John’s maternal family tree - narrative

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2/12 - Thomas Potts

3/12 - Thomas Potts 1

4/12 - Thomas Potts 2

5/12 - Thomas Potts 3

6/12 - Thomas Potts 4

7/12 - Thomas Potts and family

8/12 - Thomas and Ruby Potts 2

9/12 - Ruby Tinmouth, Thomas Potts

10/12 - Thomas and Ruby Potts Hamburg 1950s

11/12 - threesisters1947

12/12 - Sheilah, Margot and Joan

Pedigree

1. Potts, John Dryden
   1. Gray, Elizabeth Jane
      1. Potts, Thomas
         1. Tinmouth, Ruby
            1. Potts, Sheilah Cay
            2. Potts, Dorothy Margaret
            3. Potts, Joan Wetherell
      2. Potts, Dorothy
      3. Potts, George Gray

Ancestors

Potts, Thomas *3 Apr 1900 +27 Sep 1965

Potts, John Dryden *11 Aug 1872 +21 Jul 1941

Potts, Thomas
*about Jan 1830
+23 Jan 1874

Potts, John
*
+before 1851

Smith, Jane
*1794
+25 Dec 1874

Dryden, Dorothy
*about Jul 1848
+9 Dec 1901

Dryden, John
*20 Sep 1804
+about Mar 1879

Cooper, Elizabeth
*about 1811
+Aug 1849

Gray, Elizabeth Jane
*20 Mar 1873
+about Jan 1952

Gray, George
*1848
+about Jul 1894

Gray, James
*before 16 Nov 1817
+about Sep 1882

(Gray), Elizabeth
*1819
+about Jun 1900

Collard, Sarah Ann
*9 Jun 1854
+about Apr 1924

Collard, John
*about 1822
+about Jan 1877

Baker, Sarah
*about 1822
+...

Source References

1. Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England.: 1939 England and Wales Register
   1. • Date: 29 Sep 1939
      • Page: 1939 Register: Thomas Potts (1900) and family: South Shields Line 35 Schedule 105 Sub Schedule 1 District FCBY Reg District 556/1
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2. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright.: England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
   1. • Date: Jul 1965
      • Page: Death of Thomas Potts (1900): South Shields Volume 1a Page 740
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3. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright): England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
   1. • Date: Apr 1900
      • Page: Birth of Thomas Potts: Tynemouth Volume 10b Page 238
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4. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901: 1901 England Census
   1. • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: 1901 Census: John Dryden Potts: Tynemouth Class: RG13; Piece: 4801; Folio: 105; Page: 6
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5. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911.: 1911 England Census
   1. • Date: 2 Apr 1911
      • Page: 1911 Census: John Dryden Potts: Tynemouth, 559, ED 28, piece 30760
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6. Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.: UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927
   1. • Date: 30 May 1919
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Apprentice officer merchant service:
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   2. • Date: Jun 1919
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Temporary second mate
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      • Citation:

        Thomas Potts (1900): Temporary second mate awarded because he failed navigation part of exam!

   3. • Date: 5 Nov 1919
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Second Mate certificate, number 0012906
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      • Citation:

        Thomas Potts (1900): Second mate - Examination passed in Sunderland on 9 June 1919; "In exchange for a temporary Certificate as Second Mate Steamships then granted. The qualifying service for this certificate was completed on 16th September 1919"

   4. • Date: 23 Mar 1923
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Trips made as third mate
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   5. • Date: 5 Apr 1923
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): First mate certificate, number 0012906
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   6. • Date: 21 Oct 1926
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): trips made as second mate
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      • Citation:

        Thomas Potts (1900): trips made as second mate "during the above service as 2nd mate there was only one officer above me"

   7. • Date: 1 Nov 1926
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Master Mariner Merchant Service number 0012906
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   8. • Date: 27 Sep 1929
      • Page: Thomas Potts (1900): Request for replacement certificate (master): 001296
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7. England and Wales. General Register Office.: Marriage certificates (certified copies)
   1. • Date: 29 Jul 1925
      • Page: Marriage of Thomas Potts (1900), second officer merchant service and Ruby Tinmouth
8. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, National Archives at Washington, D.C: New York, US., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1960
   1. • Date: Jan 1945
      • Page: Arrival of Thomas Potts (1900): Master of the S.S. "Oak Branch" on transit to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Transit Certificate 1645
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9. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1861-1941