I Wells F 38 Michigan Son Louis F Wells M 13 Michigan Dau Reva J Wells F 10 Michigan |
| Michigan, Marriages Name: Perry Wells Age (Expanded): 23 years Birth Year: 1888 Birthplace: Michigan Spouse's Name: Alice Cook Spouse's Age (Expanded): 21 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1890 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Event Date: 03 Jun 1911 Event Place: Lansing, Eaton, Michigan Father's Name: Fred I. Wells Mother's Name: Idell Kennedy Spouse's Father's Name: Henry Cook Spouse's Mother's Name: Alferetta GS Film number: 2342692 Digital Folder Number: 4209152 Image Number: 519 Reference ID: v 2 p 191 rn 114 |
| Michigan, Marriages Name: Perry H. Wells Age (Expanded): 24 years Birth Year: 1887 Birthplace: Michigan Spouse's Name: Zella E. King Spouse's Age (Expanded): 20 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1891 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Event Date: 29 Nov 1911 Event Place: Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan Father's Name: Fred I. Wells Mother's Name: Idell Kennedy Spouse's Father's Name: W. L. King Spouse's Mother's Name: Eva Fuller GS Film number: 2342692 Digital Folder Number: 4209152 Image Number: 532 Reference ID: v 2 p 223 rn 283 |
| Michigan, Births Name: Precillia Wells Birth Date: 22 Oct 1878 Birthplace: Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Gender: Female Father's Name: John Wells Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Name: Hester Wells Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Reference ID: item 3 p 134 rn 408 , GS Film number: 2320565 , Digital Folder Number: 4206453 , Image Number: 515 ----- California, Death Index Name: Priscill D Mcgee Event Date: 16 Oct 1967 Event Place: Los Angeles, California Birth Date: 20 Oct 1878 Birthplace: Michigan Gender: Female Mother's Name: Coleman ----- Burial Plot: Acacia, Map 1, Lot 3378, Space 2 Find A Grave Memorial# 137997134 ===== USA Census, 1920 Name: Priscilla Mcgee Event Place: Battle Creek Ward 5, Calhoun, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 41 Marital Status: Married Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Seth Mcgee Head M 45 Priscilla Mcgee Wife F 41 Gladys Mcgee Dau F 20 Ila Mcgee Dau F 18 District: 42 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3B , Household ID: 74 , Line Number: 96 , GS Film number: 1820759 , Digital Folder Number: 004311584 , Image Number: 00389 ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: Priscilla Mc Gee Event Place: Lake Orion, Oakland, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 51 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Seth A Mc Gee Head M 56 Priscilla Mc Gee Wife F 51 John A Smith Jr. Son-in-law M 31 Ila Smith Dau F 29 Robt M Mc Cormick Roomer M 34 Fred Lippold Roomer M 28 District: 0039 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2A , Household ID: 42 , Line Number: 36 , GS Film number: 2340752 , Digital Folder Number: 004609257 , Image Number: 00188 ----- USA Census, 1940 Name: Priscilla Mcgee Event Place: Lake Orion, Orion Township, Oakland, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 61 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Seth Mcgee Head M 65 Priscilla Mcgee Wife F 61 Vance Buchanan Lodger M 48 Frank Buffington Lodger M 50 Charles Ridley Lodger M 33 Phillip Mcmann Lodger M 44 District: 63-61 , Family Number: 197 , Sheet Number and Letter: 9A , Line Number: 35 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 1800 , Digital Folder Number: 005461662 , Image Number: 00233 |
| Name: Seth A. Mcgee Age (Expanded): 23 years Birth Year: 1875 Birthplace: Michigan Spouse's Name: Priscella Wells Spouse's Age (Expanded): 19 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1879 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Event Date: 20 Apr 1898 Event Place: Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Father's Name: S. A. Mcgee Mother's Name: Mary Pemberton Spouse's Father's Name: John Wells Spouse's Mother's Name: Esther Coleman GS Film number: 2342509 , Digital Folder Number: 4208258 , Image Number: 614 , Reference ID: v 2 p 552 rn 78 |
