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by mpowell831 , Chicago, United States, Friday, August 02, 2013, 22:32 (4125 days ago) @ slowhands

Sorry about that. I should have clarified. I have a fair amount of information on Milson Powell, their son (my great great grandfather). So any information regarding his siblings is what I was getting at when I mentioned children. Sorry about that.

All I know about Milson was he was a coal miner who moved to LaSalle, Illinois (not far from Chicago) to mine coal in the States. He met my great great grandmother, Hannah Maria Tennant Gascoyne, whose parents were from Dronfield, Derbyshire. I only found out that Milson's parents were Henry Powell and Esther Beach via an Illinois Death Certificate. Therefore, I know nothing about his parents except for their names and a rough idea of when and where they lived.

We think Henry Powell was born in 1844 in Awre and died in 1910 in Pontypool. I've been told that his parents were John Powell and his mother was Caroline Bird, but I'm not confident on this and was looking for some help or maybe a different approach.

We think Esther Beach was born in 1850 in West Dean and died in 1900 in Westbury-on-Severn. We're pretty sure her parents were William Beach and Charlotte Milling. We think William was born in Newland in 1815 and died in 1891 in West Dean and we think Charlotte Milling was born in 1817 in Popes Hill and died in in 1883 somewhere in Monmouthshire.

I have some information past these people but its mostly educated guessing. Hopefully I didn't throw too many dates and names out there making things confusing. If you need anymore information from me just let me know but I've pretty much provided everything I know with any degree of certainty. I have pictures of Henry's death certificate and his and Esther's marriage certificate if you'd like to see them. Just let me know if you need anything. Thanks for the help.

-Matt

UPDATE!!!
Hey guys. After some digging around on this site and Ancestry.com I got back to Job Beach and Elizabeth Hughes on the Beach side. Esther's parents were William Beach and Charlotte Milling. If anyone can help me with the Milling side that would be great. I know that his name is William Milling. Still having some difficulty on the Powell side though. I've seen Henry's parents being both James or John Powell and Caroline Bird as well as John Powell and Elizabeth White. However, this Henry seems to have been born in 1840 rather than 1844... so I don't really know which way to take this...any suggestions?