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Topic: Birth of Clara Powell, c1869 (Read 960 times)
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poppies
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Hi again,
Thanks for the info.
A few years back I visited a daughter of Fred , (grandson of Samuel & Emma) she did not known who his mother was and he always said he didn't either. She had no info about family & Fred never spoke about them.
I live near Malpas.
Where are you? I assume you were / are close to where Clara lived.
Always pleased to have more family info. Regards, Dorothy
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Adams, Arrowsmith, Beckett, Brassey, Claypole, Davie, Deakin, Ennion, Ford, Frost, Galsworthy, Griffin, Griffiths, Hargreaves, Holdcroft, Holliday, Kendall, Krebs, McLaren, Powell, Shone, Smith, Wilding.
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nsc
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Hi Dorothy,
Interesting!
I guess Fred's mother could be anyone from Matilda backwards (assuming that the mother was a Powell and not the father). Unlikely to be Agnes or Lydia (I assume they were twins).
The eligible unmarried ones were Mary, Leah, Annie and Frances. One explanation for Fred (and Samuel)'s mother not living with them re. the 1901 census is that she may have died.
Annie doesn't appear in the 1871 census, but at 16 we could assume that she was in service.
Caroline and Leah are missing also. They would have been 13 and 11 respectively. Is that too young to be out in service? I don't know. But Caroline married Davenport, so perhaps she's not eligible anyway.
Fred's Birth Certificate will say anyway, although perhaps not the father.
I spoke to my mother at the weekend. She doesn't know anything really about the Powell family. For some reason, her mother (my grandmother, Jane Edge) fell out with Clara, and so she never really saw that side of the family.
She remembers that they used to live in Broad Lane, on the Audlem road, just outside Nantwich, and remembers her being driven into Nantwich in a horse and trap. (I've got an old suitcase in the loft which, I'm sure, has a Broad Lane address. I must check it - it could have been hers).
She also remembers visiting her with my father at the Barony Hospital (it would have been about 1947) where she eventually died. She says she may have a photo of her somewhere.
Malpas, hey? I grew up in Nantwich, but left to work and live in Hastings, East Sussex in 1978. However, in 2001, I'd had enough of the 'rat-race' so we left to live in the Somme region of France. (My wife is French, and we have 2 little ones aged 2 and 7 months. I also have 2 brilliant kids, 18 and 19, from my first marriage).
I'll check the case and chase up a photo. I can also post you a 'family tree' print out re. the Powell connection.
Neil
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GladysW
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi Neil,
I was browsing the net the other day and saw your interest in Clara Powell who married Joseph Owen. Joseph Owen was the brother of my grandfather Charles Owen. Would you like to exchange information?
Can we correspond directly?
Gladys
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nsc
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Hi Gladys
Thankyou for your message. Yes, I'd love to - I was very close to my Grandad and still miss him. Our address here in France is 16 rue de Bonneville, 80670 Fieffes-Montrelet, but I'll be in Nantwich for the first three weeks of August. We'll be with my parents at 102 Birchin Lane. My e-mail address is MODERATOR COMMENT: email address removed to avoid spam and other abuses. Please use personal message system to share email addresses and other personal details. Thank You
I look forward to hearing from you!!!
Neil
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