| QUERY Spouse: Jane McMane. |
| Three children, as at 2013 Robby Wells of Upper Sandusky |
| Daughter of Edmund Welles and Mary (Howell) Welles. ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 48173369 |
| Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes Name Stephanie Lynn Wells Event Type Birth Event Date 1982 Event Place Boyd, Kentucky Gender Female Mother's Name Shari L Chatfield |
| Virginia, Marriage Records: Name: Shari Lynn Chatfield Bragg Gender: Female Race: White Age: 19 Birth Date: 30 Dec 1958 Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1978 Marriage Place: Wise, Virginia Registration Place: Wise, Virginia Father: Larry Chatfield Mother: Bonnie Loper Spouse: Stephen Keith Wells Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Race: White Spouse Age: 25 Spouse Birth Date: 30 Oct 1952 Spouse Father: John Wells Spouse Mother: Ruth Justice |
| VIC Marriage Index, CHATFIELD, Gordon William, WELLS, Sybil Mary, 1942, Reg. 2441 |
| Father: Thomas WELLES ;[Jr.] Mother: Prudence SHIPMAN ----- Connecticut Births and Christenings Name William Augustus Wells Gender Male Birth Date 23 Nov 1767 Birthplace HEBRON TWP,TOLLAND,CONNETICUT Father's Name Thomas Wells Mother's Name Prudence |
| Spouse of Mary CHATFIELD 1822-1897 |
| Find A Grave Memorial# 47676047 ===== William A Wells in household of Joseph A Bale, "USA Census, 1900" [With daughter Eva Bale] Event Place: ED 78 Sunfield township Sunfield village, Eaton, Michigan, USA Birth Date: Jan 1813 Birthplace: New York Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed |
| Birth and death show differnt birth year.. ----- Michigan Births and Christenings Name William R. Wells Gender Male Birth Date 18 Dec 1868 Birthplace EATON,MICHIGAN Father's Name William Wells Mother's Name Mary ----- Michigan Death Certificates Name William R Wells Event Date 09 Jan 1945 Event Place Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Gender Male Age 75 Marital Status Married Birth Date 18 Dec 1869 Birthplace Vermontville, Michigan Birth Year (Estimated) 1870 Father's Name W A Wells Mother's Name Mary Chatfield ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 59210138 ===== USA Census, 1900 Name William R Wells Event Place Sunfield township Sunfield village, Eaton, Michigan Gender Male Age 31 Marital Status Married Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Years Married 10 Birth Date Dec 1869 Birthplace Michigan Marriage Year (Estimated) 1890 Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace New York William R Wells Head M 31 Michigan Cassie M Wells Wife F 29 Michigan Willis F Wells Son M 10 Michigan Bessie M Wells Dau F 4 Michigan ----- USA Census, 1910 Name William R Wells Event Place Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Gender Male Age 41 Marital Status Married Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1869 Birthplace Michigan Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace New York Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 9 William R Wells Head M 41 Michigan Cassie M Wells Wife F 39 Michigan William F Wells Son M 18 Michigan Bessie M Wells Dau F 13 Michigan Veva R Wells Dau F 8 Michigan ----- USA Census, 1920 Name William R Wells Event Place Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Gender Male Age 51 Marital Status Married Race White Can Read Yes Can Write Yes Relationship to Head of Household Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1869 Birthplace Michigan Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace New York Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 6 William R Wells Head M 51 Michigan Cassie M Wells Wife F 48 Michigan Irol L Wells Son M 4 Michigan ----- USA Census, 1930 Name William R Wells Event Place Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan Gender Male Age 61 Marital Status Married Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1869 Birthplace Michigan Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace New York Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 1 William R Wells Head M 61 Michigan Cassia M Wells Wife F 59 Michigan Irol L Wells Son M 15 Michigan |
