Hazel
I know you have the birth cert for Jane Potter in 1872. Who registered the birth and what was the birth address please?
Dave
PS Wow Denise, great find
POTTER, Jane Ann (Dau of Richd Potter, age 2 years 10 months).
Died at Nursery Street; Buried on October 21, 1865 in General ground;
Grave Number 29, Section T5 of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Hazel
I have checked the Nursery Street entries on the 1871 census and there are several blocks of numbers missing I suspect that Lucy (perhaps with Richard) was in one of those missing houses.
Dave
Does this fit in with any of the research you have seen.
POTTER, Joseph (Widower, age 30, Striker, residing at Brightside).
Married Sarah Ann PEARSON, on March 22, 1874, by Thomas Hulme (Banns) at
St Thomas, Brightside. Father's name is Joseph Potter (Carter).
Married in the presence of William Potter (mark),Ann Hall (mark).
Notes: Groom signed with a mark.
This family are certainly confusing. Needs a flow sheet to keep them all sorted.
Does this fit in with any of the research you have seen.
POTTER, Joseph (Widower, age 30, Striker, residing at Brightside).
Married Sarah Ann PEARSON, on March 22, 1874, by Thomas Hulme (Banns) at
St Thomas, Brightside. Father's name is Joseph Potter (Carter).
Married in the presence of William Potter (mark),Ann Hall (mark).
Notes: Groom signed with a mark.
This family are certainly confusing. Needs a flow sheet to keep them all sorted.
Elaine.
Hi Elaine
I've looked at the father Joseph Potter, Carter. His wife died in 1875. So he could potentially have hooked up with Lucy. He then died in 1879 (the one Hazel found).
So all that fits in theory. But, if its him and he was only with Lucy for about 4 years would the girls have referred to him later as father?? Maybe Jane if he was all she knew.
Possible but I haven't yet found anything else to tie it in. So I've parked him for now.
Given Richard was born in Scarborough and we don't know anything else about his earlier life, we don't know if he had children from his first marriage. Maybe he did and they were back near Scarborough. He could have left Lucy to go back?
In researching my own family lines - I have found grandfather's named as fathers on marriage certificates when someone was illegitimate rather than leave it blank. I have known unmarried/widowed brothers take on their deceased brother's wife and family. People could lie and get away with it more easily or simply state something they did not know the truth of. A woman could name her deceased husband as the father of her later 'illegitimate' children years after his death. One in my maternal line had 3 such children and later married their true father when his wife died and then they went on use their true father's name. We not only research our family tree but we uncover their lies too and isn't it fun. :grin:
I think everyone has done brilliantly on this and looked outside the box giving Hazel a lot of food for thought.
Lyn
Brilliant Denise.
Assuming Richard Potter was AKA Joseph Potter then everything all falls into place.
Hazel, suggest you get this death cert to see who registered it:
POTTER, JOSEPH 74
GRO Reference: 1879 S Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 267
Here is the burial from this site:
POTTER, Joseph (, died on ?, at the age of 74).
Resided at Deakin Square, Attercliffe and buried on 31 Aug 1879 in ? ground;
Grave Number ?, Section ? of Attercliffe Cemetery, Attercliffe.
Notes: . Place of Birth: . Parent(s):
Dave
Thanks Dave. I was starting to think maybe they could be one and the same.
However, this Joseph Potter can be followed through the census with his family. His wife dies in 1875.
I'm now concentrating on trying to track Richard's first marriage/early life!!
We are looking for a Richard Potter born Scarborough around 1811 and probably married circa 1835ish but we are not sure where. Has he been found yet on the 1841 census?
Do we know think that Richard and Joseph are two seperate people or are we still on course to think they are the same.
Are we also sure that we have not got two families mixed up here, yes they could be related bbut we all know that two families could easily name their children the same.
If I am going off track then sorry, I need to go and buy a new thinking cap as I think the one I have must have broken!!!!!!!
