Darling was named after his maternal grandmother, Dorothy DARLING. He was the son of Medad (Jonathan, Edmond) WELCH (1793-1872) and Abigail HOSMER (1797-1897).
The ancestry of his mother, Abigail HOSMER (Aaron, Aaron, John, John) is given by George Leonard Hosmer [Hosmer genealogy, descendants of James Hosmer who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Concord, Mass., Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, MA, 271 pp., 1928].
Darling was born at Groton, Vermont, on 30 June 1830; died, aged 76 years, at his daughter Sarah Jane's house at Caledonia, Minnesota, at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, on 5 December 1906; was buried there at Evergreen Cemetery on 7 December 1906 [His Obituary, Caledonia Argus, 7 December 1906].
Darling removed to Boston in 1848, where he was enumerated on the same street as the family of his future wife in 1850 [His Obituary; 1850 U.S. Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., Boston, Ward 8].
Darling married Arvilla DOWNING in Boston in 1853.
Family tradition has it that Arvilla was told by Boston physicans that for her health she must leave Boston, or she would surely die. It was not certain that the move would insure her health, but to move west was the only possible cure for her condition. The problem, apparently, was that Boston was considered too damp for her.
So in the spring of 1856 Darling removed first to what was known in 1906 as Taylor Robinson's farm at Money Creek (Houston), Houston Co., Minnesota [His Obituary], where he built his own brick house as in the east coast, which, due to a lack of proper insulation, was bitterly cold in Minnesota winters [Evelyn Brocher, pers. comm., Dec. 1988].
Darling learned of his first daughter's death at Boston only when he met his wife at the train station in Minnesota later in 1856. On 3 October 1857, Arvilla and Darling resided in Money Creek with her father and family (1857 Minnesota State Census, Houston Co., T104 R6]. Arvilla and Darling family resided in Money Creek until 1864 [1860 U.S. Census; His Obituary, Op. Cit.].
Arvilla and Darling removed to Waseca Co., Minnesota, in 1864, and resided there for 27 years at Janesville and Waseca, where he operated a livery stable [1870 U.S. Census; 1875 Minnesota State Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1885 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville and Waseca; His Obituary, op. cit.]. In 1875, Arvilla and Darling were enumerated with his brother, Benjamin F. WELCH, and his wife, Sarah M., and their daughter, Grace [1875 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville ].
They removed to Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, in 1889 [His Obituary; 1900 U.S. Census, Minnesota, Redwood Co., Redwood Falls, microfilm]. Darling, aged 60, signed an affidavit in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 18 March 1891, in support of his brother-in-law, Paige DOWNING's, invalid pension based on Paige's Civil War service.
Darling, a Mason, "was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived" [His Obituary, op. cit.].
The WELCH family was noted for its large girth. Darling wrote, in a letter to Groton, Vermont, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 17 February 1897, that he and his wife weighed 445 lbs. "It has been 40 years since I was in Groton (Vermont) but I can remember the good meals my good old mother used to bake in the old brick oven, God bless her, and eight of us big boys and two girls would sit down to the table and nothing went a miss" [The Times, Groton, Vermont, 27 Feb. 1897, p. 1].
In August 1902, failing health caused Darling and Arvilla to return to Caledonia, Minnesota, to be nursed by their only surviving child, Sarah Jane.
Children; surname Welch:
1. Sarah Jane, was born in Jan. 1854 at Boston, Mass.; died there on 15 July 1856.
2. Sarah Jane (1860-1934).
3. Eva (1865-1875).
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated 1 January 2022.
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Darling Welch, Wednesday Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m., at the home of his daughter in Caledonia at the advanced age of 76 years.
Mr. Welch was born at Groton, Vt., June 10, 1830. In 1848 he went to Boston, Mass., where he engaged in business and was married there to Miss Arvilla Downing in 1853. In the spring of 1856 he came to Minnesota and settled on the farm in Money Creek now owned by Taylor Robinson and resided there eight years and then removed to Waseca county of this state where he resided for 27 years living part of the time in Waseca. In 1889 he removed to Redwood Falls, where he remained until Aug. 1902 when his failing health compelled him to give up his business and came to Caledonia to reside.
He was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived. He is survived by his wife with whom he lived happily for over 54 years, and his daughter, Mrs. Sara W. Belden, of this place.
He was a devoted Mason having belong to the order over fifty years, being one of the oldest in the state. The funeral will take place from the residence of W.D. Belden, at 11 o'clock today under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of this place. Caledonia (Minn.) Argus, Dec. 7, 1906.
