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The following information is believed to have been written within the Bible belonging to
the Thomas Powditch who married Marianne Cameron Mackay
on 29 April 1854 at Valparaiso, Chile.
The details had already been typed up by the time that the late Robert James Powditch
(of Chile and Stamford, England) gave me a copy.
None of the entries have been verified to date,
although I do believe most of them to be accurate, as they appear
to have been entered just after the events actually occurred.
All spellings and grammar etc have been left as per the original copy.

Married April 29th 1854 at Valparaiso. Thomas Powditch,
born 24th June 1826.  Marianne Cameron Mackay, born
issue
1.   John Thomas Gray
born 4th February 1855,  2 p.m.,
Valparaiso, at Thos. Gray Esq's house
2.   George Alister

born 26th July 1856 1¼am., Copiapo
Copiapo Mining Company's house
George Alister
died 13th April 1857, buried in Caldera
3.  Charlotte  
born 10th November 1857, 7¼ a.m.
Copiapo Mining Company's house
4.  Charles
born 7th October 1858, 4 p.m., Copiapo
Copiapo Mining Company's House
5.   Ada
born 25th September 1859  9½ p.m. Copiapo.
Potrero Seco Estate
6.   Caroline
born 13th December 1860, 6 p.m.,
Copiapo Potrero Seco Estate
7.   Frederick
born 7th May 1862, 8 p.m., Caldera
Copiapo Smelting Company's House
8.   Marianne
born 27th January 1864, 12½ a.m. Caldera
Copiapo Smelting Company's House
9.   Alfred
born 25th June 1865, 10½ p.m.
Valparaiso, Cerro Alegre
10.  Robert
born 5th November 1867, 8 a.m.,
Cheltenham, England
April 24th 1897.  Died suddenly this day at Poblacion
Vergara ViÁa del Mar at 2 p.m., my beloved wife
Marianne C. Mackay.  On the 27 her remains were interred
at the English Cemetery Valparaiso.

Our dear Father died, July 20th 1904, aged 78 years, at his
residence, Poblacion Vergara,  was buried in Valparaiso,

Our dear brother Fred died, July 21st 1911, aged 49 years,
at Vallenar, and  was buried there.

Our dear brother Jack died, December 6th 1922, aged 67
years, at his residence, Charrillos, and  was buried in
Valparaiso.

Our dear brother Charlie died, February 16th 1930 at 5 p.m.,
aged 71 years, in his residence, Poblacion Vergara, and  
was buried in Valparaiso.

Our dear sister Maria died, September 4th 1931 at 6.40
p.m., aged 67 years, at her residence Poblacion Vergara, and
was buried in Valparaiso.

Our dear brother Robert, aged 66 years, died Monday
October 23rd 1933 at 9.50 p.m. at his residence, Paseo
Tougay Miramar, and was buried in Valparaiso, being
transferred on September 7th 1934 to Santa Inez cemetery
ViÁa del Mar

January 15th 1936.  Our dear sister Charlotte died on this
date at 2 p.m. aged 78 years at her residence Poblacion
Vergara and was buried in Valparaiso.

Afred [sic] Powditch
died September 8th 1936,
aged 71, and was buried in Valparaiso
Ada Cumming
died December 4th 1940,
aged 81, and was buried in Valparaiso
Caroline Crump
died June 9th 1944, aged 82,
and was buried in ViÁa del Mar
Kathleen Powditch
nee Vine, wife of Robert Powditch, died
September 8th 1945 and
was buried at ViÁa del Mar.  Aged 70
Errol Hirst Powditch
youngest son of Robert and Kathleen
Powditch, died at ViÁa del Mar on
July 14th 1952, aged 44.  He leaves two
sons, Jonathan Edward Hirst,
and Charles Patrick,
Elinor Josephine Theodora Pila
beloved wife of Bernard Hirst Powditch,
died in her home in Santiago shortly before
noon, April 17th 1957, and was buries in
Santa Irés cemetery in ViÁa del Mar.  
She was 54 years old.
Nora Barabara Powditch
wife of Noel Shearman, youngest daughter
of Robert and Kathleen Powditch, died in
Santiago April 5th 1967, buried in Santa
Ires cemetery in ViÁa del Mar, born
June 1905.  She died aged 61.  She leaves
two sons, Anthony and Jeremy Shearman.
Bernard Hirst Powditch
eldest son of Robert and Kathleen
Powditch, beloved husband of Elinor
J.C. Pila, died in his home in Santiago on
March 17th 1969 at 8.40 p.m.  He was
born on March 26th 1899 and so was
almost 70.  He leaves a son, Robert James,
(m, to Maureen Greenwood and with two
sons, Andrew Robert and Paul Antony,
and a daughter, Caroline) and a daughter,
Carol Elsie (with two daughters,
Alexandra Carol Tornero and Marianna
Leonor Tornero).
Robert James Powditch
born 21st February 1937 in Santiago,
Chile.  Married Maureen Jane
Greenwood at St. George's Church,
Stamford, Lincolnshire, on
29th April 1961.
Issue:
1.  Andrew Robert Powditch
2.  Paul Antony Powditch
3.  Caroline Sarah Powditch
All of the above information had been faithfully copied from
original typescripts made by the late Robert James Powditch
- although with effect from Wednesday 5 January 2005, all reasons for death of deceased family members, together with all birthdates of known
living individuals, have been removed
 - as demanded by Carol E Powditch (Santiago, Chile) on 30.12.2004