Brief Life History of Nellie
When Nellie Powell was born in 1799, in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Evan Powel, was 36 and her mother, Philena Sabean, was 33.
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1823
Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List
1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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