Person:Alexander Potter (1)

Watchers
Alexander Charles Potter
d.Abt 20 Jan 1955
  • HAlexander Charles Potter1872 - Abt 1955
  • WLydia Summach1887 - 1938
m. 25 Dec 1906
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5] Alexander Charles Potter
Alt Name[6] Alex Potter
Alt Name Alix Potter
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 5 Nov 1871 Rockingham, Raglan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Birth[6][7][4] 5 Nov 1872 Rockingham, Raglan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Alt Birth[3][4] Abt 1872 Ontario, Canada
Marriage 25 Dec 1906 Raglan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canadato Lydia Summach
Occupation[11] 1913 Edmonton, Alberta, Canadalisted as a Salesman for Wadleigh nr Magrath (Highlands district) in the 1913 Henderson's Directory.
Occupation? 1955 Alex and Lydia Potter farmed in what is now the Steele Heights district of Edmonton.
Death[8][9] Abt 20 Jan 1955
Burial[10][8] 22 Jan 1955 Little Mountain Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
References
  1. Rene (Potter) Pierno -- March 30, 1998, Recipient: Rick Moffat
    30 Mar 1998.
  2. Renfrew County Genealogical Data.

    POTTER, ALEXANDER ; b. ABT 1872 ,,ONTARIO, CANADA; Information from 1891 Brudenal Census

  3. 3.0 3.1 Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index
    6 April 1891.

    POTTER 1891 census 114e family 049 @ca.on.renfrew.brudenell pages 11,12 film T6366 lds1465791

    20 POTTER Charles m 53 married - Ger Ger Ger bapt storekeeper
    21 POTTER Dora f 42 married wife Ger Ger Ger Baptist
    22 POTTER Charles m 21 - son Ont Ger Ger Baptist student
    23 POTTER Alix m 19 - son Ont Ger Ger Baptist
    24 POTTER .Sophia f 16 - dtr Ont Ger Ger Baptist
    25 POTTER William m 11 - son Ont Ger Ger Baptist
    page 12
    1 POTTER Mary f 9 - dtr Ont Ger Ger Baptist 2 POTTER Annie f 2 - dtr Ont Ger Ger Baptist

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 1881 Canadian Census, LDS CD, Transcriptions. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT84150-3400, 2001)
    Page 46, Family 177, 4 Apr 1881.

    Extract:1881 Canadian Census Census Place: Brudenell & Lynedock, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375870 NAC C-13234 Dist 113 SubDist G

    Household:
    Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
    Charles POTTER
    M M 44 German Germany Occ: Blacksmith Religion: Baptist
    Dora POTTER
    F M 34 German Germany Religion: Baptist
    Charles POTTER
    M 11 German Ontario Religion: Baptist
    Alexander POTTER
    M 9 German Ontario Religion: Baptist
    Sophia POTTER
    F 6 German Ontario Religion: Baptist
    William POTTER
    M 2 German Ontario Religion: Baptist
    Mary POTTER
    F German Ontario Religion: Baptist Born: Mar; ./12
    William ROBERTSON
    M W 72 Scottish Scotland Occ: Servant Religion: Church of Scotland

  5. Marriage, in Genealogical Research Library. Canadian genealogy index, 1600s-1900s
    1906.

    Lydia Zummach & Alexander Potter

    Potter, Alexander , 017557. Married in 1906 in Raglan Township, Ontario, Canada.
    Zummach, Lydia , 017557. Married in 1906 in Raglan Township, Ontario, Canada.

  6. 6.0 6.1 Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 1901)
    Page 7, 31 Mar 1901.

    ON RENFREW (South/Sud) (#111) Subdistrict: Brudenell & Lyndoch e-2

    3 60 Potter Charles M Head M Jul 10 1837 63 Germ r 1876
    4 60 Potter Dora Shalet F Wife M Oct 14 1846 54 Germ r 1876
    5 60 Potter Alex M Son S Nov 5 1872 28 Ont r
    6 60 Potter Annie F Daughter S May 13 1887 13 Ont r

  7. Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    1906.

    Lydia Zummach & Alexander Potter

    Name: Sydia Zummach [I read Lydia Zummach]
    Birth Place: Raylan Tp
    Age: 20
    Father Name: August Zummach
    Mother Name: Mary Noak
    Estimated birth year: abt 1886
    Spouse Name: Alexander Potter
    Spouse's Age: 35
    Spouse Birth Place: Rockingham Brudenell Tp
    Spouse Father Name: Chas Potter
    Spouse Mother Name : Dorathay Niemann
    Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1906
    Marriage Place: Renfrew
    Marriage : Renfrew
    Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_124

  8. 8.0 8.1 Edmonton Cemeteries (Search). (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: City of Edmonton).

    Name - ALEX POTTER; Burial Date - 1/22/55; Cemetery - LITTLE MOUNTAIN; *Section/Block/Plot - / 33 / 0002.
    * Please note that Beechmount and Little Mountain Cemeteries do not have section numbers.;

  9. Assumption.

    Assume he died a couple of days prior to his burial.

  10. Email, in Marien, Bev (Potter), Recipient: Rick Moffat
    8 Aug 2003.

    Burial is at Little Mountain (his dad is there as well); re: John Potter's funeral

  11. Henderson's Edmonton (Alberta) city directory.. (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Henderson Directories, , 1905-)
    1913.

    Potter ALex C slsmn h w s Wadleigh nr Magrath (Highlands)