Edward POTTS

Edward POTTS

1839 – 1909 Β· Bury, Lancashire
Partner: Sarah ACKROYD
Father: Edward POTTS Β· Mother: Mary Elizabeth DIGGLE
πŸ‘ΆBirth
02/03/1839
Bury, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜1901 Census
Dean Evans
β›ͺBaptism
09/04/1839
Brunswick United Methodist Church, Bury, Lancashire πŸ“ πŸ“Ž View
πŸ’’Marriage (22)
31/07/1861
πŸ›οΈ Death of Prince Albert
Sarah ACKROYD
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grosvenor Street, Chorlton Upon Medlock, Lancashire πŸ“ πŸ“Ž View
🏠Lived (32)
1871
πŸ›οΈ Bank Holidays introduced
82 Windsor Road, Oldham, Lancashire πŸ“
with Sarah ACKROYD πŸ“Ž View

The 1871 Census includes Sarah Ann Pendleton, Domestic Servant, aged 21; Elizabeth Jones, Domestic Servant, aged 23; Phebe Wall, Domestic Servant, aged 21; Mary Ann Ackroyd, Sister-in-Law, aged 37, No Occupation, Born Liverpool and Thirza Ackroyd, Sister-in-Law, aged 23, No Occupation, Born ?, Leicestershire.

πŸ’ΌOccupation (32)
1871
Architect
πŸ’ΌOccupation (39)
28/10/1878
πŸ›οΈ Electric street lighting in London
Director of Alliance Manchester Permanent Benefit Building Society with Ephraim Sadler
Leicester Chambers, 72 Market Street, Manchester, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜British Newspaper Archive πŸ“Ž View
🏠Lived (42)
1881
The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire πŸ“
with Sarah ACKROYD β“˜1881 Census πŸ“Ž View
πŸ’ΌOccupation (42)
1881
Architect
Messrs Potts & Hennings of Bolton & Manchester, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜1881 Census
🏠Lived (52)
1891
πŸ›οΈ Free elementary education
The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire πŸ“ β“˜1891 Census πŸ“Ž View

Sarah his wife is not shown on the 1891 Census however he is still shown as married whereas the 1901 Census describes him as a widower.

Also shown in the house are:
June Warburton, Cook, 46; Mary Thomas, Domestic Servant, 57; Annie K Leslie, Waitress, 21 and Katherine Davies, Housemaid, 23.

πŸ’ΌOccupation (52)
1891
Architect β“˜1891 Census
🏠Lived (62)
1901
πŸ›οΈ Second Boer War
Quorndon, Brackley Road, Monton, Eccles, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜1901 Census πŸ“Ž View

In 1881 there were five servants living with the family.

πŸ“Will (70)
06/03/1909
πŸ“Ž View
✝️Death (70)
15/04/1909
Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜Dean Evans
πŸͺ¦Burial
abt 18/04/1909
Chadderton Cemetery, Chadderton, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜findagrave.com
βš–οΈProbate
08/06/1909
London, Middlesex πŸ“
Effects: Β£24,930 12s 3d [Β£3m+ in 2020] πŸ“Ž View
Children with Sarah ACKROYD
M
b. 1862, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1932, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
M
b. 1864, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1930, Whitehaven, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
F
b. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire
Edith POTTS
b. 1868, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1937, 85 Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, London, Middlesex Β· m. William TATTERSALL
F
b. 1869, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1905, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire
F
b. 1871, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1958, Keswick, Cumbria
Annie Elsie POTTS
b. 1873, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1953, Keswick, Cumbria Β· m. Ernest LONGBOTTOM
F
b. 1875, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1965, Keswick, Cumbria
F
b. 1876, Oldham, Lancashire Β· d. 1963, Keswick, Cumbria
M
b. 1878, Bowdon, Cheshire Β· d. 1942, Green Springs, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA Β· m. Mary YATES
M
b. 1882, Bowdon, Cheshire Β· d. 1956, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
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