Brief Life History of Clifford Earl
When Clifford Earl Potter was born on 8 December 1892, in Peace Dale, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Gould Potter, was 30 and his mother, Ellen Agnes Knowles, was 29. He married Helen G. Johnson on 17 November 1915, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1935 and South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1935. He died in 1951, at the age of 59, and was buried in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Clifford Potter, "United States Census, 1920"
- Earl Clifford Potter, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Clifford Earl Potter, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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