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Basic Facts
Basic Facts
Born: June 22, 1923 in Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Died: October 31, 2011 in Lakeland, Florida
Husband: David Alexander Neely (1920-1993)
Father: Edward Burgett Welsh (1881-1968)
Mother: Mary Truman (1890-1982)
The Ancestors of Margaret Welsh
The Ancestors of Margaret Welsh
A 90 page book which documents all that is currently known about all branches of her family tree.
Ancestors of Margaret Welsh - v 1.1.pdfPhotographs
Photographs
1923, Ridgway, PA
1923, Ridgway, PA
1924, Ridgway, PA
1924, Freeport, NY
c. 1935, Chautauqua, NY, with mother and sisters Elinor and Betsy
c. 1936, Coraopolis, PA
c. 1943, Wooster, OH
1946, Coraopolis, PA
1948, Rayland, OH
1949, Paris
c. 1950, Metet, Cameroon
c. 1951, Metet, Cameroon
c. 1953, Cedar Point, OH with parents
c. 1954, Bibia, Cameroon
c. 1954, Bibia, Cameroon
1956, Bibia, Cameroon
1956, Wooster, OH with sisters-in-law Pat, Ruth, and Jo
1956, Wooster, OH
c. 1958, Bibia, Cameroon
c. 1959, Bibia, Cameroon
1960, Lambertville, NJ
c. 1960
1965. Wooster, OH
c. 1967
c. 1968
1970, New York City
1978, Wooster, OH , 4 generations
1979, Allison Park, PA, 4 generations
1981, Congers, NY
1981, Congers, NY
c. 1984, Congers, NY
c. 1984, Congers, NY
c. 1985
c. 1987, Congers, NY
1989. Congers, NY
c. 1992, Poconos, PA
c. 1992, Poconos, PA
1993, Rumford, RI
1994, Goshen, NY
c. 1995, Kensington, MD
c. 1996, with sister Betsy
c. 1998
1999, Lakeland, FL
c. 2001, Cape Cod, MA
c. 2002
2003, Cape Cod, MA
2006, Kensington, MD
2008, Lakeland, FL
c. 2008, Ocala, FL
c. 2009, Ocala, FL
2010, Lakeland, FL
2010, Ocala, FL
2011, Lakeland, FL with Leone Lehman
Map
Map
Zoom in and select each of the location markers to learn more about the places where Margaret Neely lived in the United States, France, and Cameroon.
Videos
Videos
She sat down for a one hour interview in 1997 in Kensington, Maryland during which she told us about growing up in Coraopolis, PA and her memories of her parents and grandparents. Angela and John Neely were the interviewers.
In this first part of a 60 minute interview, she shares her memories of her favorite doll, her 5th birthday party, going to the zoo, meeting Thomas Edison, and getting lost in Vineland, New Jersey. She also recounts what she knows of her parents' life before they they got married.
Note: You may need to turn your volume up to hear; there's also a bit of static during the first 7 seconds of the video.
In this second part of a 60 minute interview, she continues to talk about her parents, including their wedding and honeymoon. She also shares her memories of her grandmother and growing up in Coraopolis in the 1930s.
Here are portions of Margaret Neely's memorial service in November 2011 in Lakeland, Florida. Grand children Adam Neely, Amy Smith Toothaker, and Jeff Smith speak, as does Bob Pierce, Jr.
Letters to Parents, 1946 through 1983
Letters to Parents, 1946 through 1983
Here are more than 200 letters selected from about 1,000 letters that were written from 1946 through 1983. Most of the letters were from Margaret Neely to her parents, Mary Truman and Edward Burgett Welsh. Some are from David Neely to his mother, Elizabeth Miller Neely.
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