Charlotte
Strauszer Welch
On
August 30, 1916 Charlotte Strauszer was listed as one of the
people who attended a meeting on August 30, 1916 laying the ground work
for the
forming a Red Cross Chapter. At that
time, they called it The Peru Chapter of the American Red Cross. The name was changed the following
January
to The Miami County American Red Cross Chapter.
Charlotte was born in Missouri on March 14, 1892. She was the daughter of a Swiss immigrant who
was employed as a U.S. Marshall. Her
mother was born in Missouri. She had two
sisters and a brother. She remained in
Missouri through 1909 but appears in Miami County, Indiana on June 20,
1917
when she married Louis Burn Welch. Known
as Berne, her husband was a civil engineer and a surveyor.
Charlotte was executive secretary of the
Miami County Tuberculosis Association, and in July of 1917 became the
first
woman to be named to the board of health in Miami County in its history. She was a member of Tri Kappa Sorority
and
the Peru First Presbyterian Church.
Charlotte had two sons. While
the
couple were living in Peru in 1940, they eventually left the area. Charlotte passed away on November 30,
1973
in Des Moines Iowa. She was buried in
Okeechobee, Florida.
Works Cited
“ ‘Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch
(Https://Familysearch.org/Pal:/MM9.1.1/QV27-KD1P : 13 December 2015), Robert
Burns Welch, 2003; Burial, Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States of
America, Garland Brook Cemetery; Citing Record ID 63936076, Find a Grave,
Http://Www.findagrave.com.”
“ ‘Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch
(Https://Familysearch.org/Pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGN-LWST : 13 December 2015), George
Dale Welch, 2014; Burial, , , ,, ; Citing Record ID 123751452, Find a Grave,
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“ ‘Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch
(Https://Familysearch.org/Pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPS-RVLP : 13 December 2015), Charlotte
Welch, 1973; Burial, Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Florida, United States of America,
Evergreen Cemetery; Citing Record ID 136494846, Find a Grave,
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December 2017), Louis B Welch and Charlotte Straszer, 20 Jun 1917; Citing
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“ ‘United States Census, 1900," Database with
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22 April 2018), Charlotte M Straszer in Household of George Straszer, Central
Township (Part) Webster Grove City (Part), St. Louis, Missouri, United States;
Citing Enumeration District (ED) 121, Sheet 25A, Family 486, NARA Microfilm
Publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1972.); FHL Microfilm 1,240,888.”
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22 April 2018), Charlotte S Welsch in Household of Burn Welsch, Peru, Miami,
Indiana, United States; Citing Enumeration District (ED) ED 23, Sheet 17B, Line
56, Family 278, NARA Microfilm Publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration, 2002), Roll 618; FHL Microfilm 2,340,353.”
“‘United States Census, 1940," Database with
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22 April 2018), Charlotte Welch in Household of Berne Welch, Peru Township,
Miami, Indiana, United States; Citing Enumeration District (ED) 52-27, Sheet
62A, Line 10, Family 264, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA
Digital Publication T627. Records of the
Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration, 2012, Roll 1078.”
