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    Potter, John

    Male 1811 - Aft 1871  (~ 60 years)


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    • Name Potter, John 
      Christened 25 Jun 1811  Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died Aft 1871 
      Person ID I03376  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, Margaret,   b. Abt 1816, Of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 8 Apr 1856, Houston, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
      Married Abt 1835  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Potter, Elizabeth,   c. 20 Dec 1835, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1851  (Age ~ 16 years)
       2. Potter, James,   c. 30 Oct 1837, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Jul 1905, West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
       3. Potter, William,   b. Abt 1844, Of Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
       4. Potter, Isabella,   b. Abt 1846, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1881-1891, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
       5. Potter, John,   b. Abt 1850, Of Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
       6. Potter, Alexander,   b. Abt 1858, Of West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 13 Jun 2015 
      Family ID F03460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • John Potter and Margaret Brown.
        Residing at Nettlehill daughter Elizabeth baptised 20.12.1835

        Possbility:
        Name: John Potter
        Age: 39
        Estimated birth year: abt 1812
        Relationship: Head
        Spouse's name: Margaret
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Ecclesmachan, Linlithgow
        Parish Number: 672
        Civil parish: Uphall
        County: West Lothian
        Address: Houston
        Occupation: Carter
        ED: 2
        Page: 2 (click to see others on page)
        Household schedule number: 11
        Line: 19
        Roll: CSSCT1851_174
        Household Members: Name Age
        Elizabeth Potter 15
        Isabella Potter 5
        James Potter 13
        John Potter 39
        John Potter 1
        Margaret Potter 35
        William Potter 7

        Possibility at 11 Houston Street, Uphall, West Lothian on the 1851 census
        Potter, John, Head M 39, Carter, Uphall, Ecclesmachen
        Potter, Margaret, Wife 35 Carter's wife, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire
        Potter, Elizabeth, Dau, 15.
        Potter, James, 13
        Potter, William. 7 All born uphall, Linlithgow,
        Potter, Isabella, 5
        Potter, John.1

        Possibly: John Potter on the 1861 census:
        19 Oswald Street, St George, Glasgow.
        Potter, John, Head, Wid, 50, Carter Uphall, Linlithgow
        Potter, James, Son, Unm, 22 Wright, Uphall, Linlithgow
        Potter, Isabella, Dau, 15, Unm Housekeeper, Uphall, Linlithgow
        Potter, Alex. Son Unm 2, Scholar Uphall, Linlithgow

        Also War Casulaties WW1.
        Potter, Thomas Gordn Highlanders 11 April 1918 aged 23 years. Son of Mary Potter of Rock View, Dechmont, Uphall, West Lothian, and the late James Potter. (Son of James 22 years above??)

        1881Census Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow:
        There is a John Potter listed on the 1881 census at Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Potter, John Head 70 Church Warden Widow Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Potter, George 28 Son Quarry Worker, Unm, Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Potter, Elizabeth, 20 Housekeeper, Unm, Grand, Linlithgow, Scotland
        Potter, Mary F., 15 Outdoor Worker, Unm, Grand, Ecclesmachen, Scotland
        Potter, Helen B. 9 Scholar, Unm, Grand, Ecclesmachen, Scotland

        1851 Census West Lothian John Potter:
        POTTER JOHN 54 ABERCORN
        POTTER JOHN 25 ABERCORN
        POTTER JOHN 25 BO'NESS
        POTTER JOHN 32 BO'NESS
        POTTER JOHN 3 LINLITHGOW
        POTTER JOHN 54 LINLITHGOW
        POTTER JOHN 12 LINLITHGOW
        POTTER JOHN 9 LINLITHGOW
        POTTER JOHN 41 LINLITHGOW
        POTTER JOHN 60 LIVINGSTON
        POTTER JOHN 39 UPHALL
        POTTER JOHN 1 UPHALL
        POTTER JOHN 46 WHITBURN

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