| Michigan Marriages Name William R. Wells Age (Expanded) 21 years Birth Year 1869 Birthplace Michigan Spouse's Name Cassie M. Rawson Spouse's Age (Expanded) 19 years Spouse's Birth Year 1871 Spouse's Birthplace Michigan Event Date 13 Oct 1890 Event Place Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan Father's Name Wm. A. Wells Mother's Name Mary C. Chatfield Spouse's Father's Name Franklin Rawson Spouse's Mother's Name Eldena Fremire |
| England Deaths and Burials Name: Winifred Fuggles Gender: Female Burial Date: 28 Aug 1881 Burial Place: Rolvenden, Kent, England Reference ID: Pg. 20 No. 156 , Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01579-8 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 1835590 ----- Death GRO 3rd qtr 1881 Fuggles, Winifred 76 Tenterden 2a 369 ===== England and Wales Census, 1841 Name: Winifred Fuggle Gender: Female Age: 35 Birthplace: Kent Schedule Type: Household Registration District: Tenterden Sub-District: Rolvenden Parish: Rolvenden, Kent ----- England and Wales Census, 1861 Name: Winifred Fuggle County: Kent Sub-District: 1 Rolvenden Parish: Rolvenden Registration District: Tenterden Age: 56 Gender: Female Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Rolvenden, Kent Schedule Type: Household ----- England and Wales Census, 1871 Name: Winifred Fuggle Gender: Female Age: 66 Relationship to Head of Household: Self Birthplace: Rolvenden, Kent Schedule Type: Household Registration District: Tenterden Parish: Rolvenden, Kent ----- England and Wales Census, 1881 Name: Winifred Fuggles Age (Original): 76 Gender: Female Birth Year: 1805 Birthplace: Rolvenden, Kent, England Relationship to Head of Household: Lodger Marital Status: Widow Occupation: In Rect Of Parish Relief Address: ? Event Place: Rolvenden, Kent, England Record Type: Household Affiliate Publication Number: RG11 Piece/Folio: 941 / 54 Page Number: 2 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Eliza Ellen Head F 74 Rolvenden, Kent, England Winifred Fuggles Lodger F 76 Rolvenden, Kent, England GS Film number: 1341225 |
| England Marriages Name: Edward Fuggle Spouse's Name: Winifred Wells Event Date: 28 Oct 1827 Event Place: Rolvenden, Kent, England Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01579-4 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 1835590 Reference ID: Pg 57 No. 171 |
| USA Census, 1900 Name: Zella Wells Event Place: Justice Precincts 1-2 Refugio town, Refugio, Texas Gender: Female Age: 15 Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Birth Date: Jan 1885 Birthplace: Texas Father's Birthplace: Texas Mother's Birthplace: Texas Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Alida Wells Head F 41 Texas Addie Wells Son M 19 Texas Zella Wells Daughter F 15 Texas Clessen Wells Son M 13 Texas Lemore Wells Son M 11 Texas Theadre Wells Son M 8 Texas District: 70 , Sheet Number and Letter: 8A , Household ID: 153 , Line Number: 47 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T623 , GS Film Number: 1241666 , Digital Folder Number: 004118554 , Image Number: 00019 |
| Texas, Marriages Name: R. O. Hornburg Spouse's Name: Zella Wells Event Date: 05 Mar 1911 Event Place: Refugio Co., Texas Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00182-5 , System Origin: Texas-EASy , GS Film number: 1012464 , Reference ID: Page #131 |
| Mother: Rosetta born abt 1865, Scotland. ----- Burial GPS (lat/lon): 41.50108, -72.98009. Find A Grave Memorial# 8228378 |
| Parents James Arthur Welsh, 1939-2012 Shirley Marie Pendleton, 1939-2019 ----- Find a Grave Memorial ID 144720701. ----- George M. "Sam" Welsh 47 of 2253 Cemetery Hill Brockway, Pa. Died on July 3, 2010 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born on September 7, 1962 in DuBois, Pa. His parents were James A. and Shirley Pendleton Welsh of Brockway, Pa. He was Methodist by faith. Sam enjoyed riding his four wheeler, hunting, fishing and gardening. He was retired and had been employed as a custodian at the Brockway High School. Survivors: Parents: Jim and Shirley Welsh of Brockway, Pa. 2 Sons: Matthew and Shawn Welsh both of Brockway, Pa. 1 Daughter: Carrie Welsh of Brockway, Pa. 2 Brothers: James E. and Scott A. Welsh both of Brockway, Pa. 2 Sisters: Wendy Fields of Brockport, Pa. and Dianna Mace also of Brockway, Pa. He is also survived by 3 grandchildren. |
