Brief Life History of William Bramwell
When William Bramwell Powell was born on 22 December 1836, in Castile, Castile, Wyoming, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Powell, was 31 and his mother, Mary Dean, was 33. He married Wilhelmina Bengelstraeter on 18 May 1865, in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1890. He died on 6 February 1904, in Mount Vernon, Hamburg, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Middle Village, Queens, New York, United States.
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- W B Powell in household of C L Dickinson, "United States Census, 1870"
- William B Powell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- William B. Powell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1839 · Dueling Prohibited
February 20, 1839, Congress prohibits dueling in Washington D.C. It is inspired by the incident where William Graves, a Kentucky Rep. is killed by Jonathan Cilley, a Maine Rep.
1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
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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