Re: Wilshire/IL/1830's
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In reply to:
Wilshire/IL/1830's
7/08/00
Linda,
I looked through my Wilshire family tree and foud a Catherine Wilshire born 1876 and died as a child 2 years later.Her parents were Joseph Sr. WILSHIRE 1828 - 1903
............ +Mary SAUNDERS 1835 - 1907
She was the forth child of 5.Joseph And Mary were my gggrandparents.Joseph was from england and entered the us in New Orleans.Mary was from Ireland.I read the other Wilshire inquiries you have made and you are right about the other spellings.My brother, Jim, who is the real geneological person in the family says that during a census in the 1800's they misspelled our name as "Welcher."My GGgrandfather must had a very heavy English accent and not literate.However, my brother proved that the name Welcher was inaccurate.I don't think any of this will help with your Catherine but wanted to give you what I have on file.