John Thomas Potter (1883 - 1962)

Born 1883 in Meredith, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian (Hume) Potter — married 1908 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1962 at about age 79 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Biography

John Potter was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

This profile is part of the Potter Name Study.

John Thomas Potter, son of Thomas Potter and Mary Allan, was born in 1883 in Meredith, Victoria.

In 1908 he married Lillian Hume. Their children include:

1. Lillian May Potter (1909-)
2. Edna Elizabeth (Potter) Goodrem (1910-1987)
3. John Robert Wesley Potter (1913-1914)
4. Adeline Jessie Potter (1914-)
5. Nettie Isabel Lorraine Potter (1918-)
6. Mary Mavis Jean Potter (1920-)
7. Eileen Joyce Potter (1922-)
8. Maxwell Potter (1927-1975)

John died in 1962, aged 78 years, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He was buried at Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Ballarat, Victoria (plot: Private BB, Section 1, Grave 33).

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Sources

• Birth: Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria - Online; Family name: POTTER; Given name(s): John Thomas; Event: births; Mother's name: Mary; Mother's family name at birth: ALLAN; Father's name: Thomas; Place of birth: MERE; Reg. year: 1883; Reg. number: 25159/1883

• Marriage: Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria - Online; Registration number: 9482 / 1908; Family name: HUME; Given name(s): Lillian; Spouse's family name: POTTER; Spouse's given name(s): Jno Thos

• Death: Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria - Online; Family name: POTTER; Given name(s): John Thomas; Event: deaths; Mother's name: Mary; Mother's family name at birth: ALLEN; Father's name: POTTER John Thomas; Place of birth: Meredith; Place of death: Ballarat; Age at Death: 78; Reg. year: 1962; Reg. number: 19739/1962

• Memorial: "Billion Graves" (has image)
  Ballarat New Cemetery, Doveton Street North, Ballarat, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  BillionGraves memorial (accessed 9 March 2024)
  Memorial page for John Thomas Potter (1883-26 September 1962);
  Also on memorial : Lillian Potter (Hume) b 1885 d 27 Jan 1950.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #227964449 (accessed 9 March 2024)
  Memorial page for John Thomas Potter (1883-26 Sep 1962), citing Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Private BB, Section 1, Grave 33).