Jay Edward Welday1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19601, (1904 - 1992)
FatherAndrew Grant Welday4,2,5 (23 Mar 1865 - 2 Mar 1933)
MotherCora Spangler6,7,2 (18 Apr 1873 - 24 Dec 1918)

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Dec 1904, Rittman, Ohio8,9,10
Marriage: 10 Aug 1925, Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., Michigan, Bonnie E. Ball (10 Aug 1909 - 1933)11,12,13
Marriage: 7 Nov 1936, Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, Carrie Lucille Dohner (16 Jun 1895 - 6 Dec 1995)14,15,16
Death: 30 Dec 1992, Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio17,18
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio19

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Jay Edward Welday was born on 17 Dec 1904 in Rittman, Ohio.8,9,10
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Milton Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio, in the household of his parents, Andrew Grant Welday and Cora Spangler.4 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, in the household of his father.20
     Jay married first Bonnie E. Ball, daughter of George R. Ball and Mabel V. Weachter, on 10 Aug 1925 in Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., Michigan, with William J. Dusse, justice of the peace officiating.11,12,13
     Jay appeared with Bonnie E. Ball and their daughter Juanita, on the 1930 Federal Census of Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, in the household of Harvey H. Welday, his brother. It was the same home their father had owned in 1920.21
     His wife died in 1933 in Miami, Dade Co., Florida.22,23
     Jay married second Carrie Lucille Dohner, daughter of Charles Dohner and Mary Rasor [surname unknown], on 7 Nov 1936 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, with Rev. Wilmer S. Shelly officiating. She was the widow of Earl J. Rischel.14,15,16
     Jay and Carrie appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, at 141 Mills St., enumerated 9 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $2,400, and had lived in the same town in 1935.His three daughters by his prior marriage were listed as living with them, as were two of her children by her prior marriage.24
     He was a machinist, working in a match factory by 1930. In 1940 he reported he was a drill press operator in a match factory and had worked 36 hours the last week of March. He had worked 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,700.25,26,27,28,24
     Jay registered for the draft for World War II on 16 Oct 1940, while living at 141 Mill St., Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed by Ohio Match Co. in Wadsworth.3 He reported in the 1950 census he had worked 40 hours the prior week.29
     Jay and Carrie appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, at 141 Mills St., enumerated 10 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.30
     Jay died on 30 Dec 1992 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, at age 88.17,18 He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio.19

Children:
     Children with Bonnie E. Ball:

Children:
     There were no children with Carrie Lucille Dohner

Citations

  1. [S5580] Grant A. Welday household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Ohio, shows name as Jay E. Welday.
  2. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1926, Macomb Co., no. 12126, Jay E. Welday and Bonnie E. Ball.
  3. [S12956] Jay Edward Welday, Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947.
  4. [S5580] Grant A. Welday household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Ohio.
  5. [S5578] J. E. Welday and Carrie Rischel, Marriage Record.
  6. [S5580] Grant A. Welday household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S1324] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944," Ancestry.com, record for Jay Edward Welday, citing cert. no. 097648, shows name as Spangler.
  8. [S5580] Grant A. Welday household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Ohio, shows age 5 and state.
  9. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1926, Macomb Co., no. 12126, Jay E. Welday and Bonnie E. Ball, shows age 21 at marriage 10 Aug 1925, town, as Rittman, and state.
  10. [S12956] Jay Edward Welday, Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, shows date, town, and state.
  11. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1926, Macomb Co., no. 12126, Jay E. Welday and Bonnie E. Ball, shows date, town, county, state, and officiant.
  12. [S5574] Harvey H. Welday household, 1930 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio, shows married, with his first marriage at age 20 and hers at 15.
  13. [S5560] Stanley Morris and Jane Hall, Marriage Record, shows them as her parents.
  14. [S5578] J. E. Welday and Carrie Rischel, Marriage Record, shows date, county, and officiant.
  15. [S5579] Jay Welday household, 1940 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio, shows married.
  16. [S12956] Jay Edward Welday, Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, shows her as his wife.
  17. [S1324] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944," Ancestry.com, record for Jay Edward Welday, citing cert. no. 097648.
  18. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 137137844, Jay Edward Welday, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 137137844, Jay Edward Welday, includes tombstone photo.
  20. [S5581] Grant Welday household, 1920 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio.
  21. [S5574] Harvey H. Welday household, 1930 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio.
  22. [S889] "Florida Death Index, 1936-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Bonnie Welday, shows year, city, and county.
  23. [S5560] Stanley Morris and Jane Hall, Marriage Record, shows deceased.
  24. [S5579] Jay Welday household, 1940 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio.
  25. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1926, Macomb Co., no. 12126, Jay E. Welday and Bonnie E. Ball, shows occupation as machinist.
  26. [S5574] Harvey H. Welday household, 1930 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio, shows occupation as machinist, industry as match factory.
  27. [S1324] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944," Ancestry.com, record for Jay Edward Welday, citing cert. no. 097648, shows occupation as machinist.
  28. [S5578] J. E. Welday and Carrie Rischel, Marriage Record, shows occupation as machinist.
  29. [S12957] Jay E. Welday household, 1950 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio, shows occupation as machinist and industry as match co.
  30. [S12957] Jay E. Welday household, 1950 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio.
  31. [S5574] Harvey H. Welday household, 1930 U.S. Census, Medina Co., Ohio, shows him as brother and her as niece of head of household.
  32. [S5560] Stanley Morris and Jane Hall, Marriage Record.
  33. [S7315] Robert Orrin Vick and Alice Marie Roberts, Marriage Record.
  34. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 201675127, Alice Marie Welday Richwine, includes transcription of unidentified obituary, showing him as her father.