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Robert Eldridge Powell 1896 – 1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 February 1896

Birth Location: Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 17 October 1942

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: Eldridge Powell

Mother: Nellie Munson

Spouse(s): Lora Goodner

Children(s): Robert Powell, Dorothy Powell

Robert Eldridge Powell was born in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA in 1896, to Eldridge Manley Powell and Nellie Mae Munson. Later in life, Robert Eldridge Powell married Lora May Goodner; among their children were Robert Russell Powell and Dorothy June Powell. Robert Eldridge Powell died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, 1942.

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Parents

Eldridge Powell
1867 – 1933
Birth Location: McLean County, Illinois, USA
EP
Nellie Munson
1871 – 1949
Birth Location: Randolph, McLean, Illinois, USA
NM

Spouses(s)

Lora Goodner
1896 – 1991
Birth Location: Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, USA
LG

Children(s)

Robert Powell
1914 – 1998
Birth Location: Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, USA
RP
Dorothy Powell
1921 – 1990
Birth Location: Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
DP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 February 1896
    Event Place: Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Bloomington Ward 1, McLean, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago (Districts 0251-0500), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0259; FHL microfilm: 2340159

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 October 1942
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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