Welch family bible which contains manuscript biographical information about them and their children, recorded 1871-[c 1836] and indenture of apprenticeship of Robert William Welch to his father, Charles, architect and surveyor, 1890.
Papers of Robert William Welch
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 MS782
- Dates of Creation
- 1849 - [c 1936]
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 volume 1 item
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Robert William Welch was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 2 March 1873. The first child of Charles Welch (1848-1905) and Eliza Fielder Saunders (1848-1914) who were married on the Isle of Wight on 4 November 1871. Charles Welch was an architect and surveyor. Robert's siblings included Lilian Christian (b 1874), Charles Henry (b 1876), Ethel May (1877-1910), Harold Alfred (1878-1915, killed in action in France during the First World War), Beatrice Lizzie (1881-1931) and Amy Louis (b 1882).
Robert Welch died on 13 January 1936.
Source: papers of Robert William Welch
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Acquisition Information
Presented August 2008
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Archivist's Note
Description prepared by Mark Eccleston, March 2017, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
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