Robert Elliott Potts 1853

Robert Elliott PottsAge: 761853–1929

Name: Robert Elliott Potts

Given names: Robert Elliott

Surname: Potts

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Birth

12 January 1853 31 31

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Australian History

1853

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

1854 (Age 11 months)

Note: The Eureka Stockade

Birth of a brother

12 January 1855 (Age 2)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

younger brother - Elwood Potts

Census

14 September 1855 (Age 2)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Address:

Massachusetts State Census, 1855 for William L Potts

Shared note: 1855 Massachusetts State Census for William L Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	38	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	35	F	W	USA, New York
Mary S Potts	5	F	W	USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	3	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Robert E Potts	1	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Census 1855

Australian History

1855 (Age 23 months)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia.

Australian History

1856 (Age 2)

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

1857 (Age 3)

Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.

Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.

Australian History

1858 (Age 4)

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.

Australian History

1859 (Age 5)

Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded

Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.

Census

1 June 1860 (Age 7) Age: 7

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Note:

Name: 	Robert E Potts

Residence: 	, Hartford, Connecticut
Ward: 	Granby
Age: 	7 years
Estimated Birth Year: 	1853
Birthplace: 	Mass
Gender: 	Male
Page: 	23
Family Number: 	181
Film Number: 	803079
DGS Number: 	4211338
Image Number: 	00474
NARA Number: 	M653

Australian History

1860 (Age 6)

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Australian History

1861 (Age 7)

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra

Australian History

1862 (Age 8)

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

1863 (Age 9)

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Marriage of a sister

Mary Stark Potts - View family
1865 (Age 11)

brother-in-law - Nelson Alexander Crane

elder sister - Mary Stark Potts

Australian History

1867 (Age 13)

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Australian History

1868 (Age 14)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

1869 (Age 15)

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Census

1 June 1870 (Age 17)

Connecticut, USA

Note:

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It seems Robert may have been counted twice.  Most likely living with his brother but counted by his father.
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Name: 	Robert Potts
Estimated Birth Year: 	1853
Gender: 	Male
Age in 1870: 	17y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): 	White
Birthplace: 	Massachusetts
Home in 1870: 	Connecticut, United States
 	Household	Gender	Age
  	Robert Potts 	M 	17y
	Orrin Potts 	M 	20y

United States Census 1870

Census

1 June 1870 (Age 17)

Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Shared note: 1870 USA Census transcript - William Lewis Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	48	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	48	F	W	USA, New York
Robert E Potts	17	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Elwood Potts	15	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

United States Census, 1870 Connecticut, Hartford, Rocky Hill

Australian History

1872 (Age 18)

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

1873 (Age 19)

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

1875 (Age 21)

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.

Marriage of a brother

Elwood Potts - View family
1876 (estimated) (Age 22)

younger brother - Elwood Potts

sister-in-law - Lydia C. Sheffer

Birth of a son
#1

8 April 1878 (Age 25)

Connecticut, USA

son - Robert Henry Potts

Australian History

1878 (Age 24)

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Marriage

Julia M. Dickinson - View family
1879 (Age 25)

Birth of a son
#2

17 May 1879 (Age 26)

Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - William L. Potts

Australian History

1879 (Age 25)

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.

Census

1 June 1880 (Age 27)

Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Shared note: 1880 USA Census transcript - Robert Elliott Potts - Household

Name	Sex	Age	Relation	MC	YrsM	Occupation	BP	FBP	MBP
Robert E Potts	M	27	Head	M	<1	Meat Market	MA	NY	NY
Julia M. Potts	F	22	wife	M	<1		CT	-	-
Robert H Potts	M	2	son	S	-		CT	MA	CT
William L. Potts	M	1	son	S	-		CT	MA	CT

Occupation

Meat Market

June 1880 (Age 27)

Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Australian History

1880 (Age 26)

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.

Australian History

1882 (Age 28)

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Birth of a son
#3

24 September 1883 (Age 30)

Middlefield, Connecticut, USA

son - Frank Dickinson Potts

Australian History

1883 (Age 29)

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

Death of a wife

13 September 1885 (Age 32)

East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

wife - Julia M. Dickinson

Australian History

1887 (Age 33)

Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.

