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    Potter, James

    Male 1813 - 1881  (~ 67 years)


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    • Name Potter, James 
      Christened 5 Dec 1813  Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 12 Mar 1881  Dennstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I00766  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 13 Jun 2015 

      Father Potter, James,   b. Abt 1787, Of West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1841-1881, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 94 years) 
      Mother Paris, Isabel,   c. 29 Feb 1788, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1841-1881, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years) 
      Married 05 Jun 1810  Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Family ID F01139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Brown, Christina,   c. 6 May 1821, Ratha, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Jan 1870, Clyde, Glasgow, Larnark, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
      Married 10 Jan 1846  Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
      Children 
      +1. Potter, William,   b. 1846, Of Andreas, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1901  (Age 56 years)
      +2. Potter, Isabella Margaret,   b. Abt 1847, Cupar, (Markbeech) Fife , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1934, Hendra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
      +3. Potter, Jane,   b. Abt 1849, Of St Cubeths, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1887-1901, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
       4. Potter, Margaret,   b. Abt 1853, Of St Cubeths, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1871  (Age ~ 19 years)
       5. Potter, Christian,   c. 24 Sep 1855, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1861, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 5 years)
       6. Potter, James,   c. 19 Sept 1857, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1901  (Age ~ 44 years)
       7. Potter, Mary,   c. 17 Nov 1859, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1881  (Age ~ 22 years)
      Family ID F00341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Possibility?
        1841 Census: Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland:
        (Indexed under Patter not Potter)
        Name: James Patter
        Age: 25
        Estimated birth year: abt 1816
        Household: View other family members
        Gender: Male
        Where born: West Lothian, Scotland
        Civil parish: Uphall
        County: West Lothian
        Address: Houstown
        Parish Number: 672
        ED: 2
        Page: 13 (click to see others on page)
        Mary Bird abt 1821 Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672
        Henrietta Brown abt 1824 West Lothian, Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672
        Isabella Patter abt 1791 West Lothian, Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672
        James Patter abt 1787 West Lothian, Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672
        James Patter abt 1816 West Lothian, Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672
        James Robertson abt 1827 Scotland Uphall West Lothian 672


        Possibilty?
        1851 Census: St Cuthbert's Edinburgh, Scotland:
        Name: James Potter
        Age: 37
        Estimated birth year: abt 1814
        Relationship: Head
        Spouse's name: Christian
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Sec??, Linlithgowshire
        Parish Number: 685/2
        Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
        County: Midlothian
        Address: 8 Spences Place
        Occupation: Labourer
        ED: 43A
        Page: 13 (click to see others on page)
        Household schedule number: 77
        Line: 4
        Roll: CSSCT1851_183
        Household Members: Name Age
        Christian Potter 29
        Isabella Potter 4
        James Potter 37
        Jean Potter 2
        William Potter 6


        1861 Census: St Cuthbert's Edinburgh, Scotland:
        Name: James Patter
        Age: 47
        Estimated birth year: abt 1814
        Relationship: Head
        Spouse's name : Christiane
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Edermasham, Linlithgow
        Registration Number: 685/1
        Registration district: St George
        Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
        County: Midlothian
        Address: Glasgow Road Haymarket
        Occupation: Labourer
        ED: 51
        Page: 4 (click to see others on page)
        Household schedule number: 13
        Line: 1
        Roll: CSSCT1861_124
        Household Members: Name Age
        Christiane Patter 38
        Isabella Patter 14
        James Patter 47
        James Patter 3
        Jane Patter 12
        Margaret Patter 7
        Mary Patter 1
        William Patter 16


        Listed as a carter at time of daughter Isabella's marriage in 1866.

        Probably Listed at Clyde on the 1871 Census.
        Very difficult to read.
        Could be Stockwell Street
        Potter, James Head Widower 58 years Labourer Born Scotland
        Potter, Jane Daugh Unm 22 Machinist, Scotland
        Potter, Margaret Daugh Unm 17 Scotland
        Potter, James Son Unm 13 Messenger Boy, Scotland
        Potter, Mary Daugh Unm 10 Scholar
        Smith, Richard, Visitor Unm 32 Labourer
        One boarder undecipherable
        One other


        1881 Census: Glascow, Scotland, England:
        320 Castle, Glascow Scotland
        Smith, Richard, Head, Carter, M, 40 Boness, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Smith, Jane, Wife, 32, Edinburgh, Scotland
        Smith, Richard, Son, 8, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
        Smith, David, Son 4, Lanark, Scotland
        Smith, William Son, 2, Lanark, Scotland
        Smith, Hamilton, Son 5m, Lanark, Scotland
        Potter, James, Boarder, Carter, 67, Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Potter, James, Boarder, Railway Porter, Un 22 years, Edinburgh, Scotland
        Potter, Mary, Unm, Domestic Servant, 21 years, Edinburgh, Scotland


        A death James Potter 1881 68 years Dennistoun, Glasgow City(644/03 1618)


        The James Potter baptised Ecclesmachan, West Lothian son of James Potter and Isabel Paris on 05.12.1813?? Siblings include Walter baptised 1816, and John 1811. This couple married in Ecclesmachen in 05.06.1810. James was a farmer and on the 1842 Gazette for Ecclesmachen it lists a James Potter, Farmer??

        If Ecclesmachen Correct Person:
        1841 Census: Ecclesmachen, West Lothian, Scotland:
        Potter, Lewis Head 55 years Ag Lab, West Lothian(There is a Lewis Pottar christened Uphall, West Lothian on 08.07.1781 son of James Pottar and Janet Mitchel? A Lewis Potter marrier a Jean Oar at Ecclesmachen in 1805?)
        Potter, Isabel 40 West Lothian(Same as above but remarriage or different cople or a daughter??) A Lewis Potter marries an Isabel Mitchell at Ecclesmachen in 1825. Probably this couple but related to James Pottar and Janet Mitchel??)
        Potter, James 30 Labourer West Lothian
        Potter, Janet 25 West Lothian
        Potter, Mary 8 West Lothian
        Bogle, Jean 5 West Lothian

    • Sources 
      1. [S00023] M116662 1794 - 1823 1066629 Film 6900370, IGI.

      2. [S00051] Uphall Scotland Parish Registers.
        James Potter and Christian Brown, Bothe residing in this parish were married 10.01.1846

      3. [S00051] Uphall Scotland Parish Registers.
        James Potter and Christian Brown both residing in this parish were married 10th January, 1846.