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Arthur PAWLOUSKI

1873 – 1952 · Liverpool, Merseyside
👶Birth
16/08/1873
Liverpool, Merseyside 📍 1939 NHS Register
1901 Census

The 1901 Census records his birth place as Liverpool yet information from the family in Chester suggests he was born in Poland.

💒Marriage (26)
1899
🏛️ Second Boer War
Elizabeth BRICKLAND
St Martin Church, Nicholas Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍 Free BMD
Ref: Chester 8a 728
🏠Lived (28)
1901
🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria
115 Rocky Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside 📍
with Elizabeth BRICKLAND 1901 Census 📎 Census

In 1901 Robina Laycock aged 17 born in Leeds lived with the family as a domestic servant

💼Occupation (28)
1901
Car Proprietor 1901 Census
🏠Lived (32)
1905
4 Lower Breck Road, Liverpool, Merseyside 📍
with Elizabeth BRICKLAND 📎 Baptism
🏠Lived (38)
1911
🏛️ National Insurance Act
8 Lower Breck Road, Liverpool, Merseyside 📍
with Elizabeth BRICKLAND 📎 Census
💼Occupation (38)
1911
Taxi Cab Owner 1911 Census
🏠Lived (48)
1921
🏛️ Irish Free State established
Pear Tree Farm, Hermitage Road, Little Saughall, Cheshire, CH1 6AE 📍 1921 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (48)
1921
Farmer
Pear Tree Farm, Hermitage Road, Little Saughall, Cheshire, CH1 6AE 📍 1921 Census
🏠Lived (66)
1939
🏛️ Second World War
Upton Farm, Upton Lane, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Elizabeth BRICKLAND 📎 Image
💼Occupation (66)
1939
Pork Butcher
🏠Lived (79)
1952
🏛️ Elizabeth II accedes to the throne
Holly Bank Farm, Great Sutton, Cheshire 📍
with Elizabeth BRICKLAND
✝️Death (79)
06/08/1952
Chester, Cheshire 📍 Free BMD
Grave Headstone
🪦Burial
16/08/1952
The Parish Church of the Holy Ascension, Upton, Chester, Cheshire 📍 British Newspaper Archive 📎 Grave 📎 Image 📎 Grave 📎 Grave 📎 Grave

The original headstone read (since replaced):

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH POWELL
BORN 8th JANUARY 1876
DIED 24th FEBRUARY 1946

O FOR A TOUCH OF THE VANISHED HAND

ALSO OUR DEAR DAD
ARTHUR POWELL
(HUSBAND OF ABOVE)
PASSED AWAY 6th AUG. 1952
AGED 78 YEARS
EVER REMEMBERED

[Left Kerb]
ALSO HIS WIFE HILDA SAUNDERS, DIED 31, JAN 1990, AGED 84 YEARS.

The grave is to the far left hand side of the church looking from the road, near to the hedges and about a quarter back.

Replacement headstone reads:

In Loving Memory
Of
ELIZABETH POWELL
Born 8th January 1876, Died 24th February 1946
'O For A Touch Of The Vanishing Hand'
Also Of Our Dear Dad
ARTHUR POWELL
Husband Of The Above
Passed Away 6th August 1952, Aged 78 Years.
'Ever Remembered'
Also Daughter Of The Above
HILDA SAUNDERS
Died 31st January 1990, Aged 84 Years.
Also
ETHEL MILDRED WILLIS
Daughter of Elizabeth And Arthur
Passed Away 6th November 2005, Aged 92 Years.
'Everloving Memories'
Also NORAH MARJORIE

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⚖️Probate
08/10/1952
Chester, Cheshire 📍
Effects: 4509 17s. 9d. 📎 Probate

POWELL Arthur of Holly Bank Farm Great Sutton Cheshire died 6 August 1952 Probate Chester 8 October to Arthur Joseph Powell transport driver and Hilda Saunders (wife of John Henry Saunders). Effects £4509 17s. 9d.

Children with Elizabeth BRICKLAND
F
b. 1901, 115 Rocky Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside
M
b. 1902, 115 Rocky Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside · d. 1985, Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire · m. 1928 Margaret Kathleen HAIGHTON
F
b. 1905, 4 Lower Breck Road, Liverpool, Merseyside · d. 1990 · m. 1935 John Henry SAUNDERS
F
b. 1908, Liverpool, Merseyside
F
b. 1911 · m. 1941 James BEECH
F
b. 1913, Liverpool, Merseyside · d. 2005 · m. 1937 Allan Russell WILLIS
M
b. 1915, Liverpool, Merseyside
F
b. 1917, Liverpool, Merseyside · d. 2007 · m. 1969 Edgar RAMSEY
F
b. 1923, Chester, Cheshire · d. 2003, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1949 Harold John LARGE
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Person Facts
Description: Described as a Polish Jew. His father-in-law set him up in business on a farm but he lost money (notes from Paul BRICKLAND)
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