William Power

Other Events:

• Residence: 1898 - 1904, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland

Notes:

Birth:
The 1921 Census says William was born at Caplin Bay in May 1875. However, no baptism record was found for this individual indicating he was likely born before 1870.

Residence:
In the Business Directories from 1898 to 1904, William's names appears at Caplin Bay. Since his name was unique in that settlement, no effort was made to identify his father's name in any of the entries. Likewise in the Voters Lists of 1900 and 1908, he is listed without any references to father's name.

Died:
This William Power was recorded in the 1935 Newfoundland Census. His age in that census was given as 65 (born abt. 1870). However a Vital Statistic death record for a William Power in 1940 gives his age as 74 (born abt. 1866). His wife Alice is recorded as a widow in the 1945 Newfoundland Census.

William married Alice Kavanagh 18 Nov 1919, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, St. John's, Newfoundland. Alice was born Jul 1895, Grand Falls, Newfoundland; died Aft 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland; was buried Aft 1945, Holy Trinity RC Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet]