Ann, Widow of Charles #2

All that I know of Ann's parents is from her marriage certificate where she lists her father as William Lewis, a carpenter.  In the 1841 census I found William & Sarah Lewis with three children living in Bryngwyn, Abergavenny:

Samuel   25
Ann      23
Edward   21

Lewis is a very common name, so no way of confirming that this is our Ann. 

 I did notice in the census records from 1861 on that there was always a Lewis family living near the Powells – did Ann’s uncle and brothers step in to help this young widow raise her children?  Edward & James are the right age to be her brothers.

Census records in Abergavenny with Lewis’s near Ann Powell:

1851	Haverfordwest
1861	Byefield Lane	Samuel Lewis	1799	milkman	Llanddewi
1871	St. Johns Square	Edward Lewis	1823	tailor	Llanarth
1881	Baker St, Lewis Lane	James Lewis	1822	carpenter
1891	#3 St. John’s Square	Lewis at #4			Abergavenny

Timeline for the Charles(2) Powell family in England and Wales:

1847 letter from Hargrave Square, north side of Alice Street,   Bermondsey, London to 15 Victoria St., Abergavenny, Wales

1851 census 159 City Rd., St. Martins, Haverfordwest

1861 census 95 Byefield Lane, Abergavenny, Wales

1871 census 137 St. Johns Sq., Abergavenny, Wales

     1881 census Baker Street, Lewis Lane, Abergavenny, Wales

     1891 census #3, St John’s Square, Abergavenny, Wales

     1901 census 18 Victoria St., Abergavenny, Wales

1905 Death Cert. 18 Victoria St., Abergavenny, Wales

Ann’s death certificate said she was the widow of “Charles(2) Glifford Powell, Tallow Chandler”.  This information was provided by her daughter-in-law, Emma Powell, widow of Charles(3) Glifford, the baker.  It is possible that because her husband was “Charles Glifford” she assumed that this was also father-in-law Charles middle name. Certainly in the letter of 1847 Charles, the father refers to Glifford as “my sister Mary's fancy name”.

In 1986 my mother and I visited the local cemetery in Abergavenny in search of information about the Powell’s.  From Ann’s death certificate I had a date.  The old caretaker at the cemetery found the record almost immediately and quickly took us to Ann’s grave.  This is the inscription on the stone:

Cemetery Records New Cemetery, Abergavenny (E75)

In loving memory of

Ann

wife of Charles Powell

of Lion Street

Died January 4th 1905

Aged 87 years

Also the Aforesaid

Charles Powell

who was interred at Haverfordwest

Blessed are the dead

which die in the Lord

(Ann is listed in the cemetery record book as a non-conformist)

My mother Doreen (Powell) Todhunter at her Great Grandmother Ann Powell's headstone in Abergavenny

     These bookmarks were given to John Lewis Powell when he left for Canada.  On the back it says "given to Father (John Lewis Powell) by his mother when he left home to come to Canada - September 1879 - October 1879.

  

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