POTTER 1850 Westbury Workhouse look up request, please

[ceb83]

A very tangled web!! 

But, the further back I go the more used to them I'm becoming!!

Tricia, you've been brilliant!! I'm really grateful for all your help. I can now email my 90 year old uncle and give him a few more details; he'll be stunned but not that stunned, I hope!! 
As I said it all started with a funeral...............

Cheers, for now,

Carol

['Tricia]

I'll go back to 1841

What is difficult about this is that no relationships are given but all these Potters are recorded as being at the same residence


1841

Tinbury, Edington, Westbury Wilts

Robert Potter 60 Agric Lab
Rachel Potter 20  
William Potter 16
Mary Potter 9 *
Robert Potter 30  
Amelia Potter 30
Sarah Potter 6
John Potter 5  
James Potter 3  
George Potter 10 Mo  

 HO107 Folio 9 Page 12

Looks as though Robert is dad to Rachael William and Mary* and also to married son Robert

* see posting further down - think she is Robert's grandchild*

Tricia

['Tricia]

This is an extracted record form Parish registers

     
RACHEL POTTER
 
Christening:  26 MAR 1820   Edington, Wiltshire
 
Parents:
Father  ROBERT POTTER 
Mother  ANN 

So Rachael gave her daughters her mum's name


Tricia
 

['Tricia]

There is a death registration for a Ann Potter in 1840 in Westbury but doesn't give age at death. Think it must be her.

['Tricia]

Robert Potter (Rachael's brother)
 
Marriage
Spouse:  Amelia Oram
13 JUL 1835   Edington, Wiltshire, England
 
 

['Tricia]

This looks as though it is the marriage of Rachael's parents. Another extraction from the parish registers

   
ROBERT POTTER: 
 
Spouse:  ANN FENNELL
Marriage:  15 AUG 1808   Edington, Wiltshire, England
 
 

['Tricia]

Possible children of Robert and Ann Potter

James Potter 22 MAY 1809  Edington, Wiltshire
Ann Potter 01 JUN 1811  Edington, Wiltshire
Robert Potter 08 OCT 1813  Edington, Wiltshire
Jane Potter 07 JAN 1816  Edington, Wiltshire
Rachael Potter 26 MAR 1820  Edington, Wiltshire
William Potter 01 JUN 1823  Edington, Wiltshire

These are extracted records from the parish registers and are christening dates

Going back to the 1841 census I don't think Mary age 9 is the child of Robert

I did find a christening for a Mary Ann Potter 25 SEP 1831   Edington, Wiltshire with parents of James and Ann Potter so she must be Robert's grandchild

Tricia

['Tricia]

There is a death reference for a Robert Potter - again doesn't give age but if this is him it does explain why Rachael was in the workhouse in 1851 - poor soul


Robert Potter
Death registered qrt ending December 1845
Westbury
Volume 8
Page 267
 

['Tricia]

1871

Edington

Joshua Early Head 52 Agric Lab born Erlestoke Wiltshire
Rachael wife 51 born Tinhead Wiltshire
Job son 20 Unmar Agric Lab born Coulston
William son 11 born Couston

RG10/ 1929 Folio 8 Page 8