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Maria Georgiana POWER (ID #I27308)
(female)
- BIRTH: 18 MAR 1832, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BAPTISM: 24 MAR 1832, Basilique de Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Canada
Father: William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
Mother: Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
Family 1
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Edward MURPHY (b. 1818, d. 05 DEC 1895)
- MARRIAGE: sénateur de la Puissance du Canada
Her grandmother signed the baptismal record, "Eliza Power". In some records she signed her name Georgiana Maria Power (e.g., in the marriage record of her sister Suzanne Eliza).
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_Michael POWER ______|
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Mary Ann POWER (ID #I26453)
(female)
- BIRTH: abt 1794, Ireland
- DEATH: 25 MAY 1870, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BURIAL: 28 MAY 1870, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Father: Michael POWER (b. abt 1770, d. 1815)
Mother: Elizabeth TOVEY (b. 1771, d. 18 JAN 1851)
Family 1
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Robert BRADLEY (b. abt 1765, d. 02 AUG 1830)
- +Joseph Power BRADLEY (b. MAR 1813, d. 29 JUL 1850)
- +Catherine BRADLEY (b. abt 1820, d. 29 FEB 1884)
- Anna Maria BRADLEY (b. abt 1822, d. 18 OCT 1894)
- Elizabeth Yates BRADLEY (b. 05 MAY 1825, d. bef 1828)
Her sister Catherine's marriage record calls her Bradley. An internet query about the judge William Power (b. 1800, son of Michael Power and Elizabeth "Tovig") mentions that she married Robert Bradley, thus apparently proving the identity of Catherine's parents. Although her husband was definitely in Jamaica in 1828 (he wrote his will there), Mary Ann Bradley was present at the marriage of her sister Catherine in Quebec in 1818. Also, her husband Robert Bradley was supposed to have taken part in the "Peninsular War" (against Napoleon's forces, in Iberia, the British intervention lasting from 1808 until 1814), but it is not known when he entered the military nor when he retired from it. Where was Mary Ann's husband in 1818? Of the known children of this couple, the three daughters were born in Jamaica, or at least the "West Indies".
A possible citation: Charles Aylwin notary, 10 dec 1860, no. 563, "Mary Power et al. to John McWilliams", sale (found in repertoire of this notary, original transaction not yet examined). Also, 05 may 1859, no. 506, Michael Power et ux. to Joseph Poliquin, obligation.
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Michael POWER (ID #I26451)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: mariner? merchant?
- BIRTH: abt 1770, Waterford, Ireland
- DEATH: 1815
Family 1
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Elizabeth TOVEY (b. 1771, d. 18 JAN 1851)
- +Mary Ann POWER (b. abt 1794, d. 25 MAY 1870)
- +Catherine POWER (b. 1797, d. 27 DEC 1834)
- +William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
The marriage record of his daughter Catherine says he was a mariner, but other records (possibly all derived from an obituary or biographical sketch of his son William, not yet located) call him a merchant. The only definite mention of his occupation that we found was in the marriage record of his daughter Catherine, 1818. In the marriage record of his son William he is called "Ecuyer" (or in English, Esquire). When and where he died is uncertain. Some accounts say that he, or his family, lived at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, about 1800 (his son William claimed to have been born there in that year — here again, the source is probably William's obituary, and the church records in that area do not appear to go back that far, but the 1851 census of Quebec gives his birthplace as Newfoundland). A notice in the Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser (St. John's, Newfoundland, digital images on Google News Archive web site) 08 jun 1815 says "MICHAEL POWER, of Waterford, late Shipmaster, deceased. All Persons having demands on the estate of MICHAEL POWER, Shipmaster, are hereby requested to present the same, duly attested, for payment, to the Subscriber.—And all persons indebted to said Estate, or the Concern of CAHILL & POWER, of which he was a Partner, prior to this date, are desired to make immediate payment to the Subscriber, who is authorized to receive the same. J. STEWART, Administrator."
A number of records relating to probates in Newfoundland have been microfilmed and digitized on FamilySearch.org. One of these (microfilm #008123993, item 5), is a "Supreme Court Administration Book", "Administration Bonds in the Probate Court, Newfoundland, 1808-1814", with a list of the estates, but so badly damaged that many names are lost or illegible. On p. 39, May 16, 48th year of the reign of George III ,May 16, 1808, Henry Duggan, baker, and Thomas Meagher, tailor, both of St. John's, pledge 600 pounds good and lawful money of Great-Britain, for the above-bounden Henry Duggan to serve as administrator of the estate and effects of Michael Power of the County of Waterford in Ireland, mariner. to give an accounting of the estate on or before May 1, 1809. No further records have been located, and in fact this record seems to concern a different Michael Power.
Google Books has digitized a large number of early issues of the Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser, beginning with scattered issues in 1810. In addition to the above notice from 1815, which appeared many times after June 8, 1815, there is a notice for November 27, 1810, stating that the schooner Mary, master Michael Power, had just sailed for Waterford (issue of November 29, 1810). In addition to the indexed notices from the Royal Gazette, a more accessible index and and digitized images are available on MyHeritage.com. Among others: November 22, 1810, "For Waterford (to sail with the November convoy), the stanch, fast-sailing schooner Mary, Michael Power, Master, well calculated for carrying passengers. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, or of Stuarts & Rennie, Nov. 15, 1810." Also in the issue of November 29, a list of vessels leaving St. John's during the past week, including the schooner Mary on November, 27th. Another notice, November 4, 1813, "For Waterford, the new fast-sailing schooner Lark, Michael Power, Master, now lying at the warf of the subscribers, burthen per register 98 tons; will carry more than 100; is will accommodated for passengers; will sail with the November fleet. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, or at the counting-house of Stuarts & Rennie. St. John's, 4th Nov. 1813."
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Michael Henry POWER (ID #I27311)
(male)
- BIRTH: 07 JAN 1839, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BAPTISM: 08 JAN 1839, Basilique de Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Canada
Father: William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
Mother: Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
As of about 1907, as reported in the Aubert de Gaspé genealogy, living in Denver, Colorado, unmarried.
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_Michael POWER ______|
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|_Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ _|
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Norman Edward POWER (ID #I27312)
(male)
- BIRTH: 27 OCT 1840, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BAPTISM: 28 OCT 1840, Basilique de Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Canada
- DEATH: 04 NOV 1841, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BURIAL: 07 NOV 1841, Ste.-Anne cemetery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Father: William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
Mother: Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
Sponsors at his baptism included Catherine Bradly (his cousin?) and her husband John Buckworth Parkins.
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_Michael POWER ______|
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_William POWER ___________|
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|_Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ _|
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Susanne Eliza POWER (ID #I27307)
(female)
- BIRTH: 28 DEC 1830, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BAPTISM: 30 DEC 1830, Basilique de Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Canada
Father: William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
Mother: Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
Family 1
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Charles SHARPLES (d. 1872)
- MARRIAGE: 05 JUN 1854, Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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_Michael POWER ______|
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_William POWER ___________|
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|_Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ _|
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Theresa Catherine POWER (ID #I27310)
(female)
- BIRTH: 03 AUG 1837, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- BAPTISM: 05 AUG 1837, Basilique de Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Canada
- DEATH: 24 SEP 1890, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Father: William POWER (b. 10 SEP 1800, d. 11 JUL 1860)
Mother: Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
Family 1
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Louis Jean Baptiste Paschal Joseph Ivanhoe TACHÉ (d. 20 APR 1887)
- MARRIAGE: 25 NOV 1856, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- William Arthur TACHÉ (b. 23 DEC 1857)
- +Marie Suzanne Cécile TACHÉ (b. 03 APR 1859)
- +Catherine Thérèse Joséphine TACHÉ (b. 01 AUG 1860)
- Emme Luce TACHÉ (b. 24 MAR 1862)
- Louis Joseph Ivanhoe TACHÉ (b. 02 NOV 1863, d. 12 AUG 1887)
- Ulric Henri TACHÉ (b. 04 JUL 1865, d. 29 DEC 1865)
- Blance Alice TACHÉ (b. 06 OCT 1866, d. 02 APR 1871)
- Harline Georgianna Isabella TACHÉ (b. 20 JUL 1868, d. 06 DEC 1879)
- Marie Laure Wilhelmine TACHÉ (b. 17 MAR 1870, d. 30 JUL 1871)
- Henri Paschal Achille TACHÉ (b. 20 OCT 1871)
- Achille George Gustave TACHÉ (b. 25 MAY 1873, d. 28 JUL 1879)
- Eugène Ernest Etienne TACHÉ (b. 12 FEB 1875, d. 02 DEC 1879)
- Marie Louise Laurette TACHÉ (b. 27 APR 1879, d. 29 NOV 1879)
Sponsors at her baptism included Joseph Power Bradley (her cousin) and Mary Ann Bradley (her aunt).
