Edward POTTS

Edward POTTS

1839 – 1909 · Bury, Lancashire
Partner: Sarah ACKROYD
👶Birth
02/03/1839
Bury, Lancashire 📍 1901 Census
Dean Evans
Baptism
09/04/1839
Brunswick United Methodist Church, Bury, Lancashire 📍 📎 Baptism
💒Marriage (22)
31/07/1861
🏛️ Death of Prince Albert
Sarah ACKROYD
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grosvenor Street, Chorlton Upon Medlock, Lancashire 📍 📎 Marriage Cert
🏠Lived (32)
1871
🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced
82 Windsor Road, Oldham, Lancashire 📍
with Sarah ACKROYD 📎 Census

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.

💼Occupation (32)
1871
Architect
💼Occupation (39)
28/10/1878
🏛️ Electric street lighting in London
Director of Alliance Manchester Permanent Benefit Building Society with Ephraim Sadler
Leicester Chambers, 72 Market Street, Manchester, Lancashire 📍 British Newspaper Archive 📎 Newspaper
🏠Lived (42)
1881
The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍
with Sarah ACKROYD 1881 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (42)
1881
Architect
Messrs Potts & Hennings of Bolton & Manchester, Lancashire 📍 1881 Census
🏠Lived (52)
1891
🏛️ Free elementary education
The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍 1891 Census 📎 Census

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.

💼Occupation (52)
1891
Architect 1891 Census
🏠Lived (62)
1901
🏛️ Second Boer War
Quorndon, Brackley Road, Monton, Eccles, Lancashire 📍 1901 Census 📎 Census

In 1881 there were five servants living with the family.

📝Will (70)
06/03/1909
📎 Will
✝️Death (70)
15/04/1909
Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire 📍 Dean Evans
🪦Burial
abt 18/04/1909
Chadderton Cemetery, Chadderton, Lancashire 📍 findagrave.com
⚖️Probate
08/06/1909
London, Middlesex 📍
Effects: £24,930 12s 3d [£3m+ in 2020] 📎 Probate
Children with Sarah ACKROYD
M
b. 1862, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1932, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
M
b. 1864, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1930, Whitehaven, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
F
b. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire
Edith POTTS
b. 1868, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1937, 85 Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, London, Middlesex · m. 1891 William TATTERSALL
F
b. 1869, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1905, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire
F
b. 1871, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1958, Keswick, Cumbria
Annie Elsie POTTS
b. 1873, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1953, Keswick, Cumbria · m. 1901 Ernest LONGBOTTOM
F
b. 1875, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1965, Keswick, Cumbria
F
b. 1876, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1963, Keswick, Cumbria
M
b. 1878, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1942, Green Springs, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA · m. 1903 Mary YATES
M
b. 1882, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1956, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
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Description: Deaf with one ear but sharp with the other
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