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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: daisycat on Tuesday 18 December 12 06:09 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I am wanting any information at all on Peter Potter b. 1793, who arrived on the Somersetshire on August 24th 1839, Port Adelaide. He had about ten children with him. I descend from his son James who was married to Ellen Martin. Their son was Henry Potter who married Mary Dolby Emmett. They had William Frank Potter. She arrived with him (and was married). They settled in Lyndoch Valley, South Australia. Photos would be appreciated, I do not have a photo of any Potter past my grandfather.
The family was quite secretive, so almost no information was passed down. All my grandfather knew was the names of his parents.
Lyn
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Have you seen his death notice on Trove Newspapers?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0slf/
Dee :)
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Or this one mentioning the names of more sons?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0slg/
Dee :)
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Hi Lyn,
Death notice for who appears to be your Peter.
South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900)(about)
Monday 7 November 1864
DEATHS. POTTER.— On the 3rd November, at his resi- dence, Lyndoch Valley, Mr. Peter Potter, aged 71 years (a colonist of 26 years), formerly of Lewes, Sussex, England.
I would have put the link up for the article itself for you but im having trouble with Trove links doing stupid things with me.
If you havent already checked Trove, its well worth it. [The link to Trove works ok with me but not links directly to articles.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y
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This link will take you to a number of Family Notices on Trove newspapers that are obviously connected to your Peter Potter.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0slh/
Dee :)
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Lyn, without knowing the names of all the children, I can only identify the follwoing marriage....
Edward POTTER aged 25 married Jane WHITE aged 19 on 26th July 1860 in the Schoolroom, Rowland Flat.
Fathers = Peter POTTER & John WHITE
Ref = Bar 43/30
And this one seems very likely, given the Trove snippet re the estate of Peter Potter.....
Samuel POTTER aged 24 married Eliza GASTON aged 19 on 11th January 1855 at the residence of Samuel Potter, Lyndoch Valley.
Ref = Ade 22/220
Dee :)
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Family Search has a Peter Potter marrying a Jane SINDEN on 1st February 1813 at
Saint Thomas, Lewes, Sussex, England.
Batch No =M14812-1
source film number = 1067241
There is also a record…..may be submitted, I’m not sure, that has Jane as Jane LINDEN.
Dee :)
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Baptisms of children of a Peter and Jane POTTER in SAINT THOMAS, Lewes, Sussex, from Family Search….
James 19th March 1815
Mary 9th June 1816
Jane 30th August 1818
Thomas 2nd January 1820
William 27th January 1822
Elizabeth 9th February 1823
Mary Ann 4th September 1825
Mary 6th January 1828
Samuel 11th April 1830
George 3rd June 1832
Edward 12th July 1835
Indexing Project = C02263-6
There’s also the baptism of Caleb POTTER to Peter Potter and Sarah on 17th October 1813.
Given the name Caleb on the Estate Notice in the paper, I wonder if Peter was married twice?
Dee :)
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There are trees on Mundia as well that have Caleb b.13.4.1813 d. 12.10.1885 Mt Barker, SA.
They also have Mary written as Mercy b.17.2.1816 d. 30.7.1884 Gawler.
Besides Caleb they also have Ellen b. 1814 died 1.4.1842 Adelaide.
Hannah b. 11.10.1827 died 1897 Wayville, SA.
There are about 40 trees on Mundia mentioning Peter POTTER. Don't forget that a lot of those trees will have copied each others information and not gained it from official records.
A few have photo's.
Hope that helps,
Sashar
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The 1836-1841 EMIGRANT REGISTER has Peter Potter aged 46, a coachsmith; wife aged 49;
sons 9, 7, 4, daughters 14,11,
Embarkation no. 2590
Then
James POTTER also a coachsmith, and wife, both aged 24; Emb. No. 2591
Jane POTTER aged 20; Emb. No. 2593
Thomas POTTER a currier, and wife, both aged 19; Emb. No. 2592
Elizabeth POTTER aged 16; Emb. No. 2594
As listed in BISA
POTTER Caleb b: 1814 SSX ENG d: c1887 Mt Barker? SA
arr 1852 on the ship OMEGA
occ: Tinsmith, Ironworker Resided in Adelaide, Mt Barker and Lyndoch
m: Sarah b: c1815
children
Elizabeth c1839
William c1841
Charles c1845
Edward c1843
Frederick c1850
Arthur c1854
Rhonda
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Hi,
I am wanting any information at all on Peter Potter b. 1793, who arrived on the Somersetshire on August 24th 1839, Port Adelaide. He had about ten children with him. I descend from his son James who was married to Ellen Martin. Their son was Henry Potter who married Mary Dolby Emmett. They had William Frank Potter. She arrived with him (and was married). They settled in Lyndoch Valley, South Australia. Photos would be appreciated, I do not have a photo of any Potter past my grandfather.
The family was quite secretive, so almost no information was passed down. All my grandfather knew was the names of his parents.
My husband also descends from James Potter and Ellen Martin.... James married Ellen Martin 17/3/1839 at St Nicholas Church in Brighton - imagine the scene at the church, within 24 or so hours the family departed for London to commence their journey to South Australia....
Ellen Martin's parents were Richard Martin and Priscilla Langridge, she was baptised 15/6/1817 at Maresfield Sussex. Her father, Richard Martin, was born in 1789 in Maresfield Sussex and her mother, Priscilla, was baptised 5/9/1790 at Fletching. Richard and Priscilla married 25/12/1813 at Fletching.
Peter Potter's parents were John Potter and Anne Burtenshaw, who married 25/4/1791 at Upper Beeding in Sussex. I don't know the names of John's parents - there were at least two Potter families residing at Upper Beeding during the mid 1770's.
Anne Burtenshaw, the daughter of Thomas Burtenshaw and Sarah, was baptised 21/7/1771 at Newtimber, Poynings.
Peter Potter was very unhappy in Australia and wrote a distressing letter home [dated 14th March 1840] to his siblings advising them to not emigrate. '....this is a very different country and place from what is represented in England, I do assure you, and if all would write the truth, there would not be half so many come out... I think of making another move to New Zealand, or somewhere else, where it is colder, as it is so alarmingly hot here...... Although wages are high, provisions are very dear, and so is rent, for we now pay 12s. per week for a mud house, about fit for a pig-sty, but it is called a comfortable house.' Peter went on to mention 'London bugs and fleas - the ground quite swarms with them.....I do assure you instead of this being a land of butter and eggs, it is a land of sand and vermin; if we lie down to sleep in the day, the flies will blow your eyes, ears or nose, and there will be maggots in a few hours..... If you come out expect to live a ,ife like hogs...'
The letter ended with Peter mentioning 'people are leaving for the country very fast, for farming, as it is more healthy than the city. There is great mortality in it, and plenty of work for doctors.'
Peter did relocate to the country and purchased land in the Barossa Valley.
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There is a NLA Trove list relating to his family and descendants List: Peter Potter - Jane Sinden descendants http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=14559
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Hi there. I too am descended from Peter and Jane, via James and Ellen> James and Mary Jane > Leonard and Ada Gwendoline > Brian and Lorna > Wendy (nee Potter) and Laurie Cahalan > Shane Nicholson and Jane (nee Cahalan).
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Cheers.
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