Brief Life History of Norman Edmund
When Norman Edmund Potter was born on 26 July 1887, in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Nelson Potter, was 21 and his mother, Lavina Ellen Freeman, was 21. He married Ellen A Johnson on 20 May 1922, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States in 1930 and The Dalles Election Precinct 4, Wasco, Oregon, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 30 June 1966, in Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Norman E Potter, "United States Census, 1940"
- Norman Edmund Potter, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Norman E Potter, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1889
Montana is 41st state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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