…https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/27978/my-great-grandfather-john-welch-dropped-out-of-the-clear-blue-sky-around-1850-into-delaware-co
On here above the daughter Bridget Cleary Hennessey is supposed to have married a Dwyer. Has the possibility that XXXX Dwyer became John Welch been explored? A favoured 'new' name is often the maiden name of the mother, perhaps the Welch came from his mother if he was a Dwyer. Has the Dwyer marriage been looked for?
So true about new country, new name.
Wow!! Great suggestion! I don’t know how much research Deb has done. I did not explore that possibility.
ADDED: I just found the links a few minutes ago so haven’t researched anything. Even if I found the information hours ago, I don’t think I would have thought of a possible connection between Welch and Dwyer.