Birth Name: Wesley Carter Welker
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: May 1, 1981
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish
Wes Welker is an American football player. He is a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL), and has also played for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and Denver Broncos. He is the son of Shelley Ruth (Wetzel) and Leland Jay Welker.
Wes’s paternal grandparents were Calvin Jack Welker (the son of Clarence Jack Welker and Edith Eudora Norris) and Mina Lee Lynn (the daughter of Ray Dempster Lynn and Cordia LaFlora Capps).
Wes’s maternal grandparents are William Clifford Wetzel (likely the son of Clifford Wetzel and Cora Leola Lessert) and Ruth Virgene Rider (the daughter of Thomas Needles Rider and Tiny Mae/May Rigsby).
Sources: Genealogy of Wes’s paternal grandfather, Calvin Jack Welker – http://www.geni.com
Obituary of Wes’s paternal grandfather, Calvin Jack Welker – http://legacy.newsok.com
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