______________________ | _Henry POUNCY ________| | | | |______________________ | _John Williams POUNCY ___| | (.... - 1841) | | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS __| | | | |______________________ | | |--Gilbert POUNCY | (1792 - 1865) | _François CHASSEREAU _ | | (1698 - 1743) m 1727 | _François CHASSEREAU _| | | (1729 - 1767) m 1754 | | | |_Anne JOHANNOT _______+ | | m 1727 |_Jane Sophia CHASSEREAU _| (.... - 1840) | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | |_Honour WILLIAMS _____| (1730 - 1803) m 1754 | |______________________
______________________ | _Henry POUNCY ________| | | | |______________________ | _John Williams POUNCY ___| | (.... - 1841) | | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS __| | | | |______________________ | | |--Henry POUNCY | (.... - 1857) | _François CHASSEREAU _ | | (1698 - 1743) m 1727 | _François CHASSEREAU _| | | (1729 - 1767) m 1754 | | | |_Anne JOHANNOT _______+ | | m 1727 |_Jane Sophia CHASSEREAU _| (.... - 1840) | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | |_Honour WILLIAMS _____| (1730 - 1803) m 1754 | |______________________
______________________ | _Henry POUNCY ________| | | | |______________________ | _John Williams POUNCY ___| | (.... - 1841) | | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS __| | | | |______________________ | | |--Jane POUNCY | | _François CHASSEREAU _ | | (1698 - 1743) m 1727 | _François CHASSEREAU _| | | (1729 - 1767) m 1754 | | | |_Anne JOHANNOT _______+ | | m 1727 |_Jane Sophia CHASSEREAU _| (.... - 1840) | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | |_Honour WILLIAMS _____| (1730 - 1803) m 1754 | |______________________
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Henry POUNCY _______| | | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--John Williams POUNCY | (.... - 1841) | __ | | | _Robert WILLIAMS ____| | | | | | |__ | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS _| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Henry POUNCY _______| | | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Robert POUNCY | | __ | | | _Robert WILLIAMS ____| | | | | | |__ | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS _| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
______________________ | _Henry POUNCY ________| | | | |______________________ | _Robert POUNCY ______| | m 1785 | | | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | | | |_Elizabeth WILLIAMS __| | | | |______________________ | | |--Sophia POUNCY | (.... - 1875) | _François CHASSEREAU _ | | (1698 - 1743) m 1727 | _François CHASSEREAU _| | | (1729 - 1767) m 1754 | | | |_Anne JOHANNOT _______+ | | m 1727 |_Ann CHASSEREAU _____| (1755 - ....) m 1785| | _Robert WILLIAMS _____ | | |_Honour WILLIAMS _____| (1730 - 1803) m 1754 | |______________________
The family name has been found twice, both time spelled Poussielque, or possibly Poussielgue. Both spellings are found in France today.
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Allena Belle POWELL | (1893 - ....) | _John Wingate MCCOY _+ | | (1794 - 1877) m 1828 | _Joseph MCCOY _______| | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860| | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+ | | (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| | _____________________ | | |_Mary J. STINSON ____| (1840 - 1912) m 1860| |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Gladys Marie POWELL | (1897 - 1973) | _John Wingate MCCOY _+ | | (1794 - 1877) m 1828 | _Joseph MCCOY _______| | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860| | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+ | | (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| | _____________________ | | |_Mary J. STINSON ____| (1840 - 1912) m 1860| |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Margaret May POWELL | (.... - 1930) | _John Wingate MCCOY _+ | | (1794 - 1877) m 1828 | _Joseph MCCOY _______| | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860| | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+ | | (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| | _____________________ | | |_Mary J. STINSON ____| (1840 - 1912) m 1860| |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Benjamin C. POWELL ___| | (.... - 1952) m 1896 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Richard Harland POWELL | (1897 - 1965) | _John Wingate MCCOY _+ | | (1794 - 1877) m 1828 | _Joseph MCCOY _______| | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860| | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+ | | (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |_Lura Elizabeth MCCOY _| (1876 - 1937) m 1896 | | _____________________ | | |_Mary J. STINSON ____| (1840 - 1912) m 1860| |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Rollie Oral POWELL | (1888 - 1947) | _John Wingate MCCOY _+ | | (1794 - 1877) m 1828 | _Joseph MCCOY _______| | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860| | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+ | | (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| | _____________________ | | |_Mary J. STINSON ____| (1840 - 1912) m 1860| |_____________________
Witnesses at his baptism included his siblings Theresa, William Phillip, Susan Eliza, Georgiana Maria, and Henry. He died in 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he had retired after a long legal career, apparently by choking at a restaurant.
__ | _Michael POWER ______| | (1770 - 1815) | | |__ | _William POWER ___________| | (1800 - 1860) m 1829 | | | __ | | | | |_Elizabeth TOVEY ____| | (1777 - 1857) | | |__ | | |--Alexandre Walter Augustus POWER | (1847 - 1912) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ _| m 1829 | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
Her marriage record gives her age and some information about her family. The burial record is also informative: (Parish register for Notre-Dame de Québec, 1834, fol. 311v:) "Le vingt huit Décembre mil huit cent trente quatre, Nous Prêtre Vicaire de Québec soussigné, avons inhumé dans le cimetiere St. Louis, Catherine Power, épouse de John Danson, Navigateur, décédé la veille en cette ville agée de trente sept ans. Présans John Maguire, William Power, & Patrick Bradly, Ecuyers..." Catherine's age was originally written as "trente six", then lined out, and corrected in the margin to read "trente sept", the correction initialled by William Power, thus establishing that she was born in 1797, or, perhaps, at the very end of 1796. This record is helpful, also, in that it tells us William Power was still in Canada as late as 1834. Each of the witnesses signed; the one for Bradly or Bradley appears to say J. P. Bradly. (This is very similar to a signature on the baptism of William Philip Power, nephew of Catherine, identified as that of Joseph Power Bradley. Joseph Power Bradley died 29 jul 1850 in the parish of Charlesbourg, age 37 years 4 months. He was buried at St. Louis cemetery in Quebec, and the burial record was signed by William Power and John B. Parkin. He married Amelia Susanne Aylwin in 1844.)
The marriage record does not indicate whether Catherine was born in Ireland or in Canada. She is described as the "daughter of the late Michael Power, of Waterford in Ireland, Mariner, Spinster..." As written, "of Waterford" refers to her father, not to Catherine herself, but it cannot be ruled out that the scribe was careless and put these phrases in the wrong order!
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Michael POWER ______| | (1770 - 1815) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Catherine POWER | (1797 - 1834) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Elizabeth TOVEY ____| (1777 - 1857) | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | _Michael POWER ______| | (1770 - 1815) | | |__ | _William POWER ___________| | (1800 - 1860) m 1829 | | | __ | | | | |_Elizabeth TOVEY ____| | (1777 - 1857) | | |__ | | |--Isabella Amelia POWER | (1845 - 1847) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne AUBERT DE GASPÉ _| m 1829 | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__