William Joseph Welch

He was as bald as a cue ball in his older years. I remember him smoking his cigar sitting at the table at my Nana's house... laughing. He was always laughing.  --Meggan (pic of Great-Gpa Welch holding Meggan 1971)

**Bill Welch, Jr (1917-1944) was in WWII in the air force. He was told 50 missions and you go home.  He was killed on his 50th mission over the Halmatera Sea, New Guinea. 

William Joseph Welch Sr. was born in 1893, in Massachusetts, United States as the son of Michael Welch and Ellen Welch. He married Mary Gertrude Bryan on 27 August 1916, in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. (familysearch.org) - *Michael & Ellen are mentioned on wedding registry of William & Mary below.