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Powell family
« on: Friday 08 May 15 15:44 BST (UK) »
Hi im new im doing a thth birthdayis is you life book for my dads 75 i need family help his farther was John Baden Powell he had two sisters Florence and Amy Powell there parents ellwere Mary Elizabeth Powell (nee Bell) and John William Powell they lived in sunderland im looking for any info on them as i never met them and no nothing about them and my grandfather John Baden Powell died whcan anyone help pleaseen my dad was only 15 in 1956

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Re: Powell family
« Reply #1 on: Friday 08 May 15 15:57 BST (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat

This looks like the marriage of your father's grandparents

Marriages Mar quarter 1899   
Bell    Mary Elizabeth       
Powell    John William       

Sunderland    10a   729      
 
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Re: Powell family
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:05 BST (UK) »
Children:

John Baden Powell born March quarter 1901
Amy Powell born December quarter 1906

There are two Florence Powells born Sunderland,  one born December quarter 1899 and another Florence E Powell born June quarter 1911, so I'm not sure which is yours.
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Re: Powell family
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:12 BST (UK) »
Looks like it was the 1899 one as this is the family in 1901

RG13; Piece: 4707; Folio: 90; Page: 7

2, Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham

John W Powell   25      Gardener       Birmingham
Mary Powell   24                          Nr Cornforth, Durham
Florence Powell     1                          Sunderland, Durham
John Baden Powell  1 month              Sunderland, Durham
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Re: Powell family
« Reply #4 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:15 BST (UK) »
Hi,

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John Baden Powell was born in 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England.  He was the son of John W Powell and Mary Elizabeth Bell.2
In the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of John W Powell John was a gardener living with his wife and two children Florence and baby John only one month old.
He married Edith H Evans in 1931 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
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http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p912.htm

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Re: Powell family
« Reply #5 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:22 BST (UK) »
yes that is the right family i cant find what happened to florence or amy tho edith was my grandmothers

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Re: Powell family
« Reply #6 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:23 BST (UK) »
John William Powell married Mary Elizabeth Bell 7 January 1899 St. Hilda, Sunderland, Durham,
Father George Powell

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXPZ-BQW

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Re: Powell family
« Reply #7 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:28 BST (UK) »
any info on florence and amy please

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Re: Powell family
« Reply #8 on: Friday 08 May 15 16:46 BST (UK) »
A possible marriage for Florence

Marriages Mar 1931 
Powell    Florence       
Smith    Albert E S        

Sunderland    10a   815

I can't see one in Sunderland for Amy.
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