DARLING WELCH DEAD.
O. L. Dornberg, master of Antiquity lodge No. 91, A. F. & A. M. of this city, received a telegram Wednesday to the effect that Darling Welch, for a number of years a resident of Redwood Falls, during which time he acted as the wheat buyer for the Eagle Roller Co. of New Ulm, had passed away at Caledonia, this state, where Mr. and Mrs. Welch went shortly after he retired from the elevator agency in this city.
Mr. Welch has long been suffering from rheumatism and other disorders, and his death was not unexpected. The end came peacefully, with his wife and other relatives in the death chamber.
The funeral occurred on Thursday, it being in charge of the Masonic lodge at Caledonia, representing Antiquity, of which Mr. Welch was a member, and the remains were taken to Janesville, where they were laid to rest alongside those of a daughter who passed away a number of years ago.
Mr. Welch was nearly 75 years old when he passed away. He has been a Mason for over 50 years, and during his earlier years he was active in the order.
Old friends and acquaintances in Redwood county will regret the news of his demise.
Printed in the Redwood Falls (Minnesota) Gazette, 12 Dec. 1906, page 27.
The ancestry of his mother, Abigail HOSMER (Aaron, Aaron, John, John) is given by George Leonard Hosmer [Hosmer genealogy, descendants of James Hosmer who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Concord, Mass., Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, MA, 271 pp., 1928].
Darling was born at Groton, Vermont, on 30 June 1830; died, aged 76 years, at his daughter Sarah Jane's house at Caledonia, Minnesota, at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, on 5 December 1906; was buried there at Evergreen Cemetery on 7 December 1906 [His Obituary, Caledonia Argus, 7 December 1906].
Darling removed to Boston in 1848, where he was enumerated on the same street as the family of his future wife in 1850 [His Obituary; 1850 U.S. Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., Boston, Ward 8].
Darling married Arvilla DOWNING in Boston in 1853.
Family tradition has it that Arvilla was told by Boston physicans that for her health she must leave Boston, or she would surely die. It was not certain that the move would insure her health, but to move west was the only possible cure for her condition. The problem, apparently, was that Boston was considered too damp for her.
So in the spring of 1856 Darling removed first to what was known in 1906 as Taylor Robinson's farm at Money Creek (Houston), Houston Co., Minnesota [His Obituary], where he built his own brick house as in the east coast, which, due to a lack of proper insulation, was bitterly cold in Minnesota winters [Evelyn Brocher, pers. comm., Dec. 1988].
Darling learned of his first daughter's death at Boston only when he met his wife at the train station in Minnesota later in 1856. On 3 October 1857, Arvilla and Darling resided in Money Creek with her father and family (1857 Minnesota State Census, Houston Co., T104 R6]. Arvilla and Darling family resided in Money Creek until 1864 [1860 U.S. Census; His Obituary, Op. Cit.].
Arvilla and Darling removed to Waseca Co., Minnesota, in 1864, and resided there for 27 years at Janesville and Waseca, where he operated a livery stable [1870 U.S. Census; 1875 Minnesota State Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1885 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville and Waseca; His Obituary, op. cit.]. In 1875, Arvilla and Darling were enumerated with his brother, Benjamin F. WELCH, and his wife, Sarah M., and their daughter, Grace [1875 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville ].
They removed to Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, in 1889 [His Obituary; 1900 U.S. Census, Minnesota, Redwood Co., Redwood Falls, microfilm]. Darling, aged 60, signed an affidavit in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 18 March 1891, in support of his brother-in-law, Paige DOWNING's, invalid pension based on Paige's Civil War service.
Darling, a Mason, "was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived" [His Obituary, op. cit.].
The WELCH family was noted for its large girth. Darling wrote, in a letter to Groton, Vermont, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 17 February 1897, that he and his wife weighed 445 lbs. "It has been 40 years since I was in Groton (Vermont) but I can remember the good meals my good old mother used to bake in the old brick oven, God bless her, and eight of us big boys and two girls would sit down to the table and nothing went a miss" [The Times, Groton, Vermont, 27 Feb. 1897, p. 1].
In August 1902, failing health caused Darling and Arvilla to return to Caledonia, Minnesota, to be nursed by their only surviving child, Sarah Jane.
Children; surname Welch:
1. Sarah Jane, was born in Jan. 1854 at Boston, Mass.; died there on 15 July 1856.
2. Sarah Jane (1860-1934).
3. Eva (1865-1875).
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated 1 January 2022.
