Born in Haldimand, Northumberland, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Massey
and Lucinda (Bradley) Massey
Sister of
Hart Almerrin Massey, Arletta Desdemonia (Massey) Watts and Alida Harriette Hartley (Massey) Watts
Wife of
Orrin Wentworth Powell
— married
10 Mar 1842 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Canada West
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucretia Lucena Powell, Harriet Minerva (Powell) Beatty, Charles Wentworth Powell, Emma Jane (Powell) Payne, Newton Albert Powell, Lucy Ellen Powell, Mary Elvira (Powell) Odlum, George Wentworth Powell, Clara Florence (Powell) Sherk, Hart Milton Powell, Maria Elizabeth (Powell) Gallinger, William Edward Massey Powell and Francis Elida Powell
Died
at age 83
in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jun 2019
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Biography
Elvira, born in 1821, was the daughter of Daniel Massey and Lucinda Bradley. On March 10, 1842, she married O.W. Powell at the home of her parents in Haldimand Township. They moved to Cobourg, where they lived all of their lives. They had thirteen children, eight living to adulthood.[1]
She passed away in 1904 and was buried at Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg.[2]
Sources
- ↑ A GOLDEN WEDDING: MR. AND MRS. O. W. POWELL CELEBRATE THEIR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AN INTERESTING SOCIAL EVENT AT COBOURG-- AN HONORED COUPLE. (1892, Mar 16). The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from ProQuest
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2019), memorial page for Elvira Deborah Massey Powell (8 May 1821–12 Nov 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #192932553, citing Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by William Powell (contributor 49894010) Burial Details Unknown.
See also:
- "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVX5-ZQW : 20 May 2019), Deborah E Powell in household of Orin W Powell, Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Orin W Powell, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elvira:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elvira:
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~6.25%
William Powell
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QH6686242 [compare], Ancestry member williamgpowell
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~0.78%
John Smith :
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