Person Sheet

Name John William POTTER  Birth Date 13 Jul 189622 Birth Place Wigginton Road; Skelton, York, England Emigration Date abt 19128 Emigration Place England Emigration Memo left England with father, mother and brother and ? Immigration Date abt 19128 Immigration Place Canada (Manitoba?) Immigration Date bef 19208 Immigration Place Toronto area, Ontario, Canada Immigration Date 8 Sep 19235 Age: 27 Immigration Place Detroit, Mi area Immigration Memo entered by the Grand Trunk RY at Detroit, MI Burial Date Jun 19558 Burial Place Oakview Cemetery Burial Memo Sawyer Funeral Home - 2125 Twelve Mile Rd., Berkley - Rev. Samuel Mitchell of the reorganized LDS Church Death Date 3 Jun 195523 Age: 58 Death Place Leeds, York, England Occupation Milk deliverer - Royal Oak, MI Cause of death Hodgkins disease24 Father Joseph POTTER (1873-1952) Mother Emma Louise WREGLESWORTH (1876-1920)
Misc. Notes
23,24·Was sent back to England when he became sick with Hodgkins disease because he was not an American citizen. He was there a year or two before he died and his remains were sent back for burial. ·Pallbearers @ funeral were: -Lloyd KELLER; Ray SELINSKI; Ward BARRETT; Robert VanFLEET; Douglas and Norman BENNETT25
Spouses
1 Mary Alice BARROW  Birth Date 26 Nov 18888,15 Birth Place Egton cum Newland , Greenodd; Ulverston, Lancaster, England Birth Memo Egton cum Newland is a chapelry of Ulverston parish; Greenodd is a small hamlet close to Ulverston Immigration Date 8 Sep 19235 Age: 34 Immigration Place Detroit, MI area Immigration Memo entered by the Grand Trunk RY at Detroit, MI Death Date 31 Jan 19378,26 Age: 48 Death Place Royal Oak, MI Burial Date 3 Feb 19378,26 Burial Place White Chapel Memorial Cemetery; Troy, MI Burial Memo service by Rev. Robert S. Sheen, pastor of First Presbyterian Church - 2 p.m. Wed. Father Alfred NEWSHAM (1871-) Mother Edith Margaret Sherock BARROW (1871-)
Misc. Notes
26·Tombstone inscription reads: ------------------------------ Mary Alice Potter 1888 - 1937 What we keep in Memory is Ours Unchanged forever =========================
Marriage Date bef May 1919 Marriage Place Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ?
Children Zena Thelma Hazel (Twin) (1919-1984) Stella (Twin) (1919-1960)
2 Ruby ?