William Sheridan Potter Sr

Brief Life History of William Sheridan

When William Sheridan Potter Sr was born on 9 February 1892, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Nelson Potter, was 26 and his mother, Lavina Ellen Freeman, was 25. He married Pearl Marie Jackson in September 1914, in Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years and Fort Ripley, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He died on 20 May 1976, in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States.

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William Sheridan Potter Sr
1892–1976
Pearl Marie Jackson
1896–1962
Marriage: September 1914
Evelyn Lavina Potter
1915–2001
William Sheridan Potter Jr.
1917–1982
Eunice Potter
1919–2013
Maurice Wendell "Buck" Potter
1920–2008
Bernice Pearl Potter
1921–1996
Genevieve Gladys Potter
1922–2021
Vivian M Potter
1924–2016
Norman C. Potter
1930–1994
Jeanette Potter
1932–
Richard James Potter
1934–2016
Eleanor Jane Potter
1936–2018
Marlys Loraine Potter Hinch
1938–

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  • William S Patter, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Sheridan Potter, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
  • Wm Sheridan Potter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

English and Dutch; North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.

In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Lončar ‘potter’ (see Loncar ), and probably also of cognates from some other languages, e.g. Czech Hrnčíř (see Hrncir ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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