It seems to me more likely that William "Wellie" may have had the surname "Willa" or "Wille", since this family came over from Germany in the mid-1800s. The Weltys came to SE Mo. from NC in the early 1800s. >Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:03:24 -0500 >From: "L Eaker" <renas@usit.net> >Subject: Re: [MOCapeGirardeau ] William Houck > >Pat: > Marriage record dated 9 Dec. 1858of Cape Girardeau Co. shows her >as Lucinda Fraller (This could well be an error in transcription.) >Fraller is not a common name in Cape Girardeau Co. I'm sure it was a >misspelling, but no idea what the name really is. The 1860 census >shows: ># 1761-1773 >William Houck 25 >Sophia 18 >John F. 8/12 > >1870 census >Willam Wellie (probably Welty) 33 b. Brunswick >Sophia 27 (They were married 2 May 1865 under the names of William >Villie and Sophia Hauk) >Rachael C. .. 4 >Mary H. 2 >John D.(s/b F) Houk 11 >William D. Houk 7 >Sarah E 4. (could be Welty) and dau of a first >marriage of William Welty. > >Census is not always clear. William Houk was a son of John and >Susannah Miller Houck, both natives of Lincoln County, NC. > >Hope this helps. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Ratcliff" <pratclif@earthlink.net> >To: <MOCAPEGI-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:18 PM >Subject: [MOCapeGirardeau ] William Houck > > >I am revisiting my notes from my trip to Cape Girardeau and found >reference to Levi Welty being the adm. of the will of William Houck - >3 Sep 1864. Widow Sophia & children; John Franklin age 5, & William >age 2. > >Does anyone know who Sophia was and how does she fit in the Welty >line? > >Pat Ratcliff >Conover, NC >Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, > DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, >COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT >http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ > > >==== MOCAPEGI Mailing List ==== >Cape Girardeau County, Missouri MOGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocapegi/cggenweb.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >