Powell

[newby dee]

Hi guys
Im back after a long break and very rusty so please be patient    I have a james george powell born pill bristol Gloucestershire  born 1872
Father same name born @1851( married jane marshall from axbridge Somerset) on 1881 census it says hes  from bristol
My brickwall is I can't seem to get back futher than 1851 james george powell..... all I have is father william on his marriage info online , can you guys please help clear my rust away and get me back on track
Many thanks

[avm228]

The 1871 census shows James Powell snr with Jane in Clifton (they had married in 1870).

James is 22 b Pill, Somerset.
Jane is 19 b Axbridge.

RG10/2541/46/22.

[avm228]

This baptism looks likely, but doesn't explain why his father was recorded as "William" when he married.

Easton in Gordano, 11 November 1849

James George Powell, son of James (labourer) and Sarah, of Pill.

(The couple had another son, Samuel, baptised the same day).

[newby dee]

 its nice to know im not going mad !  you have spotted my strong contender on the baptism ,
I have tried variations with james william and william james for father .
 
 ive tried baptism for a william powell hoping to find middle name james or vice versa ...my quest will continue thank you for boosting my confidence
 

[avm228]

1851 census, Easton in Gordano or St George, Somerset

James Powell Head Mar 39 Mariner Somerset St George
Sarah do Wife Mar 37 do
Samuel do Son 10 Scholar do
James do Son 1 do

HO107/1946/622/19

[avm228]

The birth was registered after the turn of the year:

James George Powell mmn Rumacey, Mar qtr 1850 Bedminster.

[KGarrad]

1851 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGK-GL7

Please note that Pill was never in Bristol, but in Somerset
Pill was a chapelry in the parish of Easton-in-Gordano.
And Easton-in-Gordano parish was also referred to as St. George, Somerset

Parish register transcriptions are available on www.portbury-hundred.co.uk.

Possible baptism?
1810, December 2 James son of James and Martha Powell.

1813 Feb 21 William s of James and Martha Powell, Pill labourer.
1816 Jan 28 John s of James and Martha Powell, St George labourer.
1818 Aug 9 Marianne d of James and Martha Powell, St George labourer.

[newby dee]

Thank you for info
Part of what is driving me mad is as you say it is listed under many areas , I have bristol, Gloucestershire, pill , Easton in gordano , st george ,somerset  all in my search on this luckily I live close by so have a rough idea
Thanks again much appreciated

[avm228]

Burial, Easton in Gordano

30 May 1852: James Powell, 42, of Pill.

This may explain why James George didn't know his father's name - he had died when his son was very young.

Sarah had not remarried by 1871, when she remained in the parish as a widow: RG10/2517/72/28.