Patrilineage for Welty Participant #37601

1) Ulrich Welty, b. 1728, birthplace unknown - living in Lauenberg, Canton Basel. Switzerland by 1750.

2) Niklaus Welty, b. 1750, Lauenberg, Canton Basel, Switzerland. m. Christina Gerber c. 1783.

3) John Welty, b. 1787, Lauenberg, Canton Basel, Switzerland m. Christina Gerber in 1815, soon thereafter bought the farm of his uncle Jacob Welty in Bagischwand, Lauperswyl, Emmental, Obt. Barus, Canton Bern, Switzerland. .

4) John Welty, b. 1817, Bagischwand, Lauperswyl, Emmental, Canton Bern, Switzerland. m. Maria Gerber in 1834. Emigrated to USA in 1846 with his children, settling in Putnam County, Ohio (near Bluffton). d. May 25, 1898 survived by 12 children, 84 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren.

5) Frederick Lewis Gottlieb Welty, b. May 12, 1838, Lauperswyl, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Emigrated to the USA at age 6 with his parents. m. Elizabeth Steiner, June 1, 1865, Kent County, Michigan, d. June 13, 1921, Pandora, Ohio.

6) Reuben David Welty, b. Feb. 18, 1869, Kent County, Michigan. m. Carrie Beltz, 1897 Reno County, Kansas. d. 1948?, Enid, Oklahoma.

7) Grandfather

8) Father

9) Participant #37601

This information up to G7 is from the "Descendants of Ulrich Welty" book by Samuel Baumgartner, with minor corrections noted by my grandmother. The Baumgartner book was written by a nephew of Fredrick G5, in 1926.