James POWELL...1785 Shoe Maker Brains Green (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, April 30, 2017, 00:15 (2766 days ago) @ jane gould

I'm searching for the marriage of John Powell and ?, who lived at Hewler's Farm, Brains Green in 1850, when their daughter Elizabeth married William Wood. Can't find them in the 1841 or 1851 censuses. It's possible that John was the son of James Powell and Mary Howlder, who was baptised in Blakeney Chapel in 1799. And possibly the brother of Joseph the shoemaker! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Jane, got to be quick for now as getting late, but for starters using the excellent free-to-access LDS aka FamilySearch site, looking for all John Powells in Awre. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKL-YMM

Unsure as to how close these households were to each other as cannot read actual census forms, but presumably are near-neighbours and probably related;

1861 Census, Miller's Row, Awre, Glos
Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace
James Powell Head M 60 Mealman And Wood Turner Employing 5 Men 1 Boy. Newent, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Powell Wife F 58 Awre, Gloucestershire
Emma Vaughan General Servant F 20 West Dean, Gloucestershire
John Powell Servant M 40 Carter. Awre, Gloucestershire

1861 Census, Mill End, Awre, Glos
Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace
John A Powell Head M 35 Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Powell Wife F 33 Melksham, Wiltshire
Charlotte E Powell Daughter F 4 Blakeney, Gloucestershire
Florence E Powell Daughter F 2 Blakeney, Gloucestershire

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1851 Census, Blakeney Hill, Glos
Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace
Philip Powell Head M 78 Land Proprietor. Awre, Gloucestershire
Sarah Powell Wife F 55 Blakeney, Gloucestershire
William Powell Son M 48 Unmarried. Wheelwrights. Awre, Gloucestershire
John Powell Son M 35 Unmarried. Wheelwrights. Awre, Gloucestershire

1851 Census, Tything, Blakeney, Awre, Glos
Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace
William Wood Head M 46 Farmer 37 Acr 1 Agr Lab. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Wood Wife F 38 Awre, Gloucestershire
William Wood Son M 0 Awre, Gloucestershire
John Powell Lodger M 82 Past labour. Awre, Gloucestershire
Ann Powell Lodger F 78 Maisemore, Gloucestershire
James Warren Servant M 13 Agr lab. Lydney, Gloucestershire

John & Ann Powell are described as "married", suspect they are a married couple, hence most probably parents of Elizabeth, wife of William Wood as per yr 1850 marriage.

Look like same John & Ann in the 1841 census below, with a daughter Elizabeth born abt 1819.

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1841 Census, Uler'S Farm, Awre, Glos
Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace
John Powell M 65-69 Gloucestershire
Ann Powell F 65-69 Gloucestershire
Ann Powell F 25-29 Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Powell F 20-24 Gloucestershire
Frederick Powell M 20-24 Gloucestershire
John Morse M 15-19 Gloucestershire
William Powell M 30-34 Gloucestershire
William Wood M 30-34 Gloucestershire

(ie Hewler's Farm)

I've tried looking thro this FoDFH site's PRs for likely Births and a Marriage to fit this household but so far no obvious hits, most names are quite common yet Frederick is so rare cannot find his birth at all, so needs more work but hopefully this helps you a little ?