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Darling Welch, Wednesday Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m., at the home of his daughter in Caledonia at the advanced age of 76 years.
Mr. Welch was born at Groton, Vt., June 10, 1830. In 1848 he went to Boston, Mass., where he engaged in business and was married there to Miss Arvilla Downing in 1853. In the spring of 1856 he came to Minnesota and settled on the farm in Money Creek now owned by Taylor Robinson and resided there eight years and then removed to Waseca county of this state where he resided for 27 years living part of the time in Waseca. In 1889 he removed to Redwood Falls, where he remained until Aug. 1902 when his failing health compelled him to give up his business and came to Caledonia to reside.
He was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived. He is survived by his wife with whom he lived happily for over 54 years, and his daughter, Mrs. Sara W. Belden, of this place.
He was a devoted Mason having belong to the order over fifty years, being one of the oldest in the state. The funeral will take place from the residence of W.D. Belden, at 11 o'clock today under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of this place. Caledonia (Minn.) Argus, Dec. 7, 1906.
DARLING WELCH DEAD.
O. L. Dornberg, master of Antiquity lodge No. 91, A. F. & A. M. of this city, received a telegram Wednesday to the effect that Darling Welch, for a number of years a resident of Redwood Falls, during which time he acted as the wheat buyer for the Eagle Roller Co. of New Ulm, had passed away at Caledonia, this state, where Mr. and Mrs. Welch went shortly after he retired from the elevator agency in this city.
Mr. Welch has long been suffering from rheumatism and other disorders, and his death was not unexpected. The end came peacefully, with his wife and other relatives in the death chamber.
The funeral occurred on Thursday, it being in charge of the Masonic lodge at Caledonia, representing Antiquity, of which Mr. Welch was a member, and the remains were taken to Janesville, where they were laid to rest alongside those of a daughter who passed away a number of years ago.
Mr. Welch was nearly 75 years old when he passed away. He has been a Mason for over 50 years, and during his earlier years he was active in the order.
Old friends and acquaintances in Redwood county will regret the news of his demise.
Printed in the Redwood Falls (Minnesota) Gazette, 12 Dec. 1906, page 27.
Darling was named after his maternal grandmother, Dorothy DARLING. He was the son of Medad (Jonathan, Edmond) WELCH (1793-1872) and Abigail HOSMER (1797-1897).
The ancestry of his mother, Abigail HOSMER (Aaron, Aaron, John, John) is given by George Leonard Hosmer [Hosmer genealogy, descendants of James Hosmer who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Concord, Mass., Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, MA, 271 pp., 1928].
Darling was born at Groton, Vermont, on 30 June 1830; died, aged 76 years, at his daughter Sarah Jane's house at Caledonia, Minnesota, at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, on 5 December 1906; was buried there at Evergreen Cemetery on 7 December 1906 [His Obituary, Caledonia Argus, 7 December 1906].
Darling removed to Boston in 1848, where he was enumerated on the same street as the family of his future wife in 1850 [His Obituary; 1850 U.S. Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., Boston, Ward 8].
Darling married Arvilla DOWNING in Boston in 1853.
Family tradition has it that Arvilla was told by Boston physicans that for her health she must leave Boston, or she would surely die. It was not certain that the move would insure her health, but to move west was the only possible cure for her condition. The problem, apparently, was that Boston was considered too damp for her.
So in the spring of 1856 Darling removed first to what was known in 1906 as Taylor Robinson's farm at Money Creek (Houston), Houston Co., Minnesota [His Obituary], where he built his own brick house as in the east coast, which, due to a lack of proper insulation, was bitterly cold in Minnesota winters [Evelyn Brocher, pers. comm., Dec. 1988].
Darling learned of his first daughter's death at Boston only when he met his wife at the train station in Minnesota later in 1856. On 3 October 1857, Arvilla and Darling resided in Money Creek with her father and family (1857 Minnesota State Census, Houston Co., T104 R6]. Arvilla and Darling family resided in Money Creek until 1864 [1860 U.S. Census; His Obituary, Op. Cit.].
Arvilla and Darling removed to Waseca Co., Minnesota, in 1864, and resided there for 27 years at Janesville and Waseca, where he operated a livery stable [1870 U.S. Census; 1875 Minnesota State Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1885 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville and Waseca; His Obituary, op. cit.]. In 1875, Arvilla and Darling were enumerated with his brother, Benjamin F. WELCH, and his wife, Sarah M., and their daughter, Grace [1875 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville ].
