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I am new to genealogy and Weddell is my husband's family but I know more about them
than he does. He did not know his grandfather had siblings! Here is what I have starting
with my husband;
1. Robert Victor Weddell, Jr.b. 14 Nov 1942,Tarrant County Texas, married 3 times, wife #3
is me!m. Theresa Kaltenbach-Beech in Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas, Robt. Jr's.
father is,
2. Robert Victor Weddell, Sr.b. 29 April 1915, Vincennes, Knox County Indiana, m. Mary
Jane Dickenson in Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas, his father is,
3. Harry Beauragard Weddell b. 8 Sept 1893 Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, m. Lula
Josephine Knight( she was born in Washington, Indiana, Davis County, info from her delayed
record of birth. I think this Davis county is misspelled and is Daviss or Daviess county)
Harry's parents are;
4. Benjamin Kox *Weddel (surname as it appears on 1900 census of Carr Township, Jackson
County Indiana) b. Feb 1848 in Jackson County Indiana (according to their son Harry on his
delayed record of birth he applied for in Texas in 1942). Mother, Mary Ann (Utterback, I
have forgotten how I found out her surname but I have notes buried!) b. Sept 1852 again,
Jackson County Indiana (according to her son's delayed record of birth) the 1900
census shows that all family members were born in Indiana. 2 other children are also
shown.
Benjamin Kox Weddel's parents are:
5. Hiram Weddle (notice Hiram's name is spelled differently from his son and his
grandson.) age 27 b. in Tennessee & wife Martha (Harmon, I got from marriage
record's) she is age 30 b. in Ohio. Info from 1850 census of Brownstown Township,
Jackson County, Indiana. 2 children listed, John age 7 and Benjamin K. age 2.
On Benjamin K., I found out his middle name when I got a copy of Harry's delayed
record of birth, Harry wrote his father's middle name was Kox so when I saw Benjamin
K. and the age was correct, I knew this had to be them! I haven't sent for marriage
records on Hiram and Benjamin, but there are marriage records to be had according to info
from records sites on the internet.
My info stops at Hiram. I hope you can help. A lot of nice people on the internet have
tried to help me but they want to know more identifying information that I do not have.
All I know is the above. As I said, my husband didn't even know his granddad had
siblings!! This is new info to him! There is no Weddell family Bible that I know of yet.
I did find some notes that Harry's wife and her mother had made where they noted
Harry's parents names so that verified the information I had.
Harry also had a brother Claude b. June 1879. I found his name in Harry's obit (and as
a witness to the info being correct on the delayed record of birth) and the obit said
Claud lived in Bowling Green Kentucky. The date of obit is Mar 16, 1960, The Fort Worth
Star Telegram Newspaper. I have to check on facts about Claude. I'm sure he was
married and had children so I will run that lead also, maybe someone there would have info
since Claude was the oldest child of Benjamin and Mary Ann.
Thanks for your help,
Theresa Weddell
bweddell(a)prodigy.net
Austin, Texas