Author talk:Eleanor Grace Powell

Family memoir, other background
For background, there is https://archive.org/details/familymemoirbein00will, a memoir mostly about the life of her father, Thomas Wilde Powell (1818-1897). Actually not much about Eleanor, but she is mentioned on p. 185, one month old, in April 1859.

There were nine children, the eldest being Christiana Herringham. There is a biography of Christiana, but I'm not finding anything about Eleanor in it.

For the rest of the family, see this page about Theodora Wilde Powell (1871-1920). Charles Matthews (talk) 05:04, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hah. This p. 220 of the Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory (1900) has an entry for the Southwark Women's University Settlement, Treasurer Miss E. G. Powell of Piccard's Rough, Guildford. "Piccard's Rough" being the family home built by Thomas Wilde Powell, that I say is conclusive identification.

The youngest of the children was Herbert Andrews Powell (born 1863, Q76282846). The family lived at Blackheath and Charlton, London, before moving to Guildford. Are there census results showing the children? Charles Matthews (talk) 08:21, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Below. I cannot see the family in the 1861 census. The mother Mary Elizabeth née Marten/Martin (b. c/1827), died March 1871 prior to that census, though didn't look for variations of spelling. Marriage for parents was 1852. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Additional records that I can see are electoral rolls. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. By the way, the father is the T. W. Powell mentioned in The Coming Colony/Chapter 6, playing a part in the history of Western Australia (final spike in the Great Southern Railway, brought traction engines for steam ploughing with him). Interesting fellow, given his support also for Arts and Crafts. I'm drafting a WP article for him. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:45, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Thomas Wilde Powell now exists, and under family there is some biography for Eleanor Grace. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:18, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

University settlements
Eleanor co-wrote a book chapter in https://archive.org/details/universitysocial00reasrich/page/88/mode/2up with Margaret A. Sewell; Sewell wrote a book chapter in The Equipment of the Social Worker (1925) by Elizabeth Macadam. Eleanor was secretary of the Women's University Settlement. It adds up to a background in social work.

There is a photo from 1888 of her in her time as a history tutor at Somerville College. Without photographer information, that is a bit marginal for Commons. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:31, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Dictionary of Political Economy
Interesting: she is listed, as Eleanor G. Powell, as a contributor in the Dictionary of Political Economy by Author:Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave. She wrote numerous articles for it. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Probate
Name: 	Eleanor Grace Powell Death Date: 	22 Apr 1945 Death Place: 	Liphook, Hampshire, England Probate Date: 	11 Aug 1945 Probate Registry: 	Llandudno
 * Calendar of the Grants ...

Census
Name: 	Eleanor Grace Powell Age in 1911: 	52 Relation to Head: 	Head Gender: 	Female Birth Place: 	Heath, Kent, England Civil Parish: 	St George Hanover Square Street address: 	9 Norfolk St, London W Marital status: 	Single Occupation: 	Private Means Registration district: 	St George, Hanover Square Registration District Number: 	5 Sub-registration district: 	Mayfair and Knights Bridge ED, institution, or vessel: 	04 Piece: 	418 Household Members: Name 	Age Eleanor Grace Powell 	52 Mabel Mary Lumb 	35 Mary Sarah Turpin 	35
 * 1911 England

Name: 	Eleanor Powell Age: 	22 Relationship to Head: 	Visitor Gender: 	Female Where born: 	Blackheath, Kent, England Civil Parish: 	Lewisham County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Street address: 	The Priory Occupation: 	School Teacher Registration district: 	Lewisham Sub registration district: 	Lewisham ED, institution, or vessel: 	12 Neighbors: Piece: 	735 Folio: 	41 Page Number: 	43 Household Members: Name 	Age Robert White 	57 Caroline White 	55 Lucy White 	22 Percy White 	19 Eleanor Powell 	22 Rosamund Powell 	19 Elizth. Anthony 	37 Anna Household 	49 Ellen Hollman 	27 Sarah Newling 	22 Sarah Taylor 	17 Philip Ottaway 	46
 * 1881 England

Name: 	Eleanor G Powell Age: 	42 Relation to Head: 	Head Gender: 	Female Birth Place: 	Blackheath, Kent, England Civil Parish: 	Walton on Thames Ecclesiastical parish: 	Walton St Mary Town: 	Walton on Thames Registration district: 	Chertsey Sub-registration district: 	Walton ED, institution, or vessel: 	01 Neighbors: Piece: 	587 Folio: 	28 Page Number: 	47 Household schedule number: 	281 Household Members: Name 	Age Eleanor G Powell 	42 Georgina King 	42 Emily Sherman 	19 George R White 	26
 * 1901 England

Name: 	Herbert A Powell Age: 	7 Relation: 	Son Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Charlton Kent England Civil Parish: 	Charlton Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Luke Registration district: 	Woolwich Sub-registration district: 	Charlton ED, institution, or vessel: 	7 Household schedule number: 	48 Piece: 	775 Folio: 	7 Page Number: 	9 Household Members: Name 	Age Thomas W Powell 	52 Christiana J Powell 	18 Mary Elizabeth Powell 	17 Herbert A Powell 	7 Agnes Mary Powell 	5 Theodora W Powell 	1/12 Ellen Marth Collins 	22 Lydia Routley 	27 Clara Emily Garing 	21 Jane Maria Minner 	42 Samuel Tench 	18
 * 1871 England
 * Eleanor not present

1939 Register
Name: 	Eleanor G Powell Gender: 	Female Marital status: 	Single Birth Date: 	18 Mar 1859 Residence Year: 	1939 Address: 	Cobornes Portsmouth Rd Liphook Residence Place: 	Petersfield, Hampshire, England Occupation: 	Private Means Schedule Number: 	116 Sub Schedule Number: 	1 Enumeration District: 	EEQJ Registration district: 	103-1

birth / baptism
Name: 	Eleanor Grace Powell Gender: 	Female Birth Date: 	18 Mar 1859 Baptism Date: 	30 Apr 1859 Baptism Place: 	Saint Margaret,Lee,Kent,England Father: 	Thomas Wilde Powell Mother: 	Mary Elizabeth FHL Film Number: 	288423, 288424
 * England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.