HAHN, Clarence and WELCH, Mary (Muscatine IA)

 

Clarence August HAHN,
of Muscatine Iowa

UPDATE - These photos of the Hahn & Welch family members have been claimed by Mary Welch's great-granddaughter and are going home!

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Clarence Hahn, cousin of Robert and Florence, great cousin of Dorothy"

PHOTO TAKEN: Clifford & Son Studio, Muscatine IA, circa 1895

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022, South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Festival

Photos of Clarence HAHN at approx ages 1, 3, 5
Reverse mentions he is a great-cousin of D. Lund

This is Clarence August HAHN, born 21 March 1890 in Muscatine Iowa, to parents John W. HAHN and Bertha WAGNER. Father John's parents are Johannes "John" Hahn & Christina Vaupel, both born in Germany. His second wife was Clairette Rose Williams Sherman, whom he married in May 1929 after the death of his Clarence's mother Bertha in 1927.

1900 Census > Iowa > Muscatine > Muscatine > 210 6th Street

• HAHN, John M., head, Aug 1856, 43, born in Iowa of German parents, bank teller
• HAHN, Bertha M., wife, Dec 1859, 40, born in Missouri of German parents
• HAHN, Clarence, son, Mar 1890, 10, born in Iowa, at school

Clarence Hahn, freshman
at Millikin College

In June 1914 Clarence married Bertha Margaret Danzeisen, a girl he met at Millikin College in Decatur Illinois. (I do not possess the photo at left - it was found online in a digital copy of the 1908 yearbook for Millikin College.) However the bride died unexpectedly in December of the same year of "acute septicaemia and heart complications."

 

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In June 1919 he married Katherine Hazel Blair (1888-1967), daughter of Lincoln Clay Blair and Katherine G. Donlon.

1920 Census > Iowa > Muscatine > Muscatine > 410 Chestnut Street

• HAHN, John W., head, 63, assistant cashier at bank
• HAHN, Bertha M., wife, 60, no occupation
• HAHN, Clarence A., son, 29, assistant cashier at Bank
• HAHN, Katherine H., daughter-in-law, 29

He died 15 Jun 1947, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine. There is no mention of any offspring in the newspaper obituary.

Mary C, WELCH-HAHN

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "My Great Grand Mary Welch Hahn"

PHOTO TAKEN: Grosheim Bros. Studio, Muscatine IA, circa 1889

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022 South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Festival

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Photo above of Robert WELCH was acquired at the same time as that of his daughter Mary. On the back is written: "Robert Welch, father of Mary, Clara, Artie, Nellie. Great-grandfather of Dorothy."

Mary C. WELCH (9 Oct 1865 - 17 Jun 1944) is a daughter of Robert WELCH (1842-1920) and Mary Emma BRANDT (1844-1920).  

Mary had several siblings:

• Clara Welch (b.1872) m. Gardner Wallace
• Nellie A. Welch (b.1874)
• Robert J. Welch (b.1877)
• William Welch (1879-1919)
• Arthur H. Welch (1883-1943)

25 Nov 1886, Mary became the wife of Charles F. HAHN (9 Oct 1865 - 3 Apr 1953), hardware salesman, and son of Johannes "John" Hahn & Christina Vaupel, both born in Germany. This means Charles F. HAHN is a brother of John Hahn (the father of Clarence August Hahn, see above.)

Robert HAHN

Mary and Charles had children:

• Florence H. HAHN (1890-1986).
• Robert HAHN (1894-1981) m. Mollie Mae Christiansen, moved to Miami FL

Robert had a daughter (Dorothy 1926-1999) married Richard Lund (Richard died 1997).

1935 Florida State Census > Dade County

• HAHN, Robert C., 38, born in Iowa, Druggist
• HAHN. Mollie Mae, 37, born in Iowa
• HAHN, Dorothy, 9, born in Florida, 4th grade student

Dorothy HAHN-LUND passed away a couple decades ago in Florida. I believe these photographs may have belonged to her.

This photo of Dorothy was found in an archived edition of "Florida Today" 12 October 1993. It is remarkable how much she resembles her grandmother Mary Welch-Hahn.

In order to help me visualize the relationship between the people in these physical photos, I have worked up a crude family tree and marked in yellow the people in the photos I recently acquired.

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UPDATE - It is three months later, and having returned to the same Antiques Fair and sought out the same vendor, I was able to locate and purchase a dozen more individual photographs from this same family.

They are being returned to the same descendant of Mary Welch as the photos in the earlier post.