Joseph Alvers Powers

Brief Life History of Joseph Alvers

When Joseph Alvers Powers was born in 1808, in Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, Joseph Powers, was 58 and his mother, Rebecca Stearns, was 41. He married Caroline Amelia Walker in January 1836, in Smith, MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in January 1879, in Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Gage Cemetery, Ferrisburgh, Addison, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Alvers Powers
1808–1879
Caroline Amelia Walker
1820–1906
Marriage: January 1836
Freeman Powers
1841–1870
Salina Jane Powers
1842–
Hartwell Abner Powers
1844–1919
Joseph Walker Powers
1848–1932
Levi Osgood Powers
1853–1915
Caroline Laura Powers
1855–1934

Sources (13)

  • Joseph Powers, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Joseph, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Joseph Alvers Powers, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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