Ps there is a marriage of a Richard Potter to Mary Saunderson in 1840 at Hutton Cranswick, this is a village near Driffield. Presume we can rule this out.
Ps there is a marriage of a Richard Potter to Mary Saunderson in 1840 at Hutton Cranswick, this is a village near Driffield. Presume we can rule this out.
Yes I have that pencilled as next on the list to research .
Its a possibility, as his fathers name is correct. Richard was a Shoemaker at the time of this marriage .
But there you go John one for you to try and follow through!
Last night I decided to match some of the Sheffield "Potters" up and see if they had a connection with Richard the fishmonger.
Managed to trace the Attercliffe Richard (1833) (Brick maker) back to 1841.
His father was a John and they were all born in Leicestershire ( Keyworth).
Now to Richard (Fishmonger) we have not been able to prove ...one his age and two he was indeed born in Scarborough. He did state his father was a John on his marriage to Lucy.
I believe I was told many years ago that it only became law about 1875 that All children were to be registered. Many folks thought baptism was good enough in the early years of registration. Another fact was that the onus was on the registrar to find these children.
I am sure others will verify those facts.?
Richard Potter is a very common name and part of the problem without those early
census to guide us.
Ps there is a marriage of a Richard Potter to Mary Saunderson in 1840 at Hutton Cranswick, this is a village near Driffield. Presume we can rule this out.
This couple are in Hutton Cranswick with 2 children on the 1861 census. We know the correct Richard was in Sheffield in 1861.
Dave
Yes Elaine that is correct re birth reg. I also learned that the onus on ensuring a birth was registered back in time fell upon the person who owned or rented the property where the birth took place. My grandmother had an illegitimate child in Llandudno in 1903 and because her fella was a travelling entertainer they didn't register the birth, perhaps they didn't know they should, and they had moved on. 7 weeks later he returned to Llandudno from Chester to register the birth presumably after trying to do so in Chester and was fined 42 shillings (£2.10p) for the late reg. A lot of money back then.
Dave, thanks for the info re Hutton Cranswick so we know that is wrong.
Richard in 1861 was 50 years old so that rules out another option I had that he was serving in the armed forces etc.
I just hope the answer to all this isn't staring us in the face.
I wonder if he had any shops etc and if so would he be in the Kelly's around the mid 1860s pity they were not available on line.
Finally another crazy idea of mine...could Richard be in fact his middle name. I mean we know his father was called John so was he really John Richard Potter and known to evryone as Richard to save confusion.
hi Dave there was another daughter to Henry &Mary a child called Mary in 1843 she went on to have the child (John who is on the census with Henry later named William
Hazel. Thanks. I know that Mary Jane Coleman was born 1843 Spilsby (mmn Whatton).She was with her parents and family in 1851 census. However I cannot trace her thereafter.
How do you know she was mother of John please?
Dave
I was curious and looked at births and found a cert with Mary named has his mother he had not been given a christian name when registered though also she is not named in the will either is she which I find strange
Hazel. That unmamed boy was birth registered in Q2 1861 which is AFTER the 1861 Census (which was end March 1861) . He may possibly have been the son of Mary Jane, Lucy's younger sister born 1843, but he cannot possibly be the John Coleman age 1 on the 1861 Census.
Dave
The only marriage I found for a Henry Coleman and a Mary Whattam (various spellings was) -
Mary Watton
Gender Female
Record Type Marriage
Marriage Date 15 Apr 1824
Marriage Place Saint Leonard, Shoreditch: Shoreditch High Street, Hackney, England
Spouse Henry Coleman
Register Type Parish Register
I had done my research years ago before the advent of computers etc. I think I got it from the IGI - now it does show on ancestry.
Both Henry b c 1798 and Mary were born in Leicestershire as it states in the census.
Familysearch gives us Henry Coleman Coleman
Birth Date 25 Apr 1797
Religion Anglican
Father's Name Thos
Mother's Name Sarah
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 18 Jun 1797
Event Place Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original) Leicestershire,England,Great Bowden