Thomas
James
Potter
Born about [location unknown]
Son of Charles Potter
and Ann (Jacklin) Potter
Husband of
Frances Charlotte Semken
— married
1870 in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Florence E. (Potter) Gower, Frances Alma Spencer (Potter) Lamble, Clarence Herman Potter, Herbert Cecil Potter, Hazel (Potter) Cuthbert, Sydney Clyde Merton Potter and Rupert Potter
Died about
at about age 53
in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2021
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Biography
Thomas was born about 1848, possibly in France. As an infant, he arrived in Australia on the ship 'Agincourt'. on 7 October 1848[1]
He married Frances C Semken in 1870 in Cooma, New South Wales.[2]
Thos, child of Chas Potter & Anne, died (age 53) in about 1901 in Prahran, Victoria.[3] Thomas died (age 53) on 24 July 1901.[4]
Sources
- ↑
Passenger List:
"New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896"
State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2458; Item: [4/4904]
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1204 #281723 (accessed 11 May 2024)
Name: Thomas Potter; Birth Year: abt 1848; Age: 0; Arrival Date: 7 Oct 1848; Vessel Name: Agincourt.; Origin Location: Calais France. - ↑
Marriage:
"Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Lehi, UT; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Registration Number: 2108
Ancestry Record 1780 #1958973 (accessed 11 May 2024)
Thomas James Potter marriage to Frances C Semken in 1870 in Cooma, New South Wales. - ↑
Death:
"Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901; Registration Number: 11278
Ancestry Record 1779 #1361211 (accessed 11 May 2024)
Thos Jas Potter death about 1901 (age 53), child of Chas Potter & Anne, in Prahran, Victoria. - ↑
Death:
"Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001"
Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9091 #1800745315 (accessed 11 May 2024)
Thomas James Potter death 24 Jul 1901 (age 53).
- David Casley
- The Manaro Mercury 3 Dec 1870: POTTER- SEMKEN - By special licence, on the 1st December, at St. Paul’s Church, Cooma, by the Rev. Thomas Druitt, Thomas James Potter, eldest son of Mr. Charles Potter, of Kelso, Bathurst, to Frances Charlotte, only daughter of Mr. John Semken, of Cooma, Manaro.
- The Age (Melbourne) 25 Jul 1901: POTTER.— On the 24th July, Thomas James Potter, saddler, of 231 Burwood-road, Hawthorn, the beloved husband of Francis C. Potter; also father of Mrs. S. E. Gower, of Yapeen; Alma, Clarence, Leslie, Herbert, Hazel, Merton and Rupert Potter, aged 53
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ie 12602 into 16554. It seems it might have ended up the other way round. Sorry, I am not a wiz with this. Cheers David Casley