Phoebe Philadelphia Maria (Tompson) Powell (abt. 1860 - 1899)

Born about 29 May 1860 in St George, New South Wales (Australia) [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Henry Powell — married 1885 in Canterbury, New South Wales (Australia)

Descendants

Died 1899 at about age 38 in Taralga, New South Wales (Australia)

Biography

Phoebe Philadelphia Maria Tompson born in 1860 in St George, New South Wales (Australia). She was the youngest child of Piddocke Tompson, a solicitor, and his wife, Jane Armytage. ^[1]

Phoebe married Richard Powell in 1885 in Canterbury, New South Wales (Australia). ^[2] After initially making their home near Taree, on the Manning River on New South Wales' Mid North Coast, about 1895 they settled near Taralga, in New South Wales' Southern Tablelands; between Oberon, Mittagong, Goulburn and Crookwell. The couple had seven daughters and a son, although one daughter and their son failed to survive infancy.

Phoebe passed away, probably as a result of complications with the final childbirth (a check of the actual death certificate will confirm or otherwise), in 1899 in Taralga leaving Richard with six daughters aged thirteen to newborn for whom to care. She was just 39 years of age. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #3906/1860; birth is listed as Louisa M
2. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #2336/1885
3. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #7456/1899