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Title: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: drossky on Monday 09 March 09 21:57 GMT (UK)
Seeking information on Frederick Archibald Power, born 14th April 1883 at Woolwich London England. Believed to be buried in New Westminster Canada

Have information to share concerning his other family members in England
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: BigSlick on Monday 09 March 09 22:12 GMT (UK)
he was a bootmaker in Richmond Surrey when he was 28
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: charlotteCH on Saturday 14 March 09 10:06 GMT (UK)
drossky, Welcome to rootschat.

Is New Westminster in Ontario of in BC? 
 My knowledge of Canadian geography is shaky.
 I do know that there is a marvellous free data base of burials for Ontario. Ont. Cemetry Finding Aid, so if he died in Ont. maybe you can find him there.
Re face if he died in BC :-[ :-[

charlotte
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: drossky on Friday 27 March 09 11:02 GMT (UK)
charlotte CH

Thanks for your reply.
Frederick Archibald Power did die in New Westminster as did his wife Alice but as yet have not found any further info

Good luck in your searching
drossky

 :)
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: jorose on Friday 27 March 09 13:04 GMT (UK)
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5C5D30/gbsearch/Deaths
seems to show his death as in Vancouver?

http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action
 a Fred A. Power b. abt 1883 was heading to Canada in 1913 - from London, landing in Quebec.

He signed up for WWI, at which time he was a Letter Carrier living in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and married to Mrs A. M. Power (Alice Martha, whose death is shown in BC?).
It also says he was previously in the RN.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/
 shows his RN records.

He married in Woolwich in 1904, Alice Martha Mills.

http://www.nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca/nwheritage.org/heritagesite/genealogy/library.htm
has lots of links including:
http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/search.php
 which shows Frederick A. Power at "Fraser" cemetery in New Westminster (also there, a Robert and a Richard F)

They do appear to be in Prince Albert for the 1916 census of Saskatchewan.  There, sons appear: Robert F (1900?), Alfred G, 1910, Arthur H, 1915, William G, 1916.

There's a question mark on Robert because he appears to be actually a Mills (Robert Frederick Mills, b. 1902).  And this makes this thread feel very familiar to me!

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,351121.0.html - see here! There are other relatives on that thread, including a descendant of Frederick and Alice.
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: drossky on Monday 06 April 09 14:55 BST (UK)
Hi Jorose
Thanks for your reply.
I have followed up on your information and apart from opening Pandora s box, I am a least coming to the end of a 20 year search.
Thanks again
Drossky
Title: Re: Frederick Archibald Power 1883
Post by: Cheerio12 on Sunday 01 August 21 18:17 BST (UK)
Looks like this request was posted in 2009.  Just now seeing this post in 2021.  I am fairly closely related to him and know a quite a bit about him, as well as his other siblings Amy, Ethel, Catherine, Herbert.   There are descendants of the Power family currently living in Canada.

I am curious to hear the information that drossky was wanting to share regarding relatives in the UK

Regards,

Cheerio12  :)