Brief Life History of Cynthia Ann
When Cynthia Ann Powell was born on 18 July 1893, in Durkee, Baker, Oregon, United States, her father, John Fremont Powell, was 30 and her mother, Florence Boyer, was 27. She married Harold Van Alan Moore on 1 November 1914, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Baker Election Precinct 5, Baker, Oregon, United States for about 5 years. She died on 20 September 1985, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States.
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- Anna Powell in household of John Powell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Cynthia Ann Powell, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Cynthia Powell, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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