Irene
(Miner) Welsh
(1889-1967)
Irene
(Miner) Welsh was born on Sept. 21, 1889 in or near Mill Run, Fayette
County, PA, the daughter of William
Henry "Squire" and Sara Jane (Basinger) Minerd.
On Jan. 22, 1909, Irene married James Franklin Welsh (1886-1966). Her father, a justice of the peace, performed the ceremony.
The Welshes had seven children – Cathryn Marie Stillwagon, Margaret Helen Miller, Thelma Ream, John Henry Welsh, Gertrude Williams, James Clyde Welsh and Daniel Leslie Welsh.
Sadly, the
Shadow of Death visited the family in 1966. James died on June 3, 1966 in
Connellsville. He was laid to rest at the Normalville Cemetery. That same year,
daughter Cathryn Stillwagon also passed away.
Irene passed away on Sept. 30, 1967. She is buried beside her husband in the Normalville Cemetery.
Daughter Cathryn (1909-1966) married Lewis J. Stillwagon (died 1965). They resided in Bullskin Twp., Fayette County, for 35 years. Lewis worked for the Scottdale Wood Products Company.
Daughter Margaret married Charles L. ‘Chick’ Miller (1906-1971). The Connellsville Daily Courier said the he “was a former miner for the White Bridge Coal Co.” Their son Charles ‘Skip’ Miller Jr., a U.S. Navy veteran, lost his life in an automobile accident in 1979.
Daughter Thelma (1914-1997) married George Washington Ream, the son of Joe and Sadie (Harbaugh) Ream. Circa 1968, Thelma resided in Scottdale. Said a newspaper, she was "employed at Scottdale Wood Products and the Connellsville State Hospital."
Bird's eye view of industrial Scottdale
Son John Henry Welsh (1916-1973) lived in Ousian, Ohio, where he was married and had a family.
Daughter Gertrude Welsh (1919-1996) married Harry E. Williams. They resided in Connellsville and were married for 57 years.
Son Daniel Welsh (1927-1976) "was a lifelong resident of Bullskin Township and had been employed by R.E. Uptegraft Manufacturing Co., Scottdale," said the Daily Courier. He was married and had children.
Granddaughter Pauline Leslie and her husband Alvin generously have donated jars of their “Somerset County Honey” as door prizes for our reunions the past several years.
Grandson William C. Miller (1945-1989) was a veteran of the Vietnam War.
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