John Welding (b. abt 1893)

I will link a new set of information with the last post, here is a very important photograph to the archive provided by Thomas Welding (John's son) and John Welding (John's Grandson) who have provided that valuable "real" information that extends the people from just an item in a database.

The photograph shows two sons of Joseph and Rachel Welding, on the left side there is John Welding (b. abt 1893) and his older brother, and I was excited when I found this out, William Welding, William Hardman or Billy Weldon (b. abt 1884).

It is rare to be able to put names to faces, but this photo, from around 1924, is the exception.

Left. John Welding (b. abt June 1893) with his wife Ellen (nee Overend. b. abt June 1896) and their son, Joseph Leslie Welding (b. abt 1923)
Right. William Welding (b. abt 1884) with his first wife Lilian May (nee Turner. b. abt 1886) with their daughter Catherine (b. abt 1922)

The name game is in full force with this group, besides the surnames of Welding, Weldon and Hardman (all from the same parents, Joseph and Rachel Welding) the first names shifted, Ellen was affectionately called Nellie, Joseph Leslie went by the name of Leslie, of course we have already discussed William and then there's his daughter, Catherine, who was always called Carrie.

More to come!