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James Powell 1821–1859 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 JAN 1821

Birth Location: Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 20 JUL 1859

Death Location: Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Father: James 1820

Mother: Sarah 1820

Spouse(s): Jane Hoole

Children(s): Edward Powell

James Powell was born in 1821 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, the child of James Powell 1820 And Sarah 1820. James Powell married Jane Elizabeth Fitz Hoole, and had children including Edward James Sgt Powell. James Powell passed away in 1859 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • James Powell was born in 1821 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, the child of James Powell 1820 And Sarah 1820.
  • James Powell married Jane Elizabeth Fitz Hoole, and had children including Edward James Sgt Powell.
  • James Powell passed away in 1859 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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James Powell's Ancestors

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James Powell
1821–1859
Birth Place: Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Parents
James Powell 1820
1787–1864
Sarah 1820
1788–1832
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James Powell's Descendants

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James Powell (11 JAN 1821–20 JUL 1859) m. Jane (Elizabeth Fitz) Hoole (10 JAN 1821–BET 1859 AND 1914)
  1. 1. Edward (James (Sgt)) Powell 1853–1928 m. Hendrina (Elizabetha) Flooks 1877–1937
    1. 1. Cecil (Ernest Hoole) Powell 1904–1954 m. Maria (Salomina) Stols 1913–1960
    2. 2. Edward (James) Powell 1908–
    3. 3. Owen (Walter Hoole) Powell 1910–1975 m. Hester (Cornelia Wilhelmina Carolina) Cloete 1914–1961
      1. 1. Edward (James Cloete) Powell 1932–2011 m. Helena (Levina) Croucamp 1936–2012
      2. 2. Johanna (Susanna Maria) Powell 1936–1963
      3. 3. Abraham (Cloete) Powell 1948–1970

James Powell's Timeline

3 Records

1821
11 JAN 1821
Birth of James Powell in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1831
11 JAN 1831
Age 10
James Powell was baptized in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1859
20 JUL 1859
Age 38
Death of James Powell in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 JAN 1821
    Event Place: Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source: Baptisms 1820 - 1959 Salem Albany Methodist Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 JAN 1831
    Event Place: Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source: Baptisms 1820 - 1959 Salem Albany Methodist Parish Records, (Entry# 298)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 JUL 1859
    Event Place: Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] "Descendants of James and Jane Hoole"
    [2] In 1835 a star-shaped fort was built to protect the 1600 members of the Fingo people, refugees from the area now comprising the Transkei who were allies of the Europeans in the wars with the Xhosa. The fort was named after Colonel John Peddie of the Seaforth Highlanders. In 1846 it withstood a siege by 9000 warriors. A town grew around the the fort. Fort Peddie was built in 1841 on the site of an earlier earth stronghold.In 1836 the Reverend John Ayliff was responsible for the resettlement of the Fingo into the colony from "the country beyond the Kei", and a bronze plaque has been erected under a large milkwood tree in Peddie by the Monuments Commission recording the Fingo's declaration of loyalty to "God and the King". Fingo people congregate around the old milkwood tree on 14 May every year for
    a remembrance service. Fingos were enslaved by the Xhosas. The word AmaMfengu means homeless beggars. These were people who had been defeated and driven from their own land by Chaka, the Zulu Chief, had taken refuge among Hintza's Galekas, and were treated by them as serfs.

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