They removed to Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, in 1889 [His Obituary; 1900 U.S. Census, Minnesota, Redwood Co., Redwood Falls, microfilm]. Darling, aged 60, signed an affidavit in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 18 March 1891, in support of his brother-in-law, Paige DOWNING's, invalid pension based on Paige's Civil War service.
Darling, a Mason, "was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived" [His Obituary, op. cit.].
The WELCH family was noted for its large girth. Darling wrote, in a letter to Groton, Vermont, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 17 February 1897, that he and his wife weighed 445 lbs. "It has been 40 years since I was in Groton (Vermont) but I can remember the good meals my good old mother used to bake in the old brick oven, God bless her, and eight of us big boys and two girls would sit down to the table and nothing went a miss" [The Times, Groton, Vermont, 27 Feb. 1897, p. 1].
In August 1902, failing health caused Darling and Arvilla to return to Caledonia, Minnesota, to be nursed by their only surviving child, Sarah Jane.
Children; surname Welch:
1. Sarah Jane, was born in Jan. 1854 at Boston, Mass.; died there on 15 July 1856.
2. Sarah Jane (1860-1934).
3. Eva (1865-1875).
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated 1 January 2022.
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Darling Welch, Wednesday Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m., at the home of his daughter in Caledonia at the advanced age of 76 years.
Mr. Welch was born at Groton, Vt., June 10, 1830. In 1848 he went to Boston, Mass., where he engaged in business and was married there to Miss Arvilla Downing in 1853. In the spring of 1856 he came to Minnesota and settled on the farm in Money Creek now owned by Taylor Robinson and resided there eight years and then removed to Waseca county of this state where he resided for 27 years living part of the time in Waseca. In 1889 he removed to Redwood Falls, where he remained until Aug. 1902 when his failing health compelled him to give up his business and came to Caledonia to reside.
He was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived. He is survived by his wife with whom he lived happily for over 54 years, and his daughter, Mrs. Sara W. Belden, of this place.
He was a devoted Mason having belong to the order over fifty years, being one of the oldest in the state. The funeral will take place from the residence of W.D. Belden, at 11 o'clock today under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of this place. Caledonia (Minn.) Argus, Dec. 7, 1906.
DARLING WELCH DEAD.
O. L. Dornberg, master of Antiquity lodge No. 91, A. F. & A. M. of this city, received a telegram Wednesday to the effect that Darling Welch, for a number of years a resident of Redwood Falls, during which time he acted as the wheat buyer for the Eagle Roller Co. of New Ulm, had passed away at Caledonia, this state, where Mr. and Mrs. Welch went shortly after he retired from the elevator agency in this city.
Mr. Welch has long been suffering from rheumatism and other disorders, and his death was not unexpected. The end came peacefully, with his wife and other relatives in the death chamber.
The funeral occurred on Thursday, it being in charge of the Masonic lodge at Caledonia, representing Antiquity, of which Mr. Welch was a member, and the remains were taken to Janesville, where they were laid to rest alongside those of a daughter who passed away a number of years ago.
Mr. Welch was nearly 75 years old when he passed away. He has been a Mason for over 50 years, and during his earlier years he was active in the order.
Old friends and acquaintances in Redwood county will regret the news of his demise.
Printed in the Redwood Falls (Minnesota) Gazette, 12 Dec. 1906, page 27.
The ancestry of his mother, Abigail HOSMER (Aaron, Aaron, John, John) is given by George Leonard Hosmer [Hosmer genealogy, descendants of James Hosmer who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Concord, Mass., Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, MA, 271 pp., 1928].
Darling was born at Groton, Vermont, on 30 June 1830; died, aged 76 years, at his daughter Sarah Jane's house at Caledonia, Minnesota, at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, on 5 December 1906; was buried there at Evergreen Cemetery on 7 December 1906 [His Obituary, Caledonia Argus, 7 December 1906].
Darling removed to Boston in 1848, where he was enumerated on the same street as the family of his future wife in 1850 [His Obituary; 1850 U.S. Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., Boston, Ward 8].
Darling married Arvilla DOWNING in Boston in 1853.
Family tradition has it that Arvilla was told by Boston physicans that for her health she must leave Boston, or she would surely die. It was not certain that the move would insure her health, but to move west was the only possible cure for her condition. The problem, apparently, was that Boston was considered too damp for her.
