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Maurice Powers

Male 1825 - 1864  (39 years)

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  • Name Maurice Powers  [1, 2
    Birth 1825  Waterford, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Name Morris Powers 
    _UID 70891C9D933F4BA690FF7F7E9FEB8DFD1522 
    Burial Mar 1864  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 10 Mar 1864  Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I9033  broderick
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2016 

    Father John Powers,   b. Abt 1800, Waterford, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catherina (Powers),   b. Abt 1800, Waterford, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Welsh,   b. 1827, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1892, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1852  St. Mary's R.C. Church, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Powers,   b. 30 Apr 1854, West Troy, Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1926, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. John Powers,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Prob West Troy, Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1880, Des Plaines, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F2831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Jan 1852 - St. Mary's R.C. Church, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Mar 1864 - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Mar 1864 - Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S78] New York 1855 Census, Albany, Watervliet E.D. 2, West Troy, p ?, img 23, ln 23 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Morris Powers
      Birth Year: abt 1825
      Age: 30
      Gender: Male
      Married.
      8 years in town.
      Occ.: None
      Residence: Watervliet, Albany, New York, USA
      District: E.D. 2
      Household number: 236
      Line Number: 23
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Morris Powers 30
      Katherine Powers 28
      Mary Powers 1

    2. [S75] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 8th, 1860, (Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Wisconsin > Rock > Janesville Wd 2 > img 29, p 74, ln 7 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: Maurice Powers
      Age in 1860: 35
      Birth Year: abt 1825
      Birthplace: Ireland
      Home in 1860: Janesville Ward 2, Rock, Wisconsin
      Gender: Male
      Post Office: Janesville
      Occ. Laborer
      Unable to read or write
      Dwelling 603, household 589.
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Maurice Powers 35
      Catherine Powers 31
      Mary Powers 6
      John Powers 4

    3. [S47] FindAGrave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com), Find A Grave Memorial# 134163067 (Reliability: 3).
      Maurice Powers

      Birth: 1825
      County Waterford, Ireland
      Death: Mar. 10, 1864
      Janesville
      Rock County
      Wisconsin, USA

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Catherine Welch Powers (1827 - 1892)

      Children:
      John Powers (1855 - 1880)*
      Maryann Powers Briggs (1856 - 1926)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Mount Olivet Cemetery
      Janesville
      Rock County
      Wisconsin, USA

      Created by: Maryann
      Record added: Aug 10, 2014
      Find A Grave Memorial# 134163067

    4. [S565] Ancesty.com, Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987, ( Source Citation Probate Records, 1832-1988 (Rock County, Wisconsin); Author: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Rock County); Probate Place: Rock, Wisconsin Source Information Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2015. Original data: Wisconsin County, District and Probate Courts.), Rock, Probate Records, Files 677-707, img 785-789 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Morris Powers
      Probate Date: 14 Apr 1864
      Probate Place: Rock, Wisconsin, USA
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1864
      Inferred Death Place: Wisconsin, USA
      Case Number: 700
      Item Description: Probate Records, Files 677-707
      Table of Contents 12 images
      Cover Page 1
      Administration Papers 2
      Miscellaneous 3– 6
      Account Papers 7– 8
      Will Papers 9
      Miscellaneous 10– 12

    5. [S4] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1469062), _up through 1910, 1852, img 209, no. 4 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Catherine Welsh
      Birth Year: abt 1831
      Birth Place: Ireland
      Marriage Date: 3 Jan 1852
      Marriage Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
      Age at Marriage: 21
      Father: Robert Welsh
      Mother: Margaret Welsh
      Spouse: Maurice Powers
      Spouse Birth Place: Ireland
      Spouse Age at Marriage: 30
      Spouse occ.: Mariner
      Spouse Father: John Powers
      Spouse Mother: Catherine Powers
      Officiant: Henry Lennon, Roman Catholic Priest
      Rev. Lennon was pastor of St. Mary's R.C. Church, later Immaculate Conception R. C. Church, in Newburyport.

    6. [S300] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Database on-line. (Formerly called Massachusetts Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988)), Newburyport, Births, Marriages and Death, img 2408, no. 4 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Catherine Welsh
      Event Type: Marriage
      Birth Date: abt 1831
      Marriage Date: 3 Jan 1852
      Marriage Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts
      Marriage Age: 21
      Father Name: Robert Welsh
      Mother Name: Margaret Welsh
      Spouse Name: Maurice Powers
      Spouse Marriage Age: 30
      Spouse Father Name: John Powers
      Spouse Mother Name: Catherine Powers
      Groom's occ.: Mariner