- Patrick Welch: a shoemaker of Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, born about 1840 in Ireland. He had the same parental information as Edward’s wife Mary (Walsh) Walsh: Thomas Walsh and Alice Gibbons [1]. His residence had been Abington in Plymouth County when he married Alice Landers of Boston in Boston in 1870 [2]. Abington had supplied the Union Army with footwear during the Civil War, and had been a center for the Abolitionist movement [3].
- Michael Welch: a foreman of Boston, born about 1839 in Ireland. He lived close to James Higgins the roofer and also had parental information similar to Edward Welch [4].
- Thomas Welch: born about 1848 in Ireland. He appears to also have had similar parental information as Edward Welch [5].
Notes:
[1] “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:MM9.1.1/23R1-C1G : accessed 30 March 2014), Patrick Walsh, 1917, p. 188, no. 2.
[2] “Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://family search.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4SZ-RPP : accessed 29 March 2014), Patrick Welsh and Alice Landers, 26 November 1870; citing v. 228, p. 184, no. 3305, Boston, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,029.
[3] “Abington, Massachusetts,” Article, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts), Section 1.
[4] “Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NW1S-47M : accessed 30 March 2014), Michael Welch, 23 October 1909; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p. 139, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,989.
[5] “Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NW13-WC4 : accessed 30 March 2014), Thomas Welch, 28 December 1909; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p. 594, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,990.
