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From freebmd. Walter John Powell born Abingdon 1841

Oh sounds perfect, thank you! <3

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire & Oxfordshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Powell Head Married Male 50 1811 Farmer of 350 acres employing 10 labourer & 9 boys Chesterton, Oxfordshire, England
Caroline Powell Wife Married Female 40 1821 - Fyfield, Berkshire, England
Walter J Powell Son Unmarried Male 19 1842 Farmers son Marcham, Berkshire, England
Mary Jane Powell Daughter Unmarried Female 18 1843 Farmers daughter Marcham, Berkshire, England
William N Powell Son - Male 16 1845 - Marcham, Berkshire, England
Edgar Q Powell Son - Male 13 1848 - Marcham, Berkshire, England
Hannah M Sles Servant Unmarried Female 18 1843 House servant Longworth, Berkshire, England
Mary Ann Chevers Servant Unmarried Female 16 1845 House servant Letcombe Regis, Berkshire, England


From freebmd - Walter Joseph

Births Sep 1841 (>99%)
POWELL Walter Joseph Abingdon 6 114

From the GRO site -

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
POWELL, WALTER JOSEPH STONE
GRO Reference: 1841 S Quarter in ABINGDON UNION Volume 06 Page 114

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
POWELL, EDGAR OLIVER STONE
GRO Reference: 1848 J Quarter in ABINGDON UNION Volume 06 Page 123

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1840 (>99%)
MINCHIN Richard Abingdon 6 239
POWELL William Abingdon 6 239
PRIOR Hester Abingdon 6 239
RIVERS Robert Abingdon 6 239
STONE Caroline Abingdon 6 239
WEBB Jane Abingdon 6 239

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
The Vineyard, St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Walter J Powell Head - Male 29 1842 - Berkshire, England
Mary E Powell Wife - Female 21 1850 - Berkshire, England
- - Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Berkshire, England
Anne Stone Aunt - Female 54 1817 - Berkshire, England
Elizabeth Fimms Servant - Female 66 1805 - Berkshire, England


He's born in Marcham, and is a Corn Merchant and Maltster

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1870 (>99%)
Badcock Mary Edith Abingdon 2c 486
Knibbs Samuel Abingdon 2c 486
POWELL Walter Joseph Abingdon 2c 486
Snell Emily Abingdon 2c 486

Thank you everyone who has helped!

I will look on ancestry and contact a couple of 'tree' owners to see if they know if thier ancestor was a runner / cricketer, and if so I can send them the Tankard!

Mary E Powell in 1881
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Albert Park, Abingdon St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Mary E Powell Head Widow Female 31 1850 - Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Edith M Powell Daughter Single Female 10 1871 - Abingdon, Berkshire, England
William W Powell Son Single Male 8 1873 - Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Nicholas G Powell Son Single Male 5 1876 - Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Ellen East Servant Single Female 20 1861 Cook dom Sunningwell, Berkshire, England

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
POWELL, EDITH MARY BADCOCK
GRO Reference: 1871 J Quarter in ABINGDON Volume 02C Page 273

POWELL, WILLIAM WALTER BADCOCK
GRO Reference: 1872 S Quarter in ABINGDON Volume 02C Page 286

POWELL, NICOLAS GUY BADCOCK
GRO Reference: 1876 J Quarter in ABINGDON Volume 02C Page 292

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Deaths Jun 1877 (>99%)
POWELL Walter Joseph 35 Abingdon 2c 183

1891 -
Son Nicholas is a Boarder Pupil at a school in Berkshire
The School House, The Park, Abingdon

and Mary has remarried -

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
10, Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George W Potter Head Married Male 38 1853 Clerk in holy orders Gosport, Hampshire, England
Mary E Potter Wife Married Female 40 1851 - Allington, Berkshire, England
William W Powell Stepson Single Male 18 1873 Architect apprentice Allington, Berkshire, England
Edith M Powell Stepdaughter Single Female 20 1871 - Allington, Berkshire, England
George M Potter Son - Male 8 1883 - London, Middlesex, England
Arthur C Potter Son - Male 6 1885 - Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Clara Gnash Servant Single Female 21 1870 Domestic servant cook Somerset, England
Alice Wood Servant Single Female 30 1861 Domestic servant housemaid London, Middlesex, England

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1881 (>99%)
Potter George Walpole Islington 1b 576
POWELL Mary Edith Islington 1b 576

There is a report of a court case involving this man in the Reading Mercury of Sept 23rd 1871


Name Walter Joseph Powell
Age 35
Estimated Birth Year abt 1842
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place Abingdon, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Death Date Jun 1877
Inferred Death Place Berkshire, United Kingdom
Volume 2c Page 183



Name Nicholas Guy Powell
Death Date 21 Oct 1939
Death Place London, England
Probate Date 28 Dec 1939
Probate Registry Oxford, England
Probate to widow, Harriet Mary

Walter's sister Edith never married.

