Surname Saturday: WELDEN

WELDEN is the surname of my paternal grandmother's paternal grandmother, Blanche. This is one of my more "typical" American lines that started out in Virginia, moved west to Kentucky, then Missouri, and finally to Oklahoma. I am not sure of their European origins. I have a lot of research to do on this line. Most of my info comes from secondary sources.

Blanche WELDEN

b. 31 Aug 1883 in Coffeysburg, Daviess, Missouri
m. 25 Dec 1907 in Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma to John Henry MERTENA
d. 05 Feb 1970 in Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana

James William WELDEN

b. 12 Sep 1847 in Canmer, Hart, Kentucky
m. 26 Apr 1875 in Hart County, Kentucky to Henrietta Murl RENFRO
d. 01 May 1922 in Marshall, Logan, Oklahoma

George Dale WELDEN

b. 07 Jan 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
m. abt 1835 in Hart County, Kentucky to Eliza Jane DAVIS
d. 18 Jan 1858 in Canmer, Hart, Kentucky

Jonathan WELDEN

b. abt 1776 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
m1. 12 Feb 1797 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Sarah Elizabeth MAYES (my line)
m2. 04 Jan 1821 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Nancy Hawker BUTT
d. 1844 in Linwood, Grayson, Kentucky

Jonathan WELDEN

b. abt 1731
m. bef. 1760 to Mary Elizabeth HANKS
d. 18 Dec 1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia