Richard Francis Powers (1889 - 1918)

Born 30 Jan 1889 in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Oct 1918 at age 29 in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Richard Francis Powers was born in 1889 in East Boston, Massachusetts, the son of James J. Powers (1858-1903) and Mary A. McGrath (1865- ).^[1]

Richard, age 23, married 26 year old Mary Anne Hazel (1878–1939) on 23 Jun 1912 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^[2] Their children were:

1. James J. Powers (1913–1920)
2. Thomas Aloysius Powers (1915–1916)
3. Margaret Mary (Powers) Stone (1918– )^[3]

Richard, age 29, registered for WWI on 5 Jun 1917 residing at 437 Meridian Street, East Boston and had wife and one child at this time. He had prior eyesight and kidney trouble.^[4]

Richard passed in 1918 of bronchopneumonia and influenza and was buried at Malden Holy Cross in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[5]

Obituary

Obituary Richard Francis Powers in The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 3 Oct 1918, Thu, page 8: POWERS–In East Boston, Oct. 2, Richard F., beloved husband of Mary Powers (nee Hazel), and son of Mary and the late James Powers, formerly of Paris st. Funeral notice later.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXW6-96X : 9 March 2018), Richard Francis Powers, 30 Jan 1889, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #89, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,243.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q282-KMMH : 22 July 2021), Richard F Powers and Mary A Hazel, 23 Jun 1912; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 826,715.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-HR9T : 8 March 2021), Richard Francis Powers in entry for Daniel Francis Stone and Margaret Mary Powers, 30 Apr 1949; citing Marriage, New Hampshire, New Hampshire - Vital records, United States, New Hampshire Vital Records Office.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN2-CDY : 13 March 2018), Richard F Powers, 1917-1918; citing East Boston City no 1, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,760.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBZ1-HPG : 13 March 2018), Richard F Powers, 02 Oct 1918; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 11871, page 21, State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ Obituary Richard Francis Powers in The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 3 Oct 1918, Thu, page 8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/430941793/?article=f7f085b1-7598-4bef-86e8-be2736afe512

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y9-GM1 : accessed 3 November 2018), Richard Powers in household of J James Powers, Precinct 6 Boston city Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1163, sheet 12A, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KF-MRN : accessed 3 November 2018), Richard F Powers in household of Mary A Powers, Boston Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1263, sheet 18B, family 362, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 613; FHL microfilm 1,374,626.