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Need to find parents of Samuel Powell

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  Posted by Fozzie (U1891105) on Wednesday, 24th August 2005

  Samuel Powell was born in Exminster in Devon around 1836/7. I desperately need to find the names of his parents. Can anyone help please?

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  Posted by anisel (U1752839) on Wednesday, 24th August 2005

  There is no Samuel Powell below 10 years old in Exminster in the 1841 census.
  
  In 1851 there is a 12 year old Samuel Powell, born Exminster, working as a farm servant in Dunchideock. He is not with his parents, but there is a 13 year old Richard Powell there too, also a farm servant.
  
  There is no sign of him in 1861.

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  Posted by Jean (U1754038) on Wednesday, 24th August 2005

  Hi, In 1861 Samuel put he was born in Chudleigh in Devon, did you know he had a step son that was two years older than himself?

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  Posted by anisel (U1752839) on Thursday, 25th August 2005

  Well spotted, Cassie. In 1871 he claims Exminster again. It's an interesting family setup - he's 23 and his wife is 49! Samuel is an excavator, James a butcher. They are at Macey Street, Torpoint.
  
  Alfred J Budge abt 1853 Torpoint, Cornwall, England Stepson Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  Deborah Budge abt 1848 Torpoint, Cornwall, England Stepdaughter Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  Emma Budge abt 1850 Torpoint, Cornwall, England Stepdaughter Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  James Budge abt 1836 Torpoint, Cornwall, England Stepson Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  Ann M Powell abt 1812 Torpoint, Cornwall, England Wife Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  Samuel Powell abt 1838 Chudleigh, Devon, England Head Antony St Jacob Cornwall
  
  Source information: RG10/2229
  Registration district: St Germans
  Sub-registration district: Antony
  ED, institution, or vessel: 8
  Folio: 33
  Page: 5
  Household schedule number: 29
  GSU Number: 834871

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  Posted by anisel (U1752839) on Thursday, 25th August 2005

  Exminster and Chudleigh are about 10 miles apart, and separated by the Haldon Hills which would have made it a considerable trek in those days, so I'm not sure why Samuel would claim one or the other. But there is a 2 year old Samuel living in Harcombe, Chudleigh, in 1841 with an older brother Richard (as in 1851).
  
  John Powell 25 Ag Lab
  Ann Powell 25 Ag Lab
  Jane Powell 6
  Richard Powell 4
  Samuel Powell 2
  
  Remember that adult ages are rounded down in the 1841 census, so his parents could have been anything between 25 and 29.

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  Posted by anisel (U1752839) on Thursday, 25th August 2005

  The IGI (familysearch.org) has an extracted parish record for the marriage of John Powell and Ann Snell, 27 April 1834 in Exminster. So it looks possible that at least one of his parents came from Exminster, and he may indeed have been born there if Ann went home to Mum for the birth, but that they lived in Chudleigh.

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  Posted by Fozzie (U1891105) on Thursday, 25th August 2005

  Thanks Anisel. That's exactly the information I was looking for! This has solved a very complicated mystery.

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