James Alexander Potter^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1811 - 1898  (86 years)

• Name	James Alexander Potter
  Born	4 Jun 1811	, Suffolk, England   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1832	, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Residence	1836	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Residence	1840	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	farmer
  Residence	1852	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Tavern Keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper]
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Weslyan Methodist
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-46805
  Died	7 Feb 1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I46805	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Sherington,   b. Between 1813 and 1814, , England ,   d. 22 Nov 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Children	1. Frederick Augustus Potter,   b. 10 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1905, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   2. Mary Ann "Ann" Potter,   b. 21 May 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1920, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA  (Age 82 years)   3. Ann Potter,   b. 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Benjamin Potter,   b. Feb 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1911, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age ~ 71 years)   5. Jane Potter,   b. 9 Oct 1842, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   6. Sarah Potter,   b. 10 Sep 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1940  (Age 95 years)   7. David Nelson Grant Potter,   b. 20 Mar 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1933, Crystal City, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 87 years)   8. Jacob Potter,   b. 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Alfred Earnest Potter,   b. 23 Mar 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1937, Plum Coulee, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella Fleming,   b. 20 Mar 1827, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 18 Jul 1910  (Age 83 years)
  Married	24 May 1853	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Mary Potter,   b. Abt 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Nov 1852  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Jessie Judith Potter,   b. 1 Mar 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. Isabella Effie Potter,   b. 5 Jun 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)   4. James Alexander Potter,   b. 2 Apr 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1930, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 72 years)   5. Margaret Matilda "Maggie" Potter,   b. 13 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1903  (Age 44 years)   6. William Nelson Grant Potter,   b. 28 Jul 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. William Potter,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Hannah Catherine "Catherine" Potter,   b. 15 May 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1934  (Age 72 years)   9. George Potter,   b. 22 Feb 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Kate Potter,   b. 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F32598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  James Alexander Potter

  
  

• Notes

  James Potter, an elderly settler in this area, died on Monday at the age of 86 years and 8 months. He came to Canada in 1832, settled on a farm near Bridgeport in 1840, and came to Berlin in 1852, where he at first worked in Mackies Store. Then, he was employed in the so-called "Hueglin Hotel" in the eastern part of town and later, in the Commercial Hotel, on the site where the present Walper House stands. He later lived for a long time on a small parcel of land west of the city. Five years ago he moved into the house on Ahrens St., where he died. He was known near and far, and had many friends. Berliner Journal February 10th, 1898 pg 4 col 2 ___________________ King Street, Kitchener Next, well back and at the bottom of a slope from King Street, was the back of Gaukel's Hotel, extending back to Hall's Lane. Gaukel's was the first considerable Hotel in Berlin. Frederick Gaukel, who had come from Pennsylvania in 1820, purchased a tract of lots in 1833 from Joseph Schneider on the westerly corner of Queen and King Streets, the site formerly occupied by Phineas Vemum's blacksmith shop, and thereon erected a two story frame building with a wide Colonial style veranda. Candidates at election spoke from this veranda to the crowd on the street, and it had other like uses. The little house standing in the rear, which Phineas Varnum had used for a tavern, was used as a kitchen. The hotel woodshed came next. It was a frame building. When judges came to Berlin for County Court they stayed at this hotel and Henry Stroh would be asked to forage for speckled trout and partridge, Mr. Gaukel wishing to place something special before his distinguished guests. In 1851 Gaukel had a bear tied by a chain to a post in the barnyard on King Street. There was a cross board on top of the post to which the bear could climb and become a public exhibition. In the early years Indians, wrapped in their government blankets, were in the habit of calling at the house for something to eat. The woods along the Conestoga River abounded in butternuts and these, gathered in the fall, served to entertain the guests on Sunday afternoons. Henry Bachman was an early bartender at the hotel. Frederick Gaukel died in 1853. His son George thereafter had the hotel for one year, paying $140.00 rent to the Estate. James Potter, who came from Bridgeport, then bought the place and changed its name to The Great Western Hotel. He took down the heavy colonial veranda and replaced it with a new one of iron posts and iron railings. The veranda continued to be a rostrum for political orators. Hon. Michael Hamilton Foley, Post Master General, and Mr. I. E. Bowman, for many years Member of Parliament for North Waterloo, spoke from it. Potter had a large swinging sign on a post at the corner facing King Street. On a windy day 'the squeak of the swinging sign could be heard throughout the village. On the sign were the proprietor's name, the name of the hotel and a picture of The Great Eastern Steamship, by far the largest ship of its time. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

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  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Nov 1890. Nov 5, 1890 Isabella Elsie Potter, daughter of James & Isabella Potter, died in Berlin. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12199-83. Edward Smyth, 34, occ. Merchant, b. Ireland, res. Berlin, son of William and Estella, married Maggie Potter, 23, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of James and Isabella, Witnessed by Adolph Miller and Kate Potter, both of Berlin, 10 Oct 1883 at Berlin [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011220-76. Edward Bell, 35, occ. Occ. Yeoman, b. England, res. Waterloo Twp, son of John & Ann Married Ann Potter, 38, b. Canada, res. Waterloo, daughter of James & Mary, Witn William Potter of Berlin & Mary Potter of Waterloo, 22 March 1876 in Berlin. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011227-76. Alfred Ernest Potter, 26, Yeoman, Canada, Berlin, son of James & Mary Married Elizabeth Aldons (Aldous?), 24, Canada, Berlin, daughter of Benjamin & Catharine, Witn James Rothwell & Ann Eliza Simpson Both of Berlin, 1 November 1876 in Berlin. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011868-86. A. A. Pipe, 31, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Guelph, son of John and Emily Rouse Pipe, married Jessie J. Potter, 30, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of James and Isabella Fleming Potter, Witness: Bella Potter of Berlin and Harvey Pipe of Guelph, 9 June 1886 at Berlin [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 100. James Potter, farmer b. England, Wesleyan Methdist aged 40 Mary b. England aged 38 Frederick A. b. Canada aged 16 Mary Ann Potter b. Canada aged 15 Benjamin Potter, b. Canada aged 13 Jaen Potter b. Canada aged 10 Sarah Potter b. Canada aged 8 David Potter b. Canada aged 6 Jacob Potter b. Canada aged 4 Alfred Potter b. Canada aged 3 [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 34. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 49. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 22. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . James Potter/ born/ Suffolk, England/ June 4, 1811/ died/ Feb. 7, 1898 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of James Potter - 10 Feb 1898. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 6. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 14 Apr 1836:28. 13 Apr 1836 The family of James Potter was blessed with a son. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 100.

  
  

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  Born - 4 Jun 1811 - , Suffolk, England Immigration - 1832 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1836 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1840 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 May 1853 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tavern Keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Weslyan Methodist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Feb 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth