Mary Hall (later Mary Powell)
9 February 1847 to 5 July 1874
HAL00098
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1847
Mary Hall, daughter of
Henry and Elizabeth (nee Godwin) Hall (HAL00087) was born on 9 February 1847 (Monumental Record) and baptised on 19 March
1847 (St Giles, Newcastle under Lyme
Parish Records). Her birth was registered in the
first quarter of 1847 at Newcastle under Lyme (GRO Staffordshire Vol 17
Page 103).

1851
1851 Census – Nelsons Place, Newcastle under
Lyme
Elizabeth Hall, 42
Robert Hall, 17, timber merchant’s clerk
Arthur Hall, 16, timber
merchant’s clerk
Elizabeth Hall, 14
James Hall, 13
Alice Hall, 7
Hugh F Hall, 6
Mary Hall, 4
Jessie Hall, 1
A cook, house maid and nurse
1861
1861 Census – Brampton, Newcastle Under Lyme
Henry Hall, 51
Elizabeth Hall, 53
Robert Hall, 27, timber merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 24
James Hall, 23, timber merchant
Alice Hall, 17
Mary Hall, 14
Jessie Hall, 11
Two servants
1870
Mary Hall, daughter of Henry Hall,
23, married Evan Powell, 36, of Newtown, Montgomeryshire at the Anglican Church
of St George, Newcastle under Lyme, on 1 November 1870.

Evan Powell was born in 1834 and
was a land agent.
1873
They had a son, Godwin Hall Powell
who was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire in 1873 and baptised at Llanllwchaearn, Montgomeryshire on 27 February 1873 (Llanllwchaearn Parish Records).

1874
Mary Powell died on 5 July 1874 and
was buried on 8 July 1874 at St George’s, Newcastle under Lyme. Her death was
registered in Newcastle under Lyme in the third quarter of 1874 (GRO Staffordshire Vol 6B Page 34).
There is a memorial window at the
Anglican Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn,
Montgomeryshire which reads: To the glory of God and in loving remembrance /
of Mary wife of Evan POWELL / of Severnside in this
parish / born February 9th 1847 died July 5th 1874 (Memorial
Inscriptions of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn,
Montgomeryshire).
Evan Powell looks to have later emigrated
to Virginia, USA.