Author talk:Eleanor Grace Powell

Family memoir, other background

For background, there is https://archive.org/details/familymemoirbein00will, a memoir mostly about the life of her father, Thomas Wilde Powell (1818-1897). Actually not much about Eleanor, but she is mentioned on p. 185, one month old, in April 1859.

There were nine children, the eldest being w:Christiana Herringham. There is a biography of Christiana, but I'm not finding anything about Eleanor in it.

For the rest of the family, see this page about Theodora Wilde Powell (1871-1920). Charles Matthews (talk) 05:04, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hah. This p. 220 of the Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory (1900) has an entry for the Southwark Women's University Settlement, Treasurer Miss E. G. Powell of Piccard's Rough, Guildford. "Piccard's Rough" being the family home built by Thomas Wilde Powell, that I say is conclusive identification.

@Billinghurst: The youngest of the children was Herbert Andrews Powell (born 1863, d:Q76282846). The family lived at Blackheath and Charlton, London, before moving to Guildford. Are there census results showing the children? Charles Matthews (talk) 08:21, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Charles Matthews: Below. I cannot see the family in the 1861 census. The mother Mary Elizabeth née Marten/Martin (b. c/1827), died March 1871 prior to that census, though didn't look for variations of spelling. Marriage for parents was 1852. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Additional records that I can see are electoral rolls. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. By the way, the father is the T. W. Powell mentioned in The Coming Colony/Chapter 6, playing a part in the history of Western Australia (final spike in the Great Southern Railway [1], brought traction engines for steam ploughing with him). Interesting fellow, given his support also for Arts and Crafts. I'm drafting a WP article for him. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:45, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: w:Thomas Wilde Powell now exists, and under family there is some biography for Eleanor Grace. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:18, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

University settlements

Eleanor co-wrote a book chapter in https://archive.org/details/universitysocial00reasrich/page/88/mode/2up with Margaret A. Sewell; Sewell wrote a book chapter in The Equipment of the Social Worker (1925) by w:Elizabeth Macadam.[2] Eleanor was secretary of the Women's University Settlement. It adds up to a background in social work.

There is a photo from 1888 of her in her time as a history tutor at Somerville College. Without photographer information, that is a bit marginal for Commons. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:31, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Dictionary of Political Economy

Interesting: she is listed, as Eleanor G. Powell, as a contributor[3] in the Dictionary of Political Economy by Author:Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave. She wrote numerous articles for it.[4] Charles Matthews (talk) 05:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Probate

• Calendar of the Grants ...

Name: Eleanor Grace Powell
Death Date: 22 Apr 1945
Death Place: Liphook, Hampshire, England
Probate Date: 11 Aug 1945
Probate Registry: Llandudno

Census

• 1911 England

Name: Eleanor Grace Powell
Age in 1911: 52
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Heath, Kent, England
Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square
Street address: 9 Norfolk St, London W
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Private Means
Registration district: St George, Hanover Square
Registration District Number: 5
Sub-registration district: Mayfair and Knights Bridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 04
Piece: 418
Household Members:
Name Age
Eleanor Grace Powell 52
Mabel Mary Lumb 35
Mary Sarah Turpin 35

• 1881 England

Name: Eleanor Powell
Age: 22
Relationship to Head: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Blackheath, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Lewisham
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: The Priory
Occupation: School Teacher
Registration district: Lewisham
Sub registration district: Lewisham
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors:
Piece: 735
Folio: 41
Page Number: 43
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert White 57
Caroline White 55
Lucy White 22
Percy White 19
Eleanor Powell 22
Rosamund Powell 19
Elizth. Anthony 37
Anna Household 49
Ellen Hollman 27
Sarah Newling 22
Sarah Taylor 17
Philip Ottaway 46

• 1901 England

Name: Eleanor G Powell
Age: 42
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Blackheath, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Walton on Thames
Ecclesiastical parish: Walton St Mary
Town: Walton on Thames
Registration district: Chertsey
Sub-registration district: Walton
ED, institution, or vessel: 01
Neighbors:
Piece: 587
Folio: 28
Page Number: 47
Household schedule number: 281
Household Members:
Name Age
Eleanor G Powell 42
Georgina King 42
Emily Sherman 19
George R White 26

• 1871 England

  Eleanor not present

Name: Herbert A Powell
Age: 7
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: Charlton Kent England
Civil Parish: Charlton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Charlton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 48
Piece: 775
Folio: 7
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas W Powell 52
Christiana J Powell 18
Mary Elizabeth Powell 17
Herbert A Powell 7
Agnes Mary Powell 5
Theodora W Powell 1/12
Ellen Marth Collins 22
Lydia Routley 27
Clara Emily Garing 21
Jane Maria Minner 42
Samuel Tench 18

1939 Register

Name: Eleanor G Powell
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1859
Residence Year: 1939
Address: Cobornes Portsmouth Rd Liphook
Residence Place: Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Private Means
Schedule Number: 116
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: EEQJ
Registration district: 103-1

birth / baptism

• England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: Eleanor Grace Powell
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1859
Baptism Date: 30 Apr 1859
Baptism Place: Saint Margaret,Lee,Kent,England
Father: Thomas Wilde Powell
Mother: Mary Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 288423, 288424