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Welcome Arnold

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Welcome Arnold

Birth
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
Jul 1950 (aged 69)
Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4639111, Longitude: -72.9150167
Plot
Town plot map shows he is in row 4 , plot 26, next to Howard Arnold. Buried with NO STONE
Memorial ID
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The 1900 US Census, in Cummington, shows Welcome aged 19 and living with his parents Edward A. (b. in CT) and Harriot O. Arnold (b. in CT0, and two brothers Howard E., aged 9, and Gordon C, aged 7.
At that time, Edward's occupation is Tool Grinder.

On his WWI draft card, he is living in Hartford, and lists Wm E. Arnold as a relative.
WWII draft card says he is living in "Berkshire, MA", same next of kin.

The 1930 US Census has Welcome (aged 49) in Windsor, Berkshire, MA as a widowed farm laborer, living with his brother and other members of the family: Gurdon C. Sr. & Rose V. Arnold, Gurdon E. Jr., and Edward A & Harriet A Arnold - parents of Welcome and Gurdon Sr.

There is an obituary that ran in the Springfield, MA paper on 07/27/1950, so he likely died a day or two prior to that. The extract says he has a child named William E.
The 1900 US Census, in Cummington, shows Welcome aged 19 and living with his parents Edward A. (b. in CT) and Harriot O. Arnold (b. in CT0, and two brothers Howard E., aged 9, and Gordon C, aged 7.
At that time, Edward's occupation is Tool Grinder.

On his WWI draft card, he is living in Hartford, and lists Wm E. Arnold as a relative.
WWII draft card says he is living in "Berkshire, MA", same next of kin.

The 1930 US Census has Welcome (aged 49) in Windsor, Berkshire, MA as a widowed farm laborer, living with his brother and other members of the family: Gurdon C. Sr. & Rose V. Arnold, Gurdon E. Jr., and Edward A & Harriet A Arnold - parents of Welcome and Gurdon Sr.

There is an obituary that ran in the Springfield, MA paper on 07/27/1950, so he likely died a day or two prior to that. The extract says he has a child named William E.

Gravesite Details

*Burial per town cemetery map.



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  • Created by: LK
  • Added: Mar 8, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250291700/welcome-arnold: accessed ), memorial page for Welcome Arnold (26 Jan 1881–Jul 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 250291700, citing Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by LK (contributor 49519459).