Marion Foster Welch

For the Canadian writer, see Marion Foster (writer).
Marion Foster Welch
Welch at about the age of ten
Born(1851-04-18)April 18, 1851
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 1935(1935-07-09) (aged 84)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeAllegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US[1]
Known forCurator of the Stephen Foster Memorial, composer, lecturer[2]
Children1

Marion Welch (née Foster; April 18, 1851 – July 9, 1935) was the only child of composer Stephen Collins Foster and, together with her daughter, Jessie Rose, was the caretaker of the Stephen S. Foster Memorial Home, located at 3600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1914 until her death in 1935.[3] She taught the piano and occasionally composed music.

  1. ^ "'Beautiful Dreamers' celebrates Stephen Foster's music". TribLIVE. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PMR 1926 Dec was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Morneweck, Evelyn Foster. Chronicles of Stephen Foster's family Vol. 2 Stephen Collins Foster Memorial (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh]: Published for the Foster Hall Collection by the University of Pittsburgh Press, 1944