Benjamin Potter

1839 - 1911  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Benjamin Potter
  Born	Feb 1839	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Saddler
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Church of England
  Residence	1863	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30809
  Died	13 Jan 1911	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States   [6]
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I30809	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James Alexander Potter,   b. 4 Jun 1811, , Suffolk, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Sherington,   b. Between 1813 and 1814, , England ,   d. 22 Nov 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F8086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betsy Hicks,   b. Between 1834 and 1835, , England ,   d. 1 Dec 1918, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Anna Potter,   b. 3 Sep 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1931, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 66 years)   2. Clara Isabella Potter,   b. 14 Nov 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Aug 1936, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F51820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 100. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 22. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Potter, 24, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, son of James and Mary, married 20 Oct 1863 Betsy Hicks, 28, res. Berlin, b. England, daughter of Thomas and Hannah [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Ernst R. Poppe, 38, res. Mornington, b. Prussia, son of John G and Charlotte (Kohloff), married 23 Oct 1866 Barbara E Hassenpflug, 21, res. Wilmot, b. Hesse Cassel, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( ? ) [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 53. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201014262/benjamin-potter.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Saddler - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1863 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Oct 1863 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Jan 1911 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Buried - - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth