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Alexander Alex Potter

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  • Name Alexander Alex Potter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Born 23 Sep 1882  Enniskilen, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    • Source: FHL Film # 1872226 (Delayed birth record #901983)
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1901  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Arrival 8 Feb 1909  Niagara Falls, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Arrival Card 
    Arrival 8 Feb 1909  Niagara Falls, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Manifest list, showing him and his mother's cousin Bertha Butson arriving together, both single 
    Residence 1910  Buffalo Ward 3, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    177 Divsion St - Alexander Potter and Bertha Butson [1st cous 1x rmvd] - shown as husband and wife, married 4 years - she mother of 1 child, none now living - he laborer, she waitress 
    Residence 3 Feb 1912  Buffalo, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    183 Swan St -- see right side of pg lines 14 (William Tolley - husband of Alex' sister Violet) & 15 (Louis Fitze, husband of Violet's cousin Elvida Ellis - dau of Violet's mother's sister) 
    Residence 14 Feb 1916  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    WWI Attestation: residing 506 Parliament Street, Toronto - next of kin Mother Susan at same address - born Toronto 23 Sep 1881 - Laborer [sic] - Single 
    Residence 20 Aug 1918  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    WWI Recruitment - residence 146 Shumcah St - born 23 Sep 1882 in Darlington Twp - single - laborer - next of kin father William Potter at same address - Depot Bn 2nd Quebec Regt - age 35 y 11 m - 5'7" - chest full 36 in, range of expansion 7 in-see image 
    Residence 1 Jun 1921  St Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, Laval-Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    age 39, Church of England, convict 
    Arrival 8 Sep 1925  Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Debarred from entry to the US 
    Person ID I947  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father William Potter,   b. 8 Aug 1856, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1921, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan Susannah Butson,   b. 29 Aug 1859, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1951, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 2 Feb 1880  Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    • by Geo. F. Lee, Methodist minister --- witnesses: William S. [actually probably was L for Leslie] Lamb and Etta Lamb of Reach [the bride's cousins]
    Family ID F283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bertha Lucinda Butson,   b. 27 Feb 1883, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1958  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt 1909 
    • no evidence found yet that they actually married, but they apparently lived together in New York as husband and wife
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Debarred from entry to the US - 8 Sep 1925 - Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556.Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Ce;).
      Birth date: 1882
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Toronto (East/est) (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 1, Toronto (East/est) (City/Cité), Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901canada&h=14223289&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S12] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 3, Erie, New York; Roll: T624_941; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 8.
      Birth date: abt 1883
      Birth place: Canada English
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Buffalo Ward 3, Erie, New York
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=17346168&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S101] Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; (National Archives Micropublication M1464, 639 rol;).
      Birth date: abt 1890
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Canada
      Arrival date: Feb 1912
      Arrival place: Buffalo New York
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=canadianbc&h=6093844&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S16] Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Images reproduced courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). Record Group 150. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.O;).
      Birth date: 23 Sep 1882
      Birth place: Township of Carington, Ontario, Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cansoldierwwi&h=469795&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S81] Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Detroit, Michigan. Card Manifests (Alphabetical) of Individuals Entering through the Port of Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1954. Micropublication M1478. RG085. 117 rolls. Na;).
      Birth date: abt 1882
      Birth place: Darlington Ont
      Arrival date: 8 Sep 1925
      Arrival place: Port Huron, Michigan
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=detroitpl&h=559668&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S17] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1909. MS 929, 206 reels. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.Archives of Ontario. Delayed;).
      Birth date: 23 Sep 1882
      Birth place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_births&h=1748576&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    7. [S16] Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Images reproduced courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). Record Group 150. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.O;).
      Birth date: 23 Sep 1881
      Birth place: Toronto, Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Toronto
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cansoldierwwi&h=469794&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    8. [S101] Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; (National Archives Micropublication M1464, 639 rol;).
      Birth date: abt 1883
      Birth place: Trishilin
      Arrival date: 8 Feb 1909
      Arrival place: Niagara Falls, New York, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=canadianbc&h=4861367&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S101] Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; (National Archives Micropublication M1464, 639 rol;).
      Birth date: abt 1883
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Canada
      Arrival date: Feb 1909
      Arrival place: Niagara Falls, New York, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=canadianbc&h=3074323&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    10. [S63] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    11. [S19] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Birth date: abt 1859
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 2 Mar 1880
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=2632525&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    12. [S19] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Marriage date: 2 Feb 1880
      Marriage place: Manchester, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=479786&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    13. [S19] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Birth date: abt 1860
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 2 Mar 1880
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=1637716&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt