Individual Details

Jessie Blanch Powers

(27 Nov 1896 - 4 Mar 1971)



1920 Census. Union Twp, Gibson Co, IN, Hh 280
Thomas Nolen, 28, Laborer, Coal Mine
Blanch, wife, 22
Garnet, dau, 4 years, 11 months
Gertrude, dau, 3 years, 4 months
Pauline, dau, 11 months

1930 Census. Patoka Twp, Pike Co, IN, Hh 124
Thomas Nolen, 38, married at age 21, Miner
Blanch, wife, 33, married at 16
Garnett, dau, 15
Gertrude, dau, 13
Pauline, dau, 11
Lorene, dau, 8

1940 Census. Compton, Wabash Co, IL, Hh 78
Thomas Nolen, 46
Blanch, wife, 42, WPA, homes
Lorene, dau, 18, MYA - Sewing plant
Wynona, dau, 4, b. Illinois


Indiana Death Certificate #169
Mary Nolan died 26 Aug 1914 of enteritis, Little, Patoka Twp, Pike Co. She was born 3 Sep 1913 in Pike County. Father, Thos. Nolan; mother Blanch Powers, both born in Indiana. Thos. Nolan was the informant. The baby was buried Martin Cemetery on Aug 27th.

Indiana Birth Certificate for Garnett Irene Nolan, born 31 Jan 1915, Ft. Branch, Gibson Co, IN. Father Herschel T. Nolan was 23, a miner; mother was Jesse B. Powers, age 17. She was the 2nd child born to this mother and both said to be living (but Mary had died in 1914)

Indiana Birth Certificate for Pauline Nolan, born 17 Jan 1919, Ft. Branch. Father Thomas Nolan was 27, a coal miner; mother Blanche Powers was 21. Pauline was the 4th child born - 3 are living.

There is a birth certificate for Gasper Thomas Nolan, stillborn 13 Feb 1921, Ft. Branch, Gibson Co, IN. His father was Hershell T. Nolan, age 29, coal miner. Mother was Jessie B. Powers, age 23, Housewife. He was the 5th child born to this mother, the 3rd now living.

Birth Certificate for August Nolan born 7 Aug 1924, Glazen, Patoka Twp, Pike Co., to Thomas Nolan, age 32, coal miner, and Blanch Powers, 26. He was the 7th child born to the mother, the 4th currently living. He did not survive.

Indiana Birth Certificate for Esse Nolan, stillborn, 19 May 1925. She was the 9th child born to the mother; 4 are currently living.
Indiana Death Certificate #17065
Esse Nolan was stillborn, 19 May 1925, Little Patoka Twp, Pike Co. Tom Nolan her father, Blanch Powers, her mother. Baby was buried Martin Cemetery on May 20th.

Indiana Death Certificate #042568
Pauline C. Norsworthy died 6 Nov 1985 at Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, of congestive heart failure and metastatis carcinoma of the breast. Her residence was RR #1, Grayville, Edwards Co, IL. She was widowed; she had worked on the assembly line at Horn Manufacturing. Born 17 Jan 1919. Father was Thomas Nolan; mother Blanche Powers. Lorene Schoenheit, Sister, of Grayville, was the informant. She was buried Moravian Cemetery, West Salem, IL.

Events

Birth27 Nov 1896Patoka, Pike County, Indiana
Marriage13 Feb 1913Pike County, Indiana - Hershell Thomas Nolan
Death4 Mar 1971Oak Grove, Rock Island County, Illinois

Families

SpouseHershell Thomas Nolan (1892 - 1971)
ChildGertrude Aline Nolan (1917 - 2002)
FatherOrian Prentice Powers (1866 - 1922)
MotherEmma E. Loveless (1866 - 1929)