When Isaac Allman Powell was born on 11 May 1857, in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, his father, Nicholas Powell, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Bennett, was 34. He married Rose Ann Salmon on 20 May 1885, in Jamaica. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 January 1913, in Jamaica, at the age of 55.
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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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