George Cyril Power
- Born: 31 May 1905, Oderin, Newfoundland
- Marriage (1): Mary Saunders on 2 Jul 1949
- Died: 19 Apr 1995, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada at age 89
 General Notes:
R. J Power researcher - Born on May 31, 1905 in Oderin, George was the only one of the Power siblings to make a home outside Newfoundland. When his mother died in 1909, he moved to live with his Uncle Jim Hayden in Petit Forte, then to Grand Falls in 1914 with the rest of the family. At the age of 15 he went to St. John's to finish school at St. Bon's. The school registers confirm that Admission # 2115 on September 20, 1920 was George Power, whose hometown was Grand Falls and whose father had the occupation of machinist. George Moved to Ontario after St. Bon's and studied classics at the University of Toronto. It was in Ontario that he met and married, in July of 1949, Mary Saunders, originally from Bishops Falls, Newfoundland. In 1941 George was a schoolteacher in Morrisburg, Ontario. Not long after that he went back to university and obtained a law degree, then started a second career with the Ontario provincial government. George passed away on April 19, 1995 in Scarborough, Ontario. He and Mary had two sons, Maurice and Philip.
George married Mary Saunders on 2 Jul 1949.
Marriage Notes:
R. J. Power researcher
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