Brief Life History of Caroline
When Caroline Potter was born on 28 February 1830, her father, John Potter, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Rhodes, was 22. She married Thomas Watkins on 26 October 1856, in Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- Caroline Potter in household of John Potter, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Caroline Potter, "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911"
- Caroline Watkins in household of Sarah Watkins, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
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1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
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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