Marriage

Lillian E Aichler - View family
December 1887 (estimated) (Age 34)

Connecticut, USA

father - William Lewis Potts

brother-in-law - Nelson Alexander Crane

nephew - Lewis N Crane

elder sister - Mary Stark Potts

mother - Elizabeth Potts

A Wednesday Wedding

Note:

This paper clipping was pasted to the back of the photo of Lillian.

    *** A Wednesday Wedding ***

R.E. Potts of East Berlin was married to Miss Lillian Aichler of this city Wednesday evening, at the home of the bride's parents, No. 999 Broad street, Rev. J.V. Garton officiating.  Among the guests from out of town were Mr. and Mrs, W.L. Potts of New Britain, Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Crane, Mr, Lewis Crane of Berlin.  The presents were numerous and useful.  The happy couple left on the 7:41 train south for a short wedding tour.

Birth of a daughter
#4

August 1888 (Age 35)

Connecticut, USA

daughter - Charlotte "Lottie" Potts

Australian History

1889 (Age 35)

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.

Australian History

1890 (Age 36)

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

1891 (Age 37)

Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted.

Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status

Note: A severe depression hits Australia

Australian History

1892 (Age 38)

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

1893 (Age 39)

Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.

Marriage

Ida Shaw - View family
19 March 1894 (Age 41)

District of Columbia, USA

Shared note: District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950 for Robert E Potts

District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950 for Robert E Potts

Name: Robert E Potts
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Event: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Mar 1894
Event Place: District of Columbia
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Spouse: Ida S Crapster
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Film Number: 2108210
Digital Folder Number: 4259009
Image Number: 00864

Australian History

1894 (Age 40)

Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.

Marriage of a brother

Orrin A. Potts - View family
1895 (Age 41)

elder brother - Orrin A. Potts

sister-in-law - Emma …

Death of a son

29 December 1895 (Age 42)

East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

son - William L. Potts

Australian History

1895 (Age 41)

Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland

Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River

Australian History

1896 (Age 42)

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

1897 (Age 43)

Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.

Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.

Australian History

1898 (Age 44)

Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.

Death of a wife

6 October 1899 (Age 46)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

wife - Ida Shaw

Birth of a grandson
#1

15 October 1899 (Age 46)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

grandson - Francis Alexander "Frank" Potts

Australian History

1899 (Age 45)

Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.

Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.

Marriage of a son

Robert Henry Potts - View family
3 September 1900 (Age 47)

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

son - Robert Henry Potts

daughter-in-law - Katharine Marie Brooke

Australian History

1900 (Age 46)

Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent

Death of a mother

29 May 1901 (Age 48)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

mother - Elizabeth Potts

Australian History

1901 (Age 47)

Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne

Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy

Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time

Australian History

1902 (Age 48)

Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.

Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag.

Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered

Australian History

1903 (Age 49)

Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army

Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister

Death of a brother

30 August 1904 (Age 51)

Columbia, New York, USA

elder brother - Orrin A. Potts

Burial of a brother

1 September 1904 (Age 51)

elder brother - Orrin A. Potts

Australian History

1904 (Age 50)

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government

Death of a father

22 March 1906 (Age 53)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

father - William Lewis Potts

Australian History

1906 (Age 52)

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

1908 (Age 54)

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead

Australian History

1909 (Age 55)

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Australian History

1910 (Age 56)

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History

1911 (Age 57)

Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia

Note: The first national census is conducted.

Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.

Australian History

1912 (Age 58)

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra

Australian History

1913 (Age 59)

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.

Australian History

1913 (Age 59)

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History

1914 (Age 60)

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.

Marriage of a son

Frank Dickinson Potts - View family
1915 (estimated) (Age 61)

son - Frank Dickinson Potts

daughter-in-law - Ellen Josephine Carlson

Australian History

1915 (Age 61)

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.

Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia

Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister

Birth of a granddaughter
#2

1916 (Age 62)

Connecticut, USA

granddaughter - Marion J Potts

Australian History

1916 (Age 62)

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.

Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded

Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected

Birth of a granddaughter
#3

1917 (Age 63)

granddaughter - Charlotte V Treiber

Death of a wife

18 November 1917 (Age 64)

Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

wife - Lillian E Aichler

Burial of a wife

19 November 1917 (estimated) (Age 64)

Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

wife - Lillian E Aichler

Australian History

1917 (Age 63)

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.

Australian History

1918 (Age 64)

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.

Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V

Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.

Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.

Australian History

1919 (Age 65)

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

Death of a sister

12 March 1920 (Age 67)

14 Rekey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

elder sister - Mary Stark Potts

Burial of a sister

15 March 1920 (Age 67)

New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

elder sister - Mary Stark Potts

Australian History

1920 (Age 66)

Note: The airline Qantas is founded

Birth of a grandson
#4

18 August 1921 (Age 68)

Connecticut, USA

grandson - William H "Bill" Potts

Australian History

1921 (Age 67)

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

Death of a son

15 February 1922 (Age 69)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

son - Robert Henry Potts

Australian History

1922 (Age 68)

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

Australian History

1923 (Age 69)

Note: Vegemite is first produced

Birth of a granddaughter
#5

5 January 1924 (Age 70)

Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

granddaughter - Dorothy Roberta Potts

Letter

Personal Letter

12 July 1925 (Age 72)

son - Frank Dickinson Potts

daughter - Charlotte "Lottie" Potts

Letter from Robert E Potts to Son Frank

Note:

July 12 – 1925

Dear Son Frank

Well I told Lottie that I would leave on Friday the 17th can you come after me Friday they got quite hot when I told them that I was going to leave but they are acting a litlle better now about it.  Please look out for any male that comes to East Berlin for me.

I am as ever your loving father.

R.E.P.

Event

12 July 1925 (Age 72)

son - Frank Dickinson Potts

Australian History

1926 (Age 72)

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held

Australian History

1927 (Age 73)

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

Australian History

1928 (Age 74)

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

Australian History

1929 (Age 75)

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary

Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.

Death

29 November 1929 (Age 76)

East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Note:

Name: Robert E. Potts

Gender: Male
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Death Date: 29 Nov 1929
Death Place: Connecticut
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1853
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03467-6
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 3187
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Burial

East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Cemetery: Wilcox Cemetery (Section A)

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Family with parents - View family

father	William Lewis Potts Birth 6 September 1821 20 20 Greenport, Columbia, New York, USA Death 22 March 1906 (Age 84) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
mother	Elizabeth Potts Birth 3 September 1821 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 29 May 1901 (Age 79) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1844 (estimated)
4 years #1 elder sister	Mary Stark Potts Birth 18 August 1847 25 25 Livingston, New York, USA Death 12 March 1920 (Age 72) 14 Rekey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
2 years #2 elder brother	Orrin A. Potts Birth 23 December 1849 28 28 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 30 August 1904 (Age 54) Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
3 years #3 himself	Robert Elliott Potts Birth 12 January 1853 31 31 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 29 November 1929 (Age 76) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	Elwood Potts Birth 12 January 1855 33 33 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death yes Loading...

Family with Julia M. Dickinson - View family

himself	Robert Elliott Potts Birth 12 January 1853 31 31 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 29 November 1929 (Age 76) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
4 years wife	Julia M. Dickinson Birth 4 June 1857 31 34 New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death 13 September 1885 (Age 28) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1879
4 months #1 son	William L. Potts Birth 17 May 1879 26 21 Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death 29 December 1895 (Age 16) Age: 17 East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
-13 months #2 son	Robert Henry Potts Birth 8 April 1878 25 20 Connecticut, USA Death 15 February 1922 (Age 43) Washington, District of Columbia, USA Loading...
6 years #3 son	Frank Dickinson Potts Birth 24 September 1883 30 26 Middlefield, Connecticut, USA Death 17 April 1953 (Age 69) Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...

Family with Ida Shaw - View family

himself	Robert Elliott Potts Birth 12 January 1853 31 31 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 29 November 1929 (Age 76) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
1 year wife	Ida Shaw Birth 1854 Maryland, USA Death 6 October 1899 (Age 45) Washington, District of Columbia, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 19 March 1894 — District of Columbia, USA

Family with Lillian E Aichler - View family

himself	Robert Elliott Potts Birth 12 January 1853 31 31 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 29 November 1929 (Age 76) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
16 years wife	Lillian E Aichler Birth 10 December 1868 33 23 Connecticut, USA Death 18 November 1917 (Age 48) Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: December 1887 (estimated) — Connecticut, USA
8 months #1 daughter	Charlotte "Lottie" Potts Birth August 1888 35 19 Connecticut, USA Death 1965 (Age 76) Loading...

Gustavus W. "George" Crapster + Ida Shaw - View family

wife's husband	Gustavus W. "George" Crapster Birth 1849 Death yes Loading...
5 years wife	Ida Shaw Birth 1854 Maryland, USA Death 6 October 1899 (Age 45) Washington, District of Columbia, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 28 July 1874 — Carroll, Maryland, USA

Louis L Leitz + Lillian E Aichler - View family

wife's husband	Louis L Leitz Loading...
wife	Lillian E Aichler Birth 10 December 1868 33 23 Connecticut, USA Death 18 November 1917 (Age 48) Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 20 October 1888 — Rhode Island, Chenango, New York, USA

Robert Elliott Potts has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (2)

Parents John Henry Potts + Mary Ann Toomath

1 Maria Ann Potts 1858–1858

2 Oliver Henry "O. H." Potts 1862–1948

Mother's family (0)

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Australian History

Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

The Eureka Stockade

Census

1855 Massachusetts State Census for William L Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	38	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	35	F	W	USA, New York
Mary S Potts	5	F	W	USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	3	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Robert E Potts	1	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Australian History

Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.

Australian History

Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Australian History

SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Census

Name: 	Robert E Potts
Residence: 	, Hartford, Connecticut
Ward: 	Granby
Age: 	7 years
Estimated Birth Year: 	1853
Birthplace: 	Mass
Gender: 	Male
Page: 	23
Family Number: 	181
Film Number: 	803079
DGS Number: 	4211338
Image Number: 	00474
NARA Number: 	M653

Australian History

John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Australian History

The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Australian History

Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Census

******
It seems Robert may have been counted twice.  Most likely living with his brother but counted by his father.
******

Name: 	Robert Potts
Estimated Birth Year: 	1853
Gender: 	Male
Age in 1870: 	17y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): 	White
Birthplace: 	Massachusetts
Home in 1870: 	Connecticut, United States
 	Household	Gender	Age
  	Robert Potts 	M 	17y
	Orrin Potts 	M 	20y

Census

1870 USA Census transcript - William Lewis Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	48	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	48	F	W	USA, New York
Robert E Potts	17	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Elwood Potts	15	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

Australian History

Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Australian History

First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The first congress of trade unions is held.

Census

1880 USA Census transcript - Robert Elliott Potts - Household

Name	Sex	Age	Relation	MC	YrsM	Occupation	BP	FBP	MBP
Robert E Potts	M	27	Head	M	<1	Meat Market	MA	NY	NY
Julia M. Potts	F	22	wife	M	<1		CT	-	-
Robert H Potts	M	2	son	S	-		CT	MA	CT
William L. Potts	M	1	son	S	-		CT	MA	CT

Australian History

The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Australian History

First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Australian History

An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.

Australian History

The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Australian History

The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.

Marriage

District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950 for Robert E Potts

Name: Robert E Potts
Titles & Terms:
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Mar 1894
Event Place: District of Columbia
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District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950 for Robert E Potts

Name: Robert E Potts
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Event Date: 19 Mar 1894
Event Place: District of Columbia
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Australian History

South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.

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The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

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The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

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In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.

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The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

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The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

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Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

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(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

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The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.

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The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

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A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

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Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

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Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

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The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

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Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

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The Royal Australian Navy is founded

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Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

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Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

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The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

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Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.

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(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

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Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

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Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

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(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

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Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

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The airline Qantas is founded

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Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

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The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

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Vegemite is first produced

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The first Miss Australia contest is held

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The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

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Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

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Western Australia celebrates its centenary

Death

Name: Robert E. Potts
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Death Date: 29 Nov 1929
Death Place: Connecticut
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1853
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03467-6
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 3187
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Robert Elliott PottsAge: 761853–1929

Robert Elliott Potts has 2 first cousins recorded

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Parents John Henry Potts + Mary Ann Toomath

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