Walter Joseph Welch, b: 1915 - Minneota, Minnesota

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


		^{Maurice Welch}^{b.1854 Maine d.1931 St. Leo, Minnesota}

	^{John Worden Welch}^{b.1893 Minneota, Minnesota d.1940 Chicago, Illinois}	^{Julia Thompson}^{b.1872 Fillmore Co., Minnesota d.1958 Oregon City, Oregon}

^{Walter Joseph Welch}^{b.1915 Minneota, Minnesota d.1985 Wisconsin}		^{Henry Imholt}^{b.1851 Menominee. Illinois d.1908 St. Leo, Minnesota}

	^{Catherine Imholt}^{b.1896 d.1957}	^{Francis Hulscher}^{b.1857 Galena, Illinois d.1946 Melrose Park, Illinois}





^{Madalynne Stahl}^{b. d.}