| Burial Burial Details Unknown Find a Grave Memorial ID 235180104 ----- Matthew A. Welsh, 32, of Route 219 Brockport, died on Friday, December 24, 2021 at Penn Highlands DuBois. Born on April 5, 1989 in DuBois, he was the son of the late George M. Welsh and Mary S. Chatfield Myers, who survives and lives in DuBois. Matt was employed at Contact Technologies in St. Marys. He was Methodist by faith, and was a member of the Horton Twp. Sportsmen's Club. His greatest joy in life was being a father and spending time with his son. He is survived by his mother Mary S. (Timothy Porrin) Myers of DuBois; a son Alex Welsh of Sykesville; a sister Carrie (Tim Reesman) Welsh of Reynoldsville; and a brother Shawn (Corrie) Welsh also of Reynoldsville. Matt is also survived by 4 nieces: Eryka, Danielle, Desiree and Zoey and 3 great nieces Isabella, Raelynn and Raven. In addition to his father he is also preceded in death by a great niece Genesis Smith. |
| Parents (as at 1870 census) Herschel O Welton M 29 Connecticut Julia Welton F 25 Connecticut ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 169891206 ===== USA Census, 1880 Name Mary F Welton Event Place Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Gender Female Age 9 Marital Status Single Race White Occupation School Relationship to Head of Household Daughter Birth Year (Estimated) 1871 Birthplace Connecticut Father's Birthplace Connecticut Mother's Birthplace Connecticut Sheet Letter C Sheet Number 25 Person Number 4 Volume 1 Hershal O Welton Self M 39 Connecticut Frank P Welton Son M 14 Connecticut Lizzie E Welton Dau F 13 Connecticut Irving N Welton Son M 11 Connecticut Mary F Welton Dau F 9 Connecticut Charles E Welton Son M 8 Connecticut Elizabeth Pritchard Mother-in-law F 74 Connecticut Mary Pritchard Sister-in-law F 44 Connecticut Michael Haran Other M 51 Ireland |
| USA Public Records Name: Jacquelyn C Scott Residence Date: 01 May 1998 Residence Place: Harrison, Arkansas, USA Birth Date: 21 Jan 1955 Address: Big Oak, Harrison, Arkansas, 72601 Record Number: 710651170 |
| Burial Plot: Block 05, Lot 38 Find A Grave Memorial# 53358213 ===== USA Census, 1940 Name: Clara Gibson Event Place: Almena, Almena Township, Norton, Kansas Gender: Female Age: 50 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Kansas Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Clara Gibson Head F 50 Kansas Maxine Gibson Dau F 15 Kansas District: 69-3 , Family Number: 109 , Sheet Number and Letter: 4B , Line Number: 53 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 1250 , Digital Folder Number: 005449155 , Image Number: 00029 |
| USA Social Security Death Index Given Name: Frieda Surname: Wendling Birth Date: 25 May 1918 Social Security Number: 538-14-3679 State: Washington Last Place of Residence: Lewis, Washington Previous Residence Postal Code: 98531 Event Date: August 1985 Age: 67 |
| Washington, County Marriages Name: John Mulford Age: 28 Birth Year (Estimated): 1910 Spouse's Name: Frieda Wendling Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1918 Event Date: 15 Sep 1938 Event Place: , , Washington Marriage License Date: 15 Sep 1938 Registration Place: , Lewis, Washington Father's Name: L G Mulford Mother's Name: Mary Canterberry Spouse's Father's Name: Joe H Wendling Spouse's Mother's Name: Lena Sigar Digital Folder Number: 4136896 Image Number: 00589 |
| Washington, County Marriages Name: Josef Wendling Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1891 Spouse's Name: Lena Seeger Spouse's Age: 16 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1899 Event Date: 05 May 1915 Event Place: , , Washington Marriage License Date: 05 May 1915 Registration Place: , Lewis, Washington Father's Name: Fritz Wendling Mother's Name: Clara Wendling Spouse's Father's Name: August A Seeger Spouse's Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Schephan Digital Folder Number: 4135507 Image Number: 00296 |
