Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NamePorter Guy Wells
Birth21 Jul 1902, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY
Census4 Apr 1930, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#1453, pg 3
Census4 Apr 1940, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#2851, pg 2
Census10 Apr 1950, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#5277, pg 17
Death8 Jan 1962, Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL
OccupationCarpenter
FatherGuy Alexander Wells (1865-1934)
MotherKatie M. Eggleston (1881-1918)
Misc. Notes
Married Arthena S. Botting (b. 1910), and is listed with her parents in the 1930 census less than a year after their marriage at Whitehaven Memorial Park, Rochester, NY.
In 1940 they are listed in Rochester as Porter (37, NY) a carpenter, and Arthena (31, NY) with sons Gary (4) and Wayne (1).
They later had sons Richard and Kenneth as well.
[Obituary] The Tampa Tribune - Tuesday, January 9, 1962, pg 2
Man Taking Driver Test Succombs
Porter Guy Wells
… giving the test, reported the car had stopped for a turn when Wells had the attack. Wells, who had been here four months…
He was a carpenter and a member of the Lutheran church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Arthena Sadie Wells, Clearwater; four sons, Gary George Wells, Rochester: Wayne Allan Wells, Kenneth Guy Wells and Richard Wells, all of Clearwater; a brother, William Wells, Potsdam, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Wallace, Fort Lauderdale; Mrs. Blanche Duron, Odgensburg, N.Y., and Mrs. Grace Coryea, Malone, N.Y.
Spouses
Birth17 Dec 1908, BlackRiver, Jefferson Co, NY
Death20 Nov 2002, Odessa, Pasco Co, FL
BurialSt Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL
Misc. Notes
Dau of George Henry Botting and Sadie Edith Huddelston.
Still listed in Rochester as late as 1948
After her husband’s death, she is listed as Arthena Sadie Wells in the Jun 1964 marriage record to Harry H. Hartman (May 19, 1897 - July 27, 1990) in Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL (vol 2223, cert 21118)
She lived in Odessa, FL from 1990 thru 2001.
[Obituary]
HARTMAN, Arthena S., 93, of Odessa, died Nov. 20, 2002. Survived by three sons, Gary, Kenneth and Wayne; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Royal Palm North Funeral Home.
Marriage3 Jul 1929, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Marr MemoWhitehaven Memorial Park
 Kenneth Porter (1943-2003)
 Richard Guy (1947-1999)
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