Biography:
John. T. Potton
1858 –1911
John. T. Potton
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Unmarked grave John Thomas Potton (1858-1911)
John was born in 1858 in Lambeth, London, to James Potton and Eliza (née Wells), his second wife. His father, a wood turner, was a Berkhamsted man and it is not clear why they were in Lambeth, as they had returned to Berkhamsted in 1861 when the family was living in Thompson’s Row in Holliday Street. John was to live there until he married.
John was baptised in St Peter’s in April 1864.
In 1881 John was living with his widowed father and younger brother and sister. He was employed as a labourer in a wood yard.
John married Mary Ann Blaby in Berkhamsted in 1884. She had been born in Warwickshire and her family had moved to Berkhamsted where her father worked as a labourer in the coal yard. Mary Ann had a son, William, born out of wedlock in 1871. It is likely that the couple met because both John and Mary Ann’s father both worked alongside the canal.
In 1891 the couple were living at 36, Highfield Road with William. Both John and his step-son were labourers.
Their only child, Frederick George, was born in 1892. At some point John became a wood turner.
John died in February 1911 at home at 36, Highfield Road aged 53.
His mother is also buried in this cemetery.
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Unmarked grave John Thomas Potton (1858-1911)
John was born in 1858 in Lambeth, London, to James Potton and Eliza (née Wells), his second wife. His father, a wood turner, was a Berkhamsted man and it is not clear why they were in Lambeth, as they had returned to Berkhamsted in 1861 when the family was living in Thompson’s Row in Holliday Street. John was to live there until he married.
John was baptised in St Peter’s in April 1864.
In 1881 John was living with his widowed father and younger brother and sister. He was employed as a labourer in a wood yard.
John married Mary Ann Blaby in Berkhamsted in 1884. She had been born in Warwickshire and her family had moved to Berkhamsted where her father worked as a labourer in the coal yard. Mary Ann had a son, William, born out of wedlock in 1871. It is likely that the couple met because both John and Mary Ann’s father both worked alongside the canal.
In 1891 the couple were living at 36, Highfield Road with William. Both John and his step-son were labourers.
Their only child, Frederick George, was born in 1892. At some point John became a wood turner.
John died in February 1911 at home at 36, Highfield Road aged 53.
His mother is also buried in this cemetery.
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