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Ernest Edwin Potter 1875–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 February 1875

Birth Location: Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA

Death Date: November 1944

Death Location: Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Father: Gilbert Potter

Mother: Elizabeth Burke

Spouse(s): Leora Carmack

Children(s): Lula Potter, Elizabeth Potter, Sophia Potter

Ernest Edwin Potter was born in 1875 in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA, the child of Gilbert Bronson Potter And Elizabeth Jane Burke. Ernest Edwin Potter married Leora Myrtle Carmack, and had children including Elizabeth Bessie Potter, Lula Grace Lue Potter, Sophia May Potter. Ernest Edwin Potter passed away in 1944 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Ernest Edwin Potter was born in 1875 in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA, the child of Gilbert Bronson Potter And Elizabeth Jane Burke.
  • Ernest Edwin Potter married Leora Myrtle Carmack, and had children including Elizabeth Bessie Potter, Lula Grace Lue Potter, Sophia May Potter.
  • Ernest Edwin Potter passed away in 1944 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Potter
1836–1916
Birth Location: Michigan, USA
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Elizabeth Burke
1846–1932
Birth Location: Southwest, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
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Spouses(s)

Leora Carmack
1878–1938
Birth Location: Pulaski, Missouri, USA
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Children(s)

Lula Potter
1897–1983
Birth Location: Bates, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
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Elizabeth Potter
1911–1993
Birth Location: St Louis, Missouri
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Sophia Potter
1898–1920
Birth Location: Pulaski County, Missouri, United States of America
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Ernest Potter's Ancestors

Self
Ernest Potter
1875–1944
Birth Place: Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Parents
Gilbert Bronson Potter
1836–1916
Michigan, USA
Elizabeth (Jane) Burke
1846–1932
Southwest, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ernest Potter's Descendants

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Ernest (Edwin) Potter (17 February 1875–November 1944) m. Leora (Myrtle) Carmack (5 Jul 1878–Aug 1938)
  1. 1. Lula (Grace "Lue") Potter 1897–1983 m. Monroe (W) Waters 1888–1927
    1. 1. Virgil (Lloyd) Waters 1923–2006 m. Barbara Waters 1924–1984 m. Dawn (Marion) Johnson 1936–2012 m. Barbara Waters 1924–1984
    2. 2. Elvis (Ural) Waters 1914–1995
    3. 3. Leonard (Melvin) Waters 1918–2013
    4. 4. Truman (Hargey) Waters 1912–1965
    5. 5. Ray (William) Waters 1920–1941
  2. 2. Elizabeth ("Bessie") Potter 1911–1993
  3. 3. Sophia (May) Potter 1898–1920

Ernest Potter's Timeline

2 Records

1875
17 February 1875
Birth of Ernest Edwin Potter in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
1944
November 1944
Age 69
Death of Ernest Edwin Potter in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 February 1875
    Event Place: Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1944
    Event Place: Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
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