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Record #22153

Name :: : James William POWLEY (1884 - 1916)
aka : Lance Corporal Powley
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 19 Oct 1884
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 3 Sep 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Norfolk, Swaffham

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Courcelette

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Apr 1897
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Labrador
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Lance Corporal James William 'Charlie' Powley.

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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: James William Powley
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1884
Registration District: Swaffham
Inferred County: Norfolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 385

1891 English Census records place James W Powley as the 6 year old son of Franny (Green) Powley born about 1885 in Necton, Norfolk, England. The pair lives in Swaffham, Norfolk, England where Fanny is a Dressmaker and James is a Scholar.

Sailed with Barnardo's Homes on 3 Apr 1897 aboard the 'Labrador'.

On 19 March 1909, a son Melville James Powley was born to James and his wife Marie in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, the couple went on to have two more children Thelma in 1911 & Malvina in 1913

1911 Canadian Census records place James W Powley as married, born Oct 1885 having immigrated in 1887 from England. His wife's name was Marie and he was living with his mother-in-law Katherine McCauley along with a few of her grown children and grandchildren. The family is living in Stratford, Perth, Ontario.

Attestation papers signed 22 Sep 1915 in Stratford, Ontario. James William Powley was born 19 Oct 1884 in Swaffan, Norfolk, England. He was a Moulder by trade. His Next of Kin was Marie Powley of 22 King Street, Stratford, ONtario, Canada. 5' 7 1/8" in height with blue eyes and brown hair. His religion was listed as Roman Catholic.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action in the trenches west of Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France. His Next of Kin was Marie Powley of 122 King Street, Stratford, Ontario. His body was not recovered for burial, his name is recorded on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56682582

On April 25 1923, his widow Marie McCauley Powley died aged 31, at 122 King St, Stratford, Perth, the cause was given as Cardiac Asthma (12 years 6 months), but the immediate cause was stated as Heart Failure

ContributorsCreated : 2013-09-21 20:53:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-21 05:39:41 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23728	ADAMS, Ethel M	1887	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4491	ADAMS, Henry F.	1880	ENG, ESS, Brighton	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21088	ADAMS, Percy Robert	1884	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8762	ADAMTHWAITE, Ethel Maud	1887	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9959	ADAMTHWAITE, Mary Kate Jane	1886	ENG, LND	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
20177	AGGETT, Sidney Francis George	1883	ENG, DEV, East Stonehouse	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
19952	ALEXANDER, James	1883	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22083	ALFORD, W. G.	1886	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21078	ALLEN, Joseph	1882	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23771	ANDERSON, Ethel	1887	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22780	ANDERSON, G	1875	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9711	ANDERSON, Julia	1879	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21062	ANDREWS, J H	1888	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23784	ANDREWS, Stanley	1884	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22179	ANSCOMBE, William Andrew	1883	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
19911	APLIN, Albert	1887	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19622	ARCEMA, B	1881	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23796	ARCHER, Edith C	1887	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8851	ARCHER, Maud S	1888	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
6453	ASCOT, Arthur	1884	ENG, , Tiverton	Oct 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21097	ASH, Richard	1885	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
6547	ASHBY, Arthur	1886	ENG,	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21080	ASHLAN, Joseph	1885	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22078	ASHLEY, A.	1886	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8452	ASKEW, Alfred George	1883	ENG, ESX, West Ham	Aug 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9779	ASPINALL, Christmas	1878	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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