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Yes that's my Tree on Ancestry, But my subscription has expired. Also the tree is no way near 100 right. The line from Edith Potter to Lazarus is fine but from there I am still refining it.
Edith Richards was my GGrandma and Lazarus was her grandfather she told me that he was married to a Mary Seward, I think in the marriage records there is a record of their union, but I will need to double check

Hi Ruth, I know he did seem to tell a couple of porkies, I found those stories on the NLA trove site too.
I would like it if Elizabeth Potter really did work for Queen Victoria but at the moment I don't think she did but who knows more digging i guess.
Anyway it may interest you to know that Lazarus Great Grand daughter only passed away last year aged 102, she was my great grandma, Thankyou for your website link.

Tina

Thank you, especially for the news paper article I have one from an adelaide paper. From what I researched Lazarus was born in 1837 to Elizabeth Potter and William Martin in Cambridgeshire, I have a copy of the extract and everyone assumes that Joseph and Hannah are his parents based on the censes. His age quoted in the newspaper stories do appear to be wrong based on the birth record.

Walter Potter had 3 children in his 1st marriage, Edwin Leslie, Mary Adelaine and Edith Annie. I think he had a sister Alice but I am certain that their was at least 1 more. This is where I get really stuck Trying to find out more on Walter.

Hi, the only thing I found was on a birth record that listed his father as William Martin occ. groom. I am descended from Lazarus' son Walter Potter where do you fit in?

Oops wrong photo. Its meant to be my GG granfather with his 5 brothers and father. They were all in the South Australian Railways