Maurice Alva Powers (1885-1943)

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Maurice Alva Powers
Born:	14 Mar 1885 Muir, Michigan
Died:	22 Apr 1943 Petoskey, Michigan
Father:	Perry Andrew Powers
Mother:	Martha Alice Chaffee
Siblings:	Elton Andrew Powers Edward Clifford Powers Maurice Alva Powers Mabel Luella Powers Donald Powers
Spouse:	Mabel May Planck
Married:	1 Oct 1906 Petoskey, Michigan
Children:	Doris Irene Powers William Scott Powers Josephine Powers Sybil Marian Powers
Spouse:	Matilda Catherine Melching
Married:	9 Dec 1926 Petoskey, Michigan

Maurice Alva Powers was born 14 March 1885 in Muir, Ionia, Michigan.

His parents are Perry Andrew Powers and Martha Alice Chaffee.

His siblings are Elton Andrew Powers, Edward Clifford Powers, Mabel Luella Powers and Donald Powers.

He married first Mabel May Planck on 1 October 1906 at Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan.

Their children are Doris Irene Powers, William Scott Powers, Josephine Powers and Sybil Marian Powers.

He married second Matilda Catherine Melching on 9 December 1926 at Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan.

He died 22 April 1943 in Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan. He was buried 25 April 1943 at the Lakeview Cemetery, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan.

[edit] Marriage Announcement

December 9, 1926

MISS MELCHING IS NOW MRS. POWERS

Harbor Springs People Quietly Married At Petoskey Last Thursday

Thursday evening of last week, at six o'clock, a quiet marriage ceremony took place at the Presbyterian manse, at Petoskey, when Miss Matilda C. Melching, youngest daughter of Mrs. Augusta Melching, of Harbor Springs, Michigan, was united in marriage to Maurice A. Powers, also of Harbor Springs by Rev. Carl Berger, of the First Presbyterian church of Petoskey.

Mrs. Powers attended the Harbor Springs high school, and graduated in the class of 1906. She attended the Ypsilanti State Normal and also took a business course at Ferris Institute, Big Rapids. She has been employed in the Emmet County State bank for the past twelve years as teller and completed her duties there last Friday.

Mr. Powers attended the Harbor Springs high school and in 1906 completed a course in plumbing in New York Trade school. He has been engaged in the plumbing business here almost continuously since 1908. Both are well known and prominent young people of this village, having spent most of their lives here.

Mr. and Mrs. Powers will reside here and will be at home to their many friends at the Powers residence on E. Main street. Their host of friends extend hearty congratulations.

[edit] Sources

• Name variant: Morrice (Burial record)

• 1900 Federal Census, Little Traverse Twp., Emmet, Michigan

Powers, Perry A.

, Morris, son, white, male, Mar,1885,15, single, MI, CAN, OH, at school

• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Marriages:

POWERS, Maurice A. & PLANCK, Mable

Date: 10/1/1906

Liber: 3

Folio: 230

• 1910 Federal Census, Little Traverse Twp., Emmet, Michigan, 226

Powers, Maurice, head, 25, married1, OH, Can, OH, Plummer

, Mable, wife, 25, married1, 0kids, Ind, PA, Ind

• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Marriages:

POWERS, Maurice A. & MELCHING, Matelda C.

Date: 12/9/1926

Liber: 4

Folio: 197

• 1930 Federal Census, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan

Powers, Maurice A., head, male, white, 45, married at 21, MI, CAN, MI, Dist. Manager Insurance

, Matilda C., wife, female, white, 41, married at 38, MI, Ger, Ger,

, Doris I., daughter, female, white, 19, single, MI, MI, IN

, William S., son, male, white, 14, single, CA, MI, IN

, Sybil M., daughter, female, white, 13, single, CA, MI, IN

• Death: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search Deaths:

POWERS, Maurice A.

Date: 4/22/1943

Liber: 5

Folio: 218

Place of Death: Petoskey, Michigan

• Burial: Lakeview Cemetery Index, Emmet Co., Michigan:

POWERS, Morrice

Date: APR 25, 1943

• Melching, William Andrew, Family Records: letter to Arnold Howse of March 19, 2000.

• Source: Ancestry World Tree: Powers Family:

Jim Powers

also letter from Jim to Joanne & Arnold Howse.