| 2nd MARRIAGE Washington, County Marriages Name: Howard G Norberg Age: 37 Birth Year (Estimated): 1912 Spouse's Name: Lydia M Crisler Spouse's Age: 32 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1917 Event Date: 23 Apr 1949 Event Place: , , Washington Marriage License Date: 12 Apr 1949 Registration Place: , Lewis, Washington Father's Name: Gus Norberg Mother's Name: Anna Olson Spouse's Father's Name: Joe Wendling Spouse's Mother's Name: Lena Seeger Digital Folder Number: 4137471 Image Number: 00357 |
| New York, County Marriages Name: E Eugene Bessy Event Date: 22 Aug 1908 Event Place: Wayne, New York Age: 28 Birth Year (Estimated): 1880 Father's Name: Willington Bessy Mother's Name: Viola Chatfield Spouse's Name: Almira J Wendover Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Spouse's Father's Name: James Wendover Spouse's Mother's Name: Fida Bogasit GS Film number: 0479878 Digital Folder Number: 004489218 Image Number: 00243 |
| i. Sir James Bond, 1st Bt. (minister of Corboy, 2nd son), 11 June 1744 - 2 June 1820 m. Catherine Wensley (dau of Rev. Thomas Wensley of Lifford) a. Wensley Bond (b 1736, d 1820, Dean of Ross) Child of Catherine Wensley and Reverend James Bond Sir James Bond, 1st Bt.+1, 11 Jun 1744 - 2 Jun 1820 ----- Catherine Bond. (1783 - 1854). In Nov 1798 she first married George Tyrrell, (b. 17 Mar 1779 of Robinstown Co Westmeath and died before 1824) son of Garrett Tyrrell (died before 1804) & Mary Montgomery. They had three children: Catherine (28 Mar 1800 - 20 Sep 1800); Mary Ann (b.15 Mar 1805). About 1824 she married George Vaughan of Quilly, Co Down; Gerald Wensley (1807-1884). Catherine second married James Bond. |
| Wentworth was born in Sydney, the son of a prominent Sydney barrister of the same name, and the great-grandson of William Charles Wentworth, a leading political and literary figure in colonial New South Wales. He is sometimes referred to as "William Charles Wentworth IV" but he never used this name himself. His family and friends called him Bill or Billy. The prominent journalist Mungo MacCallum is his nephew. Wentworth was educated at The Armidale School in Armidale in northern New South Wales, and at New College, Oxford[1], where he gained an MA, and a Blue in athletics (he was a fine half miler and ran as first string to the future Olympic Champion and world record holder Tom Hampson). Returning to Australia aged 23, he briefly worked as a factory hand at Lever Brothers in Balmain, Sydney, before becoming Secretary to the Attorney-General of New South Wales, Sir Henry Manning.[2] Then he joined the New South Wales public service as an economic advisor to the Premier's Department and the Treasury, a position from which he resigned in 1937 in protest against what he saw as the state conservative government's timid economic policies. He was an early exponent of Keynesianism and favoured an expansion of state credit. From 1941 to 1943 Wentworth served in the Australian army in administrative positions. At the 1943 federal election, he stood as an independent for the House of Representatives seat of Wentworth (named after his great-grandfather), arguing for an all-party "national government".[3] He polled 20 per cent of the vote against the Deputy Leader of the United Australia Party, Eric Harrison. In 1945 he joined Robert Menzies' new party, the Liberal Party of Australia. At the 1949 election, Wentworth was elected to the House of Representatives for Mackellar in the northern suburbs of Sydney. By the late 1940s Wentworth had become a fierce anti-Communist, to an extent that even some in his own party regarded as excessive (though Menzies was more than willing to benefit from his frequent red-baiting): he was frequently accused of McCarthyism in making allegations under parliamentary privilege, usually unsubstantiated, of Communist influence in various quarters of Australian public life.