Powell, Ellen Mary, 1886 - 1953 (mother of Enoch Powell)
Dates
- Existence: 1886 - 1953
Dates and places
Born Liverpool, Lancashire, c 1886. Died 20 May 1953
Geographical areas
Birmingham, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and Seaford, Sussex.
Legal status / Nationality
British
Admin / Family structure
Born Ellen Breese; wife of Albert Powell.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Family papers, 1912 - 1965
Includes JEP's birth and baptismal certificates, and his parents' death certificates and other papers relating to their deaths and settlement of their estates.
Family papers, 1871 - 1932
Marriage, birth, teaching and death certificates etc for JEP’s grandparents and parents.
Letters from JEP's parents to JEP's godmother Ellie Hill, 1909-04 - 1952-01
Letters from parents, 1943-08-18 - 1944-08-25
Letters written to JEP in India from his parents, on subjects including: JEP's friend A W J Thomas; JEP's finances; his health; JEP's friend Paul Maas; JEP's resignation from the University of Durham [as future Professor of Greek and Classical Literature]; the progress of the war in the Far East.
Letters from parents, 1944-08-11 - 1946-01-05
Letters from parents, 1938-02-27 - 1939-08-21
Letters to parents, 1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
Personal correspondence, 1932 - 2005
Correspondents include JEP's parents, friends and political colleagues.
Personal correspondence, 1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
Photographs of Ellen Powell, JEP's mother, 1900-08 - 1935-08
Photographs of family homes, 1936 - 1989
Includes photographs of Ellen Powell’s birthplace, Wynnstay Street, Liverpool, and a copy of the register of the family address in the electoral rolls, 1890s, and also a photograph of [?] the family home in Worthing [Sussex] in the 1930s.
Small family photographs, mostly of JEP's parents, Albert and Ellen Powell, 1890-08 - 1944-08
Also includes photographs of JEP’s godmother and a photograph of a felucca in Egypt, presumably taken by JEP, 1943.
War letters from parents, 1941-10-29 - 1943-10-14
Letters to JEP in [Cairo, Egypt, and Tunisia] from his parents, on subjects including: JEP's promotion prospects; his finances; his concerns for A W J Thomas.