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Miriam Powis 1895 - 1983

Miriam Powis of Amityville, Suffolk County, NY was born on September 18, 1895, and died at age 87 years old in March 1983.

Miriam Powis
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Amityville, Suffolk County, NY 11701
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September 18, 1895
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In 1895, in the year that Miriam Powis was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1910, when she was just 15 years old, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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Powis, Harry (Jul 31, 1890 - Nov 15, 1973) Powis, Winston (Dec 10, 1933 - Jun 4, 2007) Powis, Charles (Mar 29, 1897 - Feb 1986) Powis, Marion (Jun 22, 1893 - Nov 1983) Powis, Catherine (Jan 11, 1896 - Dec 1979) Powis, Dora (Mar 11, 1912 - Dec 1982) Powis, Edward (May 16, 1898 - Aug 5, 1991) Powis, Margaret (Jan 15, 1906 - Nov 29, 2000) Powis, Kenneth (Mar 16, 1920 - Apr 1972) Powis, Marion (Feb 4, 1915 - Mar 22, 2001)
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