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_Michael POWER ______|
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William POWER (ID #I27305)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: judge
- BIRTH: 10 SEP 1800, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
- DEATH: 11 JUL 1860, Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny, Québec, Canada
- BURIAL: 14 JUL 1860, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Québec, Québec, Canada
- BURIAL: 1882?, reburial at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli next to his wife
Father: Michael POWER (b. abt 1770, d. 1815)
Mother: Elizabeth TOVEY (b. 1771, d. 18 JAN 1851)
Family 1
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Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ (b. 24 AUG 1812, d. 01 AUG 1882)
- MARRIAGE: 15 DEC 1829, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'Islet, Québec, Canada
- Susanne Eliza POWER (b. 28 DEC 1830)
- Maria Georgiana POWER (b. 18 MAR 1832)
- William Thomas POWER (b. 08 OCT 1833, d. 30 AUG 1834)
- William Philip POWER (b. 12 APR 1835)
- +Theresa Catherine POWER (b. 03 AUG 1837, d. 24 SEP 1890)
- Michael Henry POWER (b. 07 JAN 1839)
- Norman Edward POWER (b. 27 OCT 1840, d. 04 NOV 1841)
- Dominick Norman POWER (b. 06 OCT 1842, d. 1871)
- Isabella Amelia POWER (b. 15 MAR 1845, d. 06 FEB 1847)
- +Alexandre Walter Augustus POWER (b. 22 DEC 1847, d. 04 SEP 1912)
- +Isabella Zelia POWER (b. 13 MAR 1850, d. 01 OCT 1899)
- Marie Louise POWER (b. 11 MAR 1852, d. aft 90 JAN 197?)
- Emma Adèle Laure POWER (b. JUL 1855, d. 17 AUG 1855)
His date of birth comes from a biographical sketch widely cited in Quebec (no sources listed), but he is listed as age 19 in the 1818 census of the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec, and he was a witness at the marriage of his sister Catherine to John Danson in that year. The statement in the Aubert de Gaspé genealogy, that he had gone to school in Ireland and returned to Quebec in 1820, may not be entirely accurate or complete. Indeed, it is entirely possible he had sailed with his seafaring relatives on many occasions, and could easily have returned to Ireland after his sister's wedding and the census enumeration for one or two terms of higher education. After returning (permanently?) to Quebec, he is said to have studied law with Norman Uniacke.
He is listed next to John Danson in the 1825 census of "Bas-Canada" (district of Quebec, faubourgs de St. Jean et St. Louis, page 14). The household of William Power consisted of three people, an unmarried man between 25 and 40 years of age, an unmarried woman between 14 and 45 years of age, and an unmarried woman over the age of 45.
