Amelia Ann (Powell) Graham (abt. 1859 - 1929)

Born about 1859 in Pickering, York, Canada West

Ancestors

Wife of David Smith — married 25 Dec 1883 in Pickering, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Wife of William James Graham — married 17 Apr 1912 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Died 10 May 1929 at about age 70 in York, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Amelia was born in about 1859. She married David Smith in 1883. ^[1] She married William Graham in 1912. ^[2] Amelia passed away in 1929. ^[3]

"The Powell brothers, Caleb and Henry, came to Pickering about the year 1815 and settled on Lot 6. B. F. Caleb's family were William, Henry and Bradford. William Powell married Susan Dillingham, by whom he had a family of one son and four daughters, as follows: Emma, (Mrs. Ellicott, Lot 16, Con. 4), Amelia (Mrs. Smith, Toronto), Ida (Mrs. Oke, Toronto), Hatty (Mrs. L. D. Banks, Pickering) and Walter B., auctioneer of Pickering Village. Henry Powell married Rachel Woodruff, by whom he had a family of four sons and one daughter, as follows : John (Lot 10, B.F., married M. Stanley), Harvey (Lot 6, Con. 2, married Mrs. Davis), Bradford (of Oshawa), Thomas (went to the United States) and Nettie (Mrs. Richards, of Lot 3, B.E.). Bradford Powell was a merchant in Whitby." ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJ8-QWS
2. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS88-7FQ
3. ↑ Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKZ1-J6P
4. ↑ Past Years in Pickering: Sketches of the History of the Community, William R. Wood, 1911