Am trying to find parents of Wiliam P. Welshonce birth date unknown,
died in Meyersdale, Pa about September 15, l873 Probably born in
Meyersdale.  Several variations of spelling of last name

A note to my fellow GA Researchers:

1. The person is listed in the 1850 Census of Somerset County, PA;
Summit Township (where today's Meyersdale is located). He is listed as
William P. Welshone, tailor, between 24 and 26 years old. Also listed
is one Harriet Welshone, 18 years old, probably his wife.
ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/somerset/1850/pg0266a.txt

2. William P. Welshone was not born in Meyersdale, still named Dale
City or Meyer's Mills then (note the differing spelling of the family
name):
"W. P. Welshons was the first tailor. He settled here in 1848."
http://www.meyersdale.org/history/welfleyhistory.html

3. He appears as William P. Welshons, Dale City, in a list of Somerset
County, Pennsylvania Will Testators:
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pasomerset02.htm

Many persons, possibly all belonging to one large family, with many
different spellings of the name (Welshonse, Welshauns, Welshonce,
Welchhance, Welshons, Welshonts, Welshonse, Welchanse, Welshans,
Welschans etc.) lived and live in the PA counties surrounding Somerset
County.

Scriptor

The 1870 Federal US Census, available through the www.Ancestry.com
subscription service, shows your William P. WILSHONS, aged 46, tailor,
wife Harriet (38) and 7 children aged between 20 and 1, all born in
PA, living at Summit Township, Somerset Co. PA.

The 1860 Federal US Census, available from the same source, shows him
in the same location:  William P. WELSHONS, aged 35, tailor, with wife
Harriet (29) and three children aged between 8 and 2.

Hope this is some help to you.  If you don't have any success getting
an answer here, try one of the more genealogy oriented query boards.

Brett

Also the 1881 Census, available online free from the LDS site at
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
gives William's widow Harriet WELSCHANCE, aged 47, and two children
living at Meyersdale, Somerset Co. PA.

Not directly relevant to your question, but perhaps helps to follow
the family through the years.

Regards and best wishes,  Brett

Parents of William P. Welshonse:  George Henry Welshonse b.
03-19-1791; d. 1862; mother: Mary Ambrose Welshons b. 02-28-1794; d.
04-30-1843.  Further information available upon request.  William P.
Welshonse was born in Westmoreland County, PA.