Not only were they passed down through but they would occassionally skip a generation or two. My grandfather was named Calvin Russell Powell III and it was his grandfather that was named Calvin Powell II - his father's name was Russell Bartholomew Powell. Never have figured where that came from! Oh, well! Right now I'm stymied on finding out more info about my grandfather's first wife Carrie. According to the 1910 Census she was 38 years old, had a son from a previous marriage named Frank J. Edwards (at least he was my grandfather's stepson and lived in the same house with Carrie and Calvin Russell, so I am being brave and assuming that he was Carries son by a previous marriage). Carrie was born in OR with parents that were born in Germany and Switzerland and Frank J. Edwards was born in Oregon as well. Carrie claims to have had 6 children but only one was living with her in the 1910 Census. Were others grown and gone or did they die young? Carrie had been married to Calvin Russell for seven years at the time of the census. I know she's not my direct relative but I'm still interested in finding out more. While I'm at it, does anybody know what would of lured residents of Oregon down to the Alameda County, CA area during the 1855 to 1865 time frame? I have a number of relatives who went down there and then came back up to OR between those years. Ray Powell ----- Original Message ----- From: <MayTHREE@aol.com> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:31 AM Subject: [POWELL] ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS > My EAST COAST Powells favored the names of > Rowland, and Calvin for a number male offspring. > (NOTE: Rowland Powell l, b. abt. 1629, Wales, Great Britain; d. Connecticut; > > m. Isabella Buxton). > > The names of Rowland and Calvin were passed down through several generations > in my Powell line. > > Cathy Porter-Maynard > <>< > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------- > In a message dated 5/3/2004 12:16:51 PM Central Daylight Time, > elmartin@localnet.com writes: > > > > Subj:Re: [POWELL] ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS > > Date:5/3/2004 12:16:51 PM Central Daylight Time > > From:elmartin@localnet.com > > Reply-to:POWELL-L@rootsweb.com > > To:POWELL-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > > > Every family has a lot of Johns but I don't believe it was quite as commonly > > used in my line of POWELLs as others. Seems my guys were fond of Old > > Testament names, but we have our share of James, Joseph and Thomas mixed in > > with Abraham, Samuel, Elijiah etc. Ellen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bubba" <dw01tx@yahoo.com> > > To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 12:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [POWELL] ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS > > > > > > > My father's name was John Elmer Powell, born 6 October 1914, in Blount > > County, Alabama. He died 27 October 1985, after 51 years of marriage to my > > mother, Rosalee Missouri Inez Duskin Powell. > > > > > > Atpowelljr@aol.com wrote:HOWDY COUSINS, one name I have found used as a > > first name in the Powell > > > Family is JOHN. Just wondering how many John Powell,s are in our Familys > > May be > > > alot,& I just Missed them??? A. T. > > > > > > > ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Powell surname list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to Powell-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the digest list > to Powell-d-request if you are on the digest list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >