Gazlay Family History
Ray Welker
Parents
| Father | Jeremiah Welker ( - ) |
| Mother | Martha Miller ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 5 April 2023; Last Edited: 5 April 2023 |
| Person ID | 13655 |
| Name | Ray Welker |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 29 July 1893 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | November 1912 in St. Joseph County, Indiana to Ruth Anna Payne3 |
| Married | 27 October 1928 to Helen Mae Love6 |
| Died | January 19703, 7 |
| Buried | in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Ruth Anna Payne (daughter of Charles J. Payne and Julia Anna Crippin) |
| Born | 24 April 1896 in Arlington Township, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | November 1912 in St. Joseph County, Indiana to Ray Welker |
| Died | 7 January 1924 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Children | of Ray Welker and Ruth Anna Payne: |
| 1. | Bernard Welker |
| Born | 3 June 1913 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Died | 3 June 1913 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| 2. | Martha Ann Welker |
| Born | 30 June 1914 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | to Jerome Louis Burton |
| Died | 28 February 1990 in Los Angeles, California |
| 3. | James Edward Welker |
| Born | 19 April 1921 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Died | 14 July 1935 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Spouse 2 | Helen Mae Love (daughter of William Love and Myrtle Ramey) |
| Born | 1 February 1908 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio |
| Married | 27 October 1928 to Ray Welker |
| Died | 21 January 1994 in Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
Sources
- Draft Registration Card, World War I, Ray Welker, No. 37, born: 2 February 1893 in Bangor, Michigan; occupation: farming; married, wife and 1 child.
- Find a Grave (website). Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, Ray Welker, born: 2 February 1893 in Michigan; died: 1970 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, two wives, and one child).
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, Application for Marriage License [Male and Female separately, but combined here], Ray Welker, born: 2 February 1891 in Bangor, Michigan [sic, his birth record shows 1893]; farmer; father: J. Welker, farmer, born in Ohio; mother: Martha J. Miller, born in Bangor, Michigan; first marriage; Ruth Payne, born: 25 April 1893 [sic, her birth record shows 1896] in Lawrence, Michigan; father; Chas. Payne, farmer, born in England; mother: Anna Crippen, born in Decatur, Michigan; first marriage; both affidavits signed: 9 November 1912 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. [Their actual marriage date is not shown in these records but is presumed to be shortly after the date of the marriage license].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 180, Sheet No. 10B, Ray Walker [sic, Welker], 26, Michigan, farmer, general farm; wife Ruth Walker, 23, Michigan; daughter Martha A. Walker, 5, Michigan; border Claud P. Johnson, 47, New York, widow, laborer, farm; border Theron Johnson, 11, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 80-7, Sheet No. 3B, Ray Welker, 37, Michigan, first married age 19, farmer, general; wife Helen Welker, 22, Ohio, first married age 20; daughter Martha Welker, 15, Michigan; son James Welker, 8, Michigan; mother Martha Welker, 73, Michigan, widow, first married age 19.
- Find a Grave (website). Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, Helen Welker, born: 1908; died: 1994 (from record, which provides the name and link for her husband). She shares her gravestone with her husband. Their marriage date is on the gravestone.
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), Ray Welker, died: January 1970; born: 2 February 1893; last place of residence: Kalamazoo, Michigan.