Hilda Adele Powell

Female4 September 1898–2 July 1952

Brief Life History of Hilda Adele

When Hilda Adele Powell was born on 4 September 1898, in Kaweah, Tulare, California, United States, her father, Joel Danford Powell, was 29 and her mother, Matilda Hurst, was 26. She married Anthony C Katen about 1917, in California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Livingston, Merced, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 3, Fresno, California, United States in 1940. She died on 2 July 1952, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Kingsburg, Fresno, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cecil Lindner Byron
1896–1966
Hilda Adele Powell
1898–1952
Marriage: about 1923
Danford Anthony Byron
1919–1945
Hal Keith Byron
1925–1962

Sources (12)

  • Hilda Byron in household of Lynn C Byron, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Adele H Powell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Hilda Adele Powell
  • Hilda Adele Powell Byron, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1923California, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 2

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 8

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 15

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    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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