[4] He was a leading member of the "Taiwan lobby" in the Liberal Party, which also included Wilfrid Kent Hughes and the young John Gorton.[5] He frequently sought to imply that the leader of the opposition Australian Labor Party, Dr H. V. Evatt, was a communist sypathiser, or at best a dupe of the communists. The communists, he said, wanted to "ride into power on the back of the Australian Labor Party".[6] Menzies's biographer referred to him as "the notorious Liberal Party backbench red-baiter".[7] Wentworth, however, was more than a one-issue politician, and had great energy and ability. As Gorton's biographer writes: "For all his erratic and sometimes bizarre behaviour, his flaws were at least those of an inventive mind".[8] Despite this, he had a long wait for ministerial preferment, mainly because he was a party-room rebel on other matters, such as pensions. During these years he busied himself with parliamentary committee work. He was an active member of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 1952 to 1961. From 1956 he was chair of the Government Members Committee on Rail Gauge Standardisation. He made important recommendations on solving one of Australia's longest-standing infrastructure problems, the incompatible rail gauges in the different states, a legacy of colonial times. Gough Whitlam, no admirer of Wentworth in other respects, credits him with being one of the architects of the rail standardisation agreement that led to the opening of the single-gauge rail line from Melbourne to Sydney in 1961.[9] Wentworth's other long-term interest was in Aboriginal affairs. In 1959, he put forth a proposal to Cabinet for the establishment of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies,[10] arguing for a more comprehensive approach by the government to recording Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures.[11] The institute was established by an Act of Parliament in 1964[12] and is now known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. He was one of the Liberal backbenchers who supported a constitutional referendum to give the Commonwealth the power to legislate specifically for the benefit of indigenous Australians, something which was finally achieved under Menzies' successor Harold Holt in 1967 (see Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)). When Wentworth's friend John Gorton succeeded Holt, he made Wentworth Minister for Social Services and Minister in Charge of Aboriginal Affairs, the first minister to hold this office. As Minister, Wentworth was disappointed that the Cabinet was reluctant to take any steps to pass the kind of far-reaching legislation he wanted, mainly due to the resistance of pastoral interests represented by the Country Party. Nevertheless, Wentworth took the first practical step towards the granting of indigenous land rights when he proposed giving the Gurindji people control of their land at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory (which was at that time under Commonwealth control): this scheme, in a fine irony given Wentworth's history, was denounced as "communist inspired" by the Cattle Producers Council[13] (a reference to the fact that the Communist writer Frank Hardy was an adviser to the Gurindji). Wentworth was already 60 when he became a minister, but he proved to be energetic and innovative. When William McMahon succeeded Gorton as Prime Minister in March 1971, he retained Wentworth in the ministry despite dropping Gorton's other proteges. Wentworth contested the Liberal deputy leadership at this time, but was eliminated on the first ballot,[14] with the position going to Billy Snedden, whom Wentworth regarded as a light-weight. When the McMahon government was defeated by Labor under Whitlam in December 1972, Wentworth returned to the backbench. Snedden succeeded McMahon as leader, but Wentworth was among his most persistent party-room critics. In March 1975 it was Wentworth who moved the motion in the Liberal Party room to depose Snedden from the leadership in favour of Malcolm Fraser.