Grant
Powell
Born in Toronto, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Grant Powell
and Elizabeth (Bleeker) Powell
Brother of
Anne Jane (Powell) Seymour, Charlotte (Powell) Ridout, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (Powell) Grogan, William Dummer Powell and Sarah Catherine (Powell) McKellar
Husband of
Elizabeth Mary (Hurd) Powell
— married
Jun 1846 in Toronto, Canada West
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Elizabeth (Powell) Gormally, Arthur Wellesley Powell and Robert Henry Wynyard Powell
Died
at age 84
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2017
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Biography
Grant, born September 2, 1819,[1] was named after his father Dr. Grant Powell.[2] He was educated at Upper Canada College. During the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837-38, he served as a lieutenant in the Incorporated Militia. He joined the civil service in 1839.[3]
In 1881 he worked as a civil servant in Ottawa, Ontario.[4] At the age of 69, he held the position of Under Secretary of State.[5][6]
He died January 27, 1904, in Ottawa and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery.[7]
Sources
- ↑ The Canadian Parliamentary Companion, 1887, p. 383, Google eBook
- ↑ Canniff, William. The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850. W. Briggs, 1894, p. 561, Google eBook
- ↑ The Canadian Parliamentary Companion, 1887, p. 383, Google eBook
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXC-T1P : 18 November 2014), Grant Powell, St-George Ward, Ottawa (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 33; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13230, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,866.
- ↑ Canniff, William. The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850. W. Briggs, 1894, p. 561, Google eBook
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1901", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL1-95F : 30 January 2017), Grant Powell, 1901.
- ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6WR-Q2J : 25 June 2015), Grant Powell, 27 Jan 1904; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, yr 1904 cn 7108, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,283.
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