Edith Mary Powell
in the 1911 England Census
Name Edith Mary Powell
Age in 1911 40
Estimated Birth Year abt 1871
Relation to Head Visitor
Gender Female
Birth Place Abingdon, Berkshire
Civil parish Witham
County/Island Essex
Country England
Street Address Austin House, Witham, Essex
Marital Status Single
Occupation Formerly Teacher, Private Means
Registration District Number 201
Sub-registration district Witham
ED, institution, or vessel 01
Piece 10412
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Charlotte Elizabeth Everett 60 Head
Emma Mary Everett 28 Daughter
Ellen Everett Everett 26 Daughter
Edith Mary Powell 40 Visitor



Edith M Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Edith M Powell
Death Age 96
Birth Date abt 1871
Registration Date Apr 1967 [May 1967] [Jun 1967]
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration district Easthampstead
Inferred County Berkshire
Volume 6a
Page 25


Edith Mary Powell
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name Edith Mary Powell
Death Date 28 Apr 1967
Death Place Berkshire
Probate Date 26 Jun 1967
Probate Registry London

POWELL, Edith Mary, of Marie Louise Club, Sunninghill, Berkshire, died 28 April 1967. Probate London 26 June, to Michael Guy Powell, school master. £294.


Michael was her nephew:

POWELL, MICHAEL GUY mmn ALDWORTH
GRO Reference: 1909 D Quarter in ABINGDON Volume 02C Page 294

Parents' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1907 (>99%)
ALDWORTH Harriet Mary Westminster 1a 1066
POWELL Nicholas Guy Westminster 1a 1066

Nicholas is in a GR tree......................it often pays to use the search all member trees facility on here

And the tree 'owner' is in countless GR trees!

Michael Guy Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Michael Guy Powell
Death Age 95
Birth Date 29 Sep 1909
Registration Date Oct 2004
Registration district Ashbourne
Inferred County Derbyshire, Staffordshire
Register Number 18B
District and Subdistrict 390/1
Entry Number 196


Michael G Powell
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name Michael G Powell
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 29 Sep 1909
Residence Date 1939
Address The New House
Residence Place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Line Number 32
Schedule Number 33
Sub Schedule Number 1
Enumeration District Oilp
Borough Shrewsbury
Registration district 349.2
Household Members (Name) Gender
Michael G Powell Male - Teacher, modern languages
Alexanda D C Peterson Male
This record is officially closed.
Humphrey Beeyor Male
R E Fenton Male
This record is officially closed.


He married late in life:

Michael G Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name Michael G Powell
Registration Date Jul 1982 [Aug 1982] [Sep 1982]
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district Ashbourne
Inferred County Derbyshire
Spouse
Dorothy J E Blackwall
Volume Number 6
Page number 0022


POWELL, DOROTHY JOAN EDGELEY 1916
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2008 in DERBY (3941C) Reg 1C004 Entry Number 241

But Di wouldn’t necessarily known about Nicholas before she said she would contact Ancestry tree owners.

Walter is in the same tree......................................

Nicholas and Harriet may perhaps have had another son in 1916,Rupert Aldworth Powell.

He was in the army in WW2, and in 1939 was promoted to 2nd Lt., having previously been a Cadet Serjt in Cheltenham College OTC.

He was a member of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers.
In 1953 he lived at Little Langdale, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Surrey.
In 1954 he was at Square Cottage, Cherry Hill Drive, Barnt Green, Worcs.
In 1961 he was at Marloes, Blackwell, nr Bromsgrove, Worcs.


Rupert Aldworth Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Rupert Aldworth Powell
Death Age 91
Birth Date 18 Sep 1916
Registration Date Apr 2007
Registration district Bury St ed
Inferred County Suffolk
Register Number 1C001
District and Subdistrict 742/1C
Entry Number 012



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Rupert A Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name Rupert A Powell
Registration Date Apr 1946 [May 1946] [Jun 1946]
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration district Kensington
Inferred County London
Spouse
Rosemary T Wynne-edwards
Volume Number 1a
Page number 336


MS Rosemary Touzel Powell
in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2022
Name MS Rosemary Touzel Powell
Gender Female
Age 88
Birth Date 1919
Last Residence Newmarket on Fergus, Suffolk, England
Postal Code District Cb8
Death Date 28 Jul 2007


There's a Findagrave entry for Rosemary, with an extensive bio added, which mentions a daughter, two sons, and 5 grandchildren.


The daughter was born in 1947, and the sons in 1948 and 1951..

Nicholas Guy was a patient in Savernake Hospital, Wiltshire, in 1939, and died there on 21 October 1939.

In 1939, Harriet is with her brother Philip in Marlborough, Wilts, and also a Lorna W M Powell, single, born 28 April 1922.


POWELL, WINIFRED LORNA MARY mmn ALDWORTH
GRO Reference: 1922 J Quarter in EASTHAMPSTEAD Volume 02C Page 787


Winifred L M Powell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name Winifred L M Powell
Registration Date Jul 1950 [Aug 1950] [Sep 1950]
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district Marylebone
Inferred County Middlesex
Spouse
Michael A Melford
Volume Number 5d
Page number 820


Winifred Lorna M Melford
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Winifred Lorna M Melford
Death Age 84
Birth Date 28 Apr 1922
Registration Date Apr 2006
Registration district Chiltern
Inferred County Buckinghamshire
Register Number L14A
District and Subdistrict 327/1A
Entry Number 153

The Melfords had two daughters, born 1952 and 1954.