[15] But under Fraser's government he soon found himself back in his old role of the backbench rebel. His lifelong commitment to Keynesianism led him to criticise Fraser's cuts to government spending as deflationary. Having already announced his intention of retiring from Parliament at the next election, he resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1977. He stood for the Senate in New South Wales at the December 1977 election, polling 2.1 per cent of the vote. Later he was active in the Grey Power movement, and stood again for the Senate as a Grey Power candidate at the 1984 election; again, he did badly. During his time in the House of Representatives, Wentworth voted against his party more often than any other Representative in Australian history.[16] In 1993 he was appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the Australian Parliament, particularly in relation to Aboriginal rights and to the standardisation of inter-state rail gauges".[17] Wentworth's last appearance in Australian politics was in April 1995, when he contested the by-election in the seat of Wentworth (which was named after his great-grandfather) caused by the resignation of Dr John Hewson. In the absence of a Labor candidate, he polled 18 per cent of the vote, 52 years after he first contested the seat in 1943. He retired to north Queensland, from where he continued to write pamphlets and newspaper articles until his death in Sydney in 2003 at the age of 95. He was survived by his wife Barbara, and four children. |
| Wisconsin Death Index Name Emily Chatfield Event Date 09 Aug 1897 Event Place La Crosse, Wisconsin Page 0125 ----- Wisconsin, Death Records Name Emily Werner Chatfield Event Date 1897 Event Place La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin Address 1312 Winnebago St. Gender Female Age 20 Marital Status Married Race white Birth Date 28 Mar 1877 Birthplace Milwaukee Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Father's Name G. Werner Father's Birthplace Germany Mother's Name Louisa Werner Mother's Birthplace LaCrosse Spouse's Name Earl L. Chatfield ----- Burial Plot: Sec. 39 - Lot 2556. Find A Grave Memorial# 55769306 ===== QUERY United States Census, 1860 Name Gotfried Werner Event Place 9th Ward Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gender Male Age 17 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1843 Birthplace [Blank] Page 207 Dorethea Werner F 42 Pomerania Carl Werner M 19 [Blank] Gotfried Werner M 17 [Blank] Augusta Werner F 9 [Blank] |
| Wisconsin, County Marriages Name Carl L Chatfield Event Date 12 Jun 1894 Event Place Lacrosse, Lacrosse, Wisconsin Gender Male Race White Birthplace Lacrosse, Wis Father's Name Charles A Chatfield Mother's Name Susan Conklin Spouse's Name Emily V Werner Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Race White Spouse's Birthplace LaCrosse, Wis Spouse's Father's Name Godfred Warner Spouse's Mother's Name Louisa Steinleim |
| Father's Name Franz Werner Mother's Name Julia Werner ----- Birth date suspect from grave memorial. ----- Wisconsin Death Index Name Goltfried Werner Event Type Death Event Date 21 Apr 1878 Event Place La Crosse, Wisconsin Page 0027 ----- Wisconsin, Death Records Name Gottfried Werner Event Date 1878 Event Place La Crosse, Wisconsin Gender Male Age 32 Marital Status Married Race w Occupation Tobacconist Birth Year (Estimated) 1846 Birthplace Germany Cemetery City Spouse's Name Louise Steinlein ----- Burial Plot: Sec 20. Find A Grave Memorial# 136695751 |
| Wisconsin, County Marriages Name Gottfried Werner Event Date 16 Sep 1871 Event Place La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin Gender Male Race White Birthplace Germany Father's Name Franz Werner Mother's Name Julia Werner Spouse's Name Louisa Steinlein Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Father's Name Augustus Steinlein Spouse's Mother's Name Louisa Steinlein |
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