FISHER, Rebecca

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1860 census:
Detroit Ward 3, Wayne Co., Michigan
R, Welburn, 58, F, $ 500 Personal Wealth, b. England
Betsey, ", 14, F, b. England
Thurza, ", 10, F, b. England
Deborah, ", 6, F, b. England
William, ", 27, M, Waiter, b. England
Mary, ", 39, F, b. Ireland

Rebecca married WELBOURNE, William Lincolnshire, England. William was born , England; died Bef 1860, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Henry married HUNTER, Mary 26 Jan 1864, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

William — Mary. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The large Welbon family -- 12 children actually made the trip with their parents.
They arrived in Detroit from England in the spring of 1854, after a harrowing three-month voyage by sailing vessel, becalmed for days at a time in the Atlantic.

Bread baked for the trip turned mouldy and fresh water ran dangerously low.
When the pale and drawn family faced the American immigration inspectors, their mother pinched the cheeks of 14-year old Isaac and 13-year old Henry, to put a healthy color into them and lessen the possibility the family would be rejected as sickly.

Once ashore, the Welbons proceeded by sailing vessel up the Hudson River to Albany, thence along the Erie Canal by mule-drawn barge to Buffalo, and finally by sail again to Detroit.
There they were met by the two oldest sons, who had preceded the rest of the family by a year to prepare the way.

Their first impression of Detroit was of a sea of mud, so different from the tidy lanes and hedgerows of Lincolnshire.

Disaster struck at once. In a few days one of the older sons was killed in an accident on what is now the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. A few weeks later a cholera epidemic took the lives of the father and another of the older sons. The family bravely re-grouped and struggled on, living on Croghan Street, now Monroe, on the near east-side, and worshipping faithfully at St. John's Episcopal Church, at Woodward and Vernor, then High Street.

Mrs. Welbon had learned midwifery in England and turned her hand to it again to help support the family. Life in the New World, with its sorrows and uncertainties, could not have seemed much better than the hard existence they had left as small tenant farmers in Lincolnshire, and more bitter experiences lay ahead.

But Isaac and Henry grew to young manhood and by 1860 were working as waiters aboard a Great Lakes passenger steamer where their older brother was the steward. Isaac was 24, 5 feet 6 inches in height, and had a light complexion with light hair and blue eyes.
Henry, a year younger, was 5 feet 8 ½ inches in height and had a light complexion with brown hair and brown eyes.
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Isaac Welbon
Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 29 September 1862 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 29 September 1862.
Reenlisted in Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 21 December 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 May 1865
Mustered out Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 08 July 1865 in Jeffersonville, IN
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Corporal Isaac Welbon continued on to the end of the Civil War, cooking for his teamsters at the 1st Division headquarters. He participated in the Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 1865, and on the 25th of July, in Jackson, Michigan, was paid off and discharged, having been promoted at the very end to Sergeant.
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1870 census:
Welbon, Isaac, 32, M, W, Laborer, $1000 R.E./$300 Peronal, b. England
", Mary J., 20, F, W, Keeping House, b. Canada
", Mary, 5 months, F, W, b. Feb. 1870
9th Ward Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan (Roll 715, Book 1, Pg. 308b).
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1880 census:
Isaac WELBON Self M Male W 41 ENG Works In Jewlery Store ENG ENG
Mary J. WELBON Wife M Female W 31 CAN Keeping House IRE IRE
Dolley WELBON Dau S Female W 10 MI At School ENG IRE
Frank G. WELBON Son S Male W 8 MI ENG IRE
Hugh H. WELBON Son S Male W 6 MI ENG IRE
Ira W. WELBON Son S Male W 1 MI ENG IRE
Minnie BLAMASTER Other S Female W 14 MI Servant GER GER
Census Place 12th Ward, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254614
NA Film Number T9-0614
Page Number 482A
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Isaac married HENRY, Mary J. 10 Mar 1869, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Mary was born 11 Mar 1848, Bellechasse, Quebec; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Betsie married BORGMAN, Martin V. 13 Sep 1862, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1910 census Kalispell Township, Flathead Co., Montana (Roll 832 Book 1, Page 117b).
Welbon, Hugh H., Head of Family, Male, White, Age 36, Married 2 years, Born Michigan, Fa. Born England, Mo. B. Canada, Mechanical Engineer/Electric Lights.
Welbon, Lucia M., Wife, Female, White, Age 33, Married 2 years, 2 children, 1 surviving in 1910, B. Illinois, Fa. B. Pennsylvania, Mo. B. Illinois.
Lucia's single step-sister Edyth Sharples was also living with them. She was 21, and a dress maker.
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Hugh registered for the WWI Draft on September 12, 1918.
At the time he stated his residence was 433 Richton Ave., Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.
He was 44 years old and indicated a birthdate of July 14, 1874.
His occupation was Toolmaker for Dodge Brothers of Detroit.
His next-of-kin was his wife Lucia M. Welbon.
His physical description was short and stout with blue eyes and brown hair.
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1920 census:
Dist. 599, Detroit Ward 19, Wayne Co., Michigan
Welbon Hugh H., M, W, 46, Married, b. MI, fa. b. Eng, mo. b. Can, Automobile Mechanic
", Lucia M., Wife, F, W, 43, Married, b. IL, fa. b. IL, mo. b. OH
", Margaret E., Dau., F, W, 9, Single, b. MT, fa. b. MI, mo. b. IL
", Euthelis J., Dau., F, W, 8, Single, b. IL, fa. b. MI, mo. b. IL

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S.S.N.: 373-1053-52

Hugh married KESSLER, Lucia May Abt 1907, Probably Illinois. Lucia (daughter of KESSLER, John and ERB, Mary Ann) was born 10 Nov 1876, Loren, Stephenson County, Illinois; died Feb 1941, Contra Costa County, California. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ira was noted as a magazine publisher in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan in 1930.

Margaret married JACOBS, James Lloyd 6 Jun 1935. James (son of JACOBS, Lloyd W. and FERRY, Annie Hennrieta) was born 20 Apr 1911, Oregon; died 31 Jan 1997, Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet]

Euthellus — ROSS. [Group Sheet]