So in the spring of 1856 Darling removed first to what was known in 1906 as Taylor Robinson's farm at Money Creek (Houston), Houston Co., Minnesota [His Obituary], where he built his own brick house as in the east coast, which, due to a lack of proper insulation, was bitterly cold in Minnesota winters [Evelyn Brocher, pers. comm., Dec. 1988].
Darling learned of his first daughter's death at Boston only when he met his wife at the train station in Minnesota later in 1856. On 3 October 1857, Arvilla and Darling resided in Money Creek with her father and family (1857 Minnesota State Census, Houston Co., T104 R6]. Arvilla and Darling family resided in Money Creek until 1864 [1860 U.S. Census; His Obituary, Op. Cit.].
Arvilla and Darling removed to Waseca Co., Minnesota, in 1864, and resided there for 27 years at Janesville and Waseca, where he operated a livery stable [1870 U.S. Census; 1875 Minnesota State Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1885 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville and Waseca; His Obituary, op. cit.]. In 1875, Arvilla and Darling were enumerated with his brother, Benjamin F. WELCH, and his wife, Sarah M., and their daughter, Grace [1875 Minnesota State Census, Waseca Co., Janesville ].
They removed to Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, in 1889 [His Obituary; 1900 U.S. Census, Minnesota, Redwood Co., Redwood Falls, microfilm]. Darling, aged 60, signed an affidavit in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 18 March 1891, in support of his brother-in-law, Paige DOWNING's, invalid pension based on Paige's Civil War service.
Darling, a Mason, "was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived" [His Obituary, op. cit.].
The WELCH family was noted for its large girth. Darling wrote, in a letter to Groton, Vermont, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, dated 17 February 1897, that he and his wife weighed 445 lbs. "It has been 40 years since I was in Groton (Vermont) but I can remember the good meals my good old mother used to bake in the old brick oven, God bless her, and eight of us big boys and two girls would sit down to the table and nothing went a miss" [The Times, Groton, Vermont, 27 Feb. 1897, p. 1].
In August 1902, failing health caused Darling and Arvilla to return to Caledonia, Minnesota, to be nursed by their only surviving child, Sarah Jane.
Children; surname Welch:
1. Sarah Jane, was born in Jan. 1854 at Boston, Mass.; died there on 15 July 1856.
2. Sarah Jane (1860-1934).
3. Eva (1865-1875).
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated 1 January 2022.
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Darling Welch, Wednesday Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m., at the home of his daughter in Caledonia at the advanced age of 76 years.
Mr. Welch was born at Groton, Vt., June 10, 1830. In 1848 he went to Boston, Mass., where he engaged in business and was married there to Miss Arvilla Downing in 1853. In the spring of 1856 he came to Minnesota and settled on the farm in Money Creek now owned by Taylor Robinson and resided there eight years and then removed to Waseca county of this state where he resided for 27 years living part of the time in Waseca. In 1889 he removed to Redwood Falls, where he remained until Aug. 1902 when his failing health compelled him to give up his business and came to Caledonia to reside.
He was of a generous and sociable nature and had a host of friends in every place in which he ever lived. He is survived by his wife with whom he lived happily for over 54 years, and his daughter, Mrs. Sara W. Belden, of this place.
He was a devoted Mason having belong to the order over fifty years, being one of the oldest in the state. The funeral will take place from the residence of W.D. Belden, at 11 o'clock today under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of this place. Caledonia (Minn.) Argus, Dec. 7, 1906.
DARLING WELCH DEAD.
O. L. Dornberg, master of Antiquity lodge No. 91, A. F. & A. M. of this city, received a telegram Wednesday to the effect that Darling Welch, for a number of years a resident of Redwood Falls, during which time he acted as the wheat buyer for the Eagle Roller Co. of New Ulm, had passed away at Caledonia, this state, where Mr. and Mrs. Welch went shortly after he retired from the elevator agency in this city.
Mr. Welch has long been suffering from rheumatism and other disorders, and his death was not unexpected. The end came peacefully, with his wife and other relatives in the death chamber.
The funeral occurred on Thursday, it being in charge of the Masonic lodge at Caledonia, representing Antiquity, of which Mr. Welch was a member, and the remains were taken to Janesville, where they were laid to rest alongside those of a daughter who passed away a number of years ago.
Mr. Welch was nearly 75 years old when he passed away. He has been a Mason for over 50 years, and during his earlier years he was active in the order.
Old friends and acquaintances in Redwood county will regret the news of his demise.
Printed in the Redwood Falls (Minnesota) Gazette, 12 Dec. 1906, page 27.
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