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Re: looking for powell family
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 04 January 20 07:41 GMT (UK) »
In 1871    Winchcomb Gloucestershire.

Thomas Powell   51 Mary Powell   50
Roseta Powell   12 Dorcas Powell   11
Mathew Powell   9 Lydda Powell   6

Probably this marriage for Thomas and Mary....................

Thomas Powell 1820 - married 9 August 1841 Cranham,Gloucester,England
Spouse Mary Cuss

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLC2-ZMG

Massachusetts Marriage Records show - Dorcas S Powell born 1863 England.
Age:   27 - Marriage Date 7 Apr 1890 Boston, Massachusetts.
Father Thomas Powell - Mother Mary Powell - Spouse Ira O Littlejohn.

1900 census Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Ira Littlejohn   65 Darcas S Littlejohn 38 Born Eng Feb 1862 - married 1890 -
Elizabeth Littlejohn   60 sister. single.
Culois Powers   15
George Provost   9
William Provost   9
William Johnston 7

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YW-T2L

1910 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KD-Y9S

1920 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFM7-W8N

1930 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5V-MSV

1940 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4NG-KL8

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 - Louis Charles Littlejohn
Birth Date 15 Jun 1889 Newport Wash, Rhode Island
Father Ira O Littlejohn - Mother Dorcas S Powell

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Re: looking for powell family
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 04 January 20 07:44 GMT (UK) »
FIND A GRAVE  birth dates varying.......

POWELL    Dorcas Susan        Northleach    6a   359

Dorcas Susan Littlejohn - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91966837


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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 04 January 20 07:53 GMT (UK) »
Louis Charles Littlejohn - 1884 - 1938

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118183555/louis-charles-littlejohn

Article in The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts - 4 May 1938, Wed  -   Page 11

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41647488/louis_littlejohn/

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« Reply #12 on: Saturday 04 January 20 08:14 GMT (UK) »
Rosetta Sarah Powell died between census -

death registered - Powell Rosetta Sarah    aged 17    Cheltenham    6a   280

1881 census Pruens Yard Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire.

RG11 Piece 2566 Folio 89 Page 1

Thomas Powell   61 Mary Powell   60
Lydia Powell   16
Thomas Powell   10 Herbert Powell 6 Julia Powell   

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Lydia Rebecca Powell - mothers maiden surname Cross - could be an error for Cuss
GRO Reference: 1865  J Quarter in Northleach  Volume 06A  Page 337

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northleach

Possible for Herbert - Herbert George Powell    - 
GRO Reference: 1875  M Quarter in Cheltenham  Volume 06A  Page 432

Possible for Thomas - Thomas William Powell
GRO Reference: 1871  M Quarter in Winchcomb  Volume 06A  Page 414

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« Reply #13 on: Saturday 04 January 20 08:54 GMT (UK) »
1861 Census Compton Abdale Gloucestershire.

Class RG 9 Piece 1788 Folio 69 Page 26

Thomas Powell   41 Mary Powell   40
Ruth R Powell   12 Amelia J Powell   9
Job R Powell   7 Maria E Powell   5
Elizabeth A Powell 4 Rosetta S Powell   2
Dorkah S Powell   1

Marriage Intentions -

The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts 5 Apr 1880, Mon  -   Page 2

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41648431/matthew_helleur_and_amelia_powell/

Massachusetts Marriage for Amelia Powell born 1854 -  - married 3 April 1880 Townsend Massachusetts - parents listed as Thomas Powell and Mary
spouse Matthew Helleur.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWD-HJ8

1880 census Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Matthew T. Heller 50
Amelia W. Heller 27

Daughters marriage - 18 June 1941 Nashua, , New Hampshire   Isabel Amelia Helleur born 1886 and aged 55 years - spouse Archibald Lyndhurst Wiley aged 75 years - parents Matthew J Helleur - Civil Rngineer born BGlioucester England. and Amelia Jane Powell born Gloucestershire England.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL8N-G75



son - Edwin J. Heller born 18 September 1881 -  died 18 January 1919 - Greenfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSVK-ZYN

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8B-P98

Edwin - WW1 Draft - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJQ-46Z

Edwin marriage - Edwin J Heller born 1881 aged 35 years - marriage 15 November 1916
Greenfield, New Hampshire, USA
Father Mathew J Heller - Mother Amelia W Powell - Spouse Nellie F Hopkins

FIND A GRAVE  Edwin Helleur

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57327753

1920 census Crust Peal St Nashua Ward 7, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Fred W Scribner   39
Luella Scribner   20
Isabelle A Hellar   34 born MA. Nurse. Cousin.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8L-KB2

1930 census  Norton Street Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Isabelle Hellar   43
Emelia Hellar   79 Mother. Imm 1877. NA.
Joseph Garfield   65

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7NN-539

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« Reply #14 on: Saturday 04 January 20 08:56 GMT (UK) »

FIND A GRAVE


Amelia J Wilson Helleur - 1851 - 1932

Riverside Cemetery West Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146904831

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« Reply #15 on: Saturday 04 January 20 08:59 GMT (UK) »
Couple of interesting snippets -

Fitchburg Sentinel Fitchburg, Massachusetts 29 Aug 1906, Wed  -   Page 6

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41648394/amelia_helleur/

Fitchburg Sentinel Fitchburg, Massachusetts  1 Jun 1916, Thu  -  Page 14

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41648405/amelila_and_belle_helleur/

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Re: looking for powell family
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 04 January 20 09:37 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the information any news on the parents Thomas and Mary in the USA?

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« Reply #17 on: Saturday 04 January 20 10:01 GMT (UK) »

You didn't give much information in the original post. Now it looks as if you already had some of the information from an earlier post in January 2018, which should have been linked to this thread for reference.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=785505.0


What were the parents names of Thomas Powell and Mary Cuss?

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