Louisa Powis

Brief Life History of Louisa

When Louisa Powis was born on 13 September 1819, in Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Powis, was 40 and her mother, Sophia Brass, was 35. She died on 26 November 1912, in Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Restvale Cemetery, Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Powis
1779–1859
Sophia Brass
1784–1870
Henry Powis
1806–1884
George Powis
1808–1839
Charles Powis Sr.
1813–1859
Louisa Powis
1819–1912
Sophia Powis
1821–1913

Sources (9)

  • Louisa Powis in household of Sophia Powis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Louisa Powis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Louisa Powis, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1821

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials List.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Welsh (now mainly West Midlands of England): habitational name from the region of Powis in mid Wales (from Old Welsh powes ‘country dwellers’).

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

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