The index to the 1851-1852 census of Quebec on the web site of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales de Québec indicates he gave his birthplace as Newfoundland. The index shows the entire household (Numéro de ménage 601882): William Power age 52, juge de la cour de Circuit, lieu de naissance "Newfdland", signed W. Power; Suzanne de Gaspé, 40, lieu de naissance Québec (meaning the city, apparently); Suzan E. Power, 22; M. G. Power (female), 20; Wiliam P. Power, 17; Theresa C. Power, 15; M. H. Power (male), 14; J. N. Power (male), 10; N. W. A. Power (male), 5; J. Z. Power (female), 2; Bibiane Boulanger (or Le Boulanger), cook, female, age 25; William Larissy, butler, age 20; Marie Scully, age 28.
Another census of interest, a census of the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec, 1818, page 131, shows Elizabeth Tovay age 47, widow of Michael Power, merchant, and Guillaume (=William) Power, age 19. They are not found in the similar census of 1815, nor in a group of censuses for the same parish 1792-1806.
He was present for the marriage of his sister Catherine Power in 1818 and signed the church book, along with his sister Mary Ann Bradley and his mother Eliza. He eventually became a judge, with the result that there is some useful biographical information about him, including the names of his parents. He died at Montmagny in 1860. It would be helpful to locate his will, on the theory that it might mention his niece Marion Danson. In the 1851 census (actually completed in 1852), he is in the city of Quebec, with a large family. All of the children in the family can be identified with those found in the baptismal records at Notre-Dame de Québec. The only child not present on that census was Isabella Amelia, who had died in 1847.
His signature is found on the baptismal records of his children and on the records of other family events. It is consistent with the signatures of William Power on two records for the Danson family, the marriage of John Danson in 1818, and the burial of Catherine Power, wife of John Danson, in 1834..
His marriage record is difficult to read, but it suggests complications: "Le quinze de Décembre mil huit cent vingt neuf, après avoir obtenu dispense de la publication des trois bans de mariage ainsi que celle du tempt prohibé de l'arret de Monseigneur l'Eveque de Quebec en date du deux du présent mois, et sans qu'il soit découvert aucun autre empéchement, entre William Power Ecuyer avocat procureur & conseil dans toutes les cours de Sa Majesté pour cette province du Bas Canada & Registraire de la cour de Vice-Admirauté en icelle résident à Quebec, fils majeur de Michael Power Ecuyer de Waterford en Irlande & d'Elizabeth Tovéy ses père & mère d'une part, & Demoiselle Susanne de Gaspé fille mineure de Philippe Aubert de Gaspé Ecuyer avocat procureur & conseil en icelle province, résidant en cette paroisse & de Dame Susanne Allison ses père & mère de l'autre part. Je Pretre Curé de cette paroisse ai reçy leur mutuel consentement en présence de Jeremiah Wilkes Dewson ami de l'époux, de Philippe Aubert de Gaspé père de l'épouse, de Messieur Philippe Augustin Parent pretre curé de Cap St. Ignace, lesquels ont signés ainsi que les époux..." A more legible verbatim "extract" of this marriage is in the collection of the papers of the Aubert de Gaspé family (Library and Archives of Canada, MG18-H44). The Bishop had permitted the marriage in spite of the fact that the marriage bans had not been published and that it was a season when marriages would normally be prohibited in the Catholic Church. The surname of his mother in these two records is difficult to read. In both versions of this record, there appears to be a dot placed somewhere in the last half of the name, indicating there is an "i" in it, unless the dot is simply a stray mark or, as we think more likely, an accent mark. The final letter is not closed at the top and has a straight tail, more consistent with a "y" than a "g", by comparison with many examples of each letter in the hand of this scribe. The third letter is similar to a few of the "r"'s, but virtually identical to the rest of the "v"'s in this hand. Hence, we think the most likely reading is Tovey. This is confirmed in a "family record" associated with his eldest daughter and her husband Charles Sharples on FamilySearch.org, apparently a page from a family bible.
A biographical sketch (Pierre-Georges Roy, Les Juges de la province de Québec, 1933, p. 449) mentions twelve children.
A brief notice of his death was published in The Quebec Mercury on 12 jul 1860 (p. 2), indicating he died of "sunstroke, causing apoplexy and paralysis"—he had been working in his garden.
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