John Potts (1834)

Born 20 Mar 1834 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Birth

John Potts born 20 March 1834 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the third of six children to Samuel Potts and Jane Geddes, also known as Jean.

He lived in the Stockerton Cottage in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland with his parents and siblings in June 1941. His father was an agricultural laborer.

In March 1851, at 17 years old, he was working as an agricultural laborer on the farm of William Bell.

Siblings

All children were born in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

1. Margaret Potts was born in 1827.
2. Mary Potts was born on 5 November 1829. She probably died before June 1841 as she was not on that census with her parents and siblings.
3. Elizabeth Potts was born on 21 June 1836. She married Patrick Murphy on 4 December 1857 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Elizabeth died after 6 April 1891 when she appeared on a Scotland Census.
4. George Potts was born on 2 February 1839.
5. Robert Potts was born on 2 April 1841. He married Margaret Robertson Clint (1840-1913) on 12 June 1863 in Auchencairn Village, Rerrick Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Robert died 10 November 1907 at The Hall, Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

Sources

• Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms 1564-1950.
• 1841 Scotland Census. Taken the night of 6 June 1841 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.^[1]
• 1851 Scotland Census. Taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. ^[2]

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1841: Head of household is Samuel 35, agricultural laborer, born Ireland, living at Stockerton Cottage; wife, Jane 40, born Scotland; daughter, Margaret 14 born about 1827 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; son, John 7 b. about 1834 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; daughter, Elizabeth 5, born about 1836 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; son, George 2, born about 1839 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; son, Robert 1 month, born 1841 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
2. ↑ 1851: He was 17 and an employee doing agricultural labor for William Bell on a 390 acre farm in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.