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Charles Edward Powell PENFOLD (1897-1970)Tree001:W024

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Name:	Charles Edward Powell PENFOLD 1
ONS Reference:	Tree001:W024
Sex:	Male
Record Id:	135
Father:	Charles R PENFOLD (1865-1917)
Mother:	Mary Anna TUCKER (1860?-1945)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	4 Sep 1897	48 Hugon Road, Fulham
Census (1)	31 Mar 1901 (age 3)	Fulham 2
Death	5 Oct 1970 (age 73)	Perth, Western Australia
Census (2)	2 Apr 1911 (age 13)	Fulham 3

Additional Information

Census (1)	48 Hugon Rd
Census (2)	68 Perrymead Street Fulham S W

Marriage

	Spouse: Ida Mavel BURSILL, Ida Bursill		Child: Edward John POWELL, Edward John Powell		Child: Peter POWELL, Peter Powell		Child: Peter POWELL, Peter and Olive Powell

Spouse	Ida Mavel BURSILL (1914-1990)
Children	Edward John POWELL (1932-1941)
	Peter POWELL (1934-1985)
Marriage	20 Apr 1932 (age 34)

Individual Note 1 (shared)

It is said that he enlisted in the first World War underage and afterwards he was a merchant navy seaman. He moved to the USA in approximately 1925 and ismentioned as living in New York. Here he spent time in prison for bootlegging. He jumped ship in Australia and changed his name to Ted Powell. He worked as a miner.

Individual Note 2

CHARLES EDWARD Some seven relatives have left me with impressions of the young Ted. If asked to convey in a few words their gist, I would say ‘a highly principled, and often loveable, scallywag.’ He seems to be the most rebellious of the children. There is the occasion, during one of his fathers ‘ Sunday afternoon family readings (from one of the Socialist periodicals- perhaps ‘Tribune’) when Ted started talking. His Dad said sh, Shush and Ted replied ‘Stop playing trains with yourself.....’

 

He brought home an ‘unfortunate’ woman, ensconced her in the cellar and fed her for several days, before his mother discovered her.

 

My Dad, Doug, recalled being at a large family gathering at the Penfold house, which was about to break up late in the evening. His sympathetic eye saw, when Ted came in from a night out with the lads, that he had a heavy skinful on board, but that he conducted himself with meticulous dignity, saying that he was tired and would like to go up to bed. At that time candlelight was needed to get upstairs. He was handed a candle and carefully took matches from his pocket to light it. Unfortunately it was already lit......

 

His young brother Bill, gave several illustrations of his principled behaviour, one being the discovery of his illicit still in U.S.A, and how it was unthinkable that Ted would have given the Prohibition cops the bribe they were expecting and so went to jail. It seems from accounts from Bill and my mother (Jo) that he was a terrible tease, and sometimes a bit of a bully. Bill was of weaker physique than Ted, but of iron will, and issued an ultimatum that Ted ignored. Hence the bloody crowning with a soup ladle. My mother said he could be a bit of a bully: ‘get to the library Jo!’ etc. but they had a great affinity, not least in the novels they preferred, although Ted was more hooked than Jo on Jack London. As I recall, they both ‘knew their Dickens’. My mother was very distressed when Ted’s letters ceased, but already had a premonition that he had inherited his fathers’ heart weakness. (Transcription of Letters from Peter Reich by Julie Hughes-Owen, December 2000)

Individual Note 3

“Ted” was born on September 4th 1897 in Fulham. It is said he was a merchant navy seaman. He moved to the USA approximately 1925 and mentioned to be living in New York. He mentioned that he carried a “squirt”, a concealed handgun and spent time in prison for bootlegging. When things got too hot there he signed up on a ship which came to Australia. After an incident that led to the death of a cook, he jumped ship and changed his name to Ted Powell. He obtained a job in the Marble Bar area digging wells on stations and prospecting, or working on the local gold mines until he got a job in Wiluna on the gold mine there.

 

It is here that he met Ida Bursill.

Individual Note 4

(Notes of Julie Huges-Owen)

 

Bill Powell comments on his father are “My memories of Dad were that he was a good looking man, about five foot eight or nine, had a good physique and was a hard worker. He was also a hard drinker who loved to bet on anything that ran, galloped or trotted. It was apparent that he had a very good education and could hold his own with any one on almost any subject being discussed, much to peoples' surprise at times. One of these being the local clergy. He would have them at ease and lulled into a false sense of security with a cuppa in hand and in a comfortable chair before he commenced to question them on their religion and shoot their views and theories down in flames. We usually only got one visit from these people. Throughout life he gave the impression he was afraid of nobody and acted accordingly.”

Ted died October 5th 1970, aged 73 years

Sources

1	"Tree001:W024-Medals".

	Source: Tree001:W024-Medals, Tree001-W024-Medals

2	"Census 1901 Fulham RG 13 67 Folio 171/172 Page 38/39 (Charles R Penfold Head)". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

3	"Census 1911 Fulham RG14PN355 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED18 SN341" (RG14PN355 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED18 SN341). RG14PN355 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED18 SN341. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911.

	Source: Census 1911 Fulham RG14PN355 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED18 SN341, Tree001-W008-1911Census-RG14-00-3-55-00355_0681_03