Rebecca was born in about 1852 at Clarke Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada. She is the daughter of Nelson Powers and Maria Billings.
Rebecca dies on October 6, 1889 at Clarke Township due to Consumption aka Tuberculosis.
Death
Ontario Deaths and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
Name Rebecca M Powers
Event Type Death
Event Date Oct. 6, 1889
Event Place Durham, Ontario
Gender Female
Age 36
Birthplace Tp. Of Clarke, Ont
Birth Year (Estimated) 1853
Death - "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 9 November 2015), Rebecca M Powers, 1889; citing Durham, Ontario, yr 1889 cn 12092, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,493.
Death - Find A Grave Memorial# 158816316. Record Created by: Bev Dowson. Record added: Mar 02, 2016. Headstone Photograph by Bev Dowson. Image Used with Permission of Photographer.
Census - "1871 Census of Canada," database, FamilySearch : accessed 9 November 2015, Rebecca Powers in household of Mariah Powers, Clarke, West Durham, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 34, line 15; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9978, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,302.
Census - "1861 Census of Canada," Library and Archives Canada. Item Number: 1516187. Surname: Powers. Given Name(s): Nelson. Age: 49. Province: Canada West (Ontario). District Name: Durham. Sub-District Name: Clarke. Digitized page of Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) for Image No.: 4391544_00242. JPG (Image No.: 4391544_00242).
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Beverly Henry for creating Powers-1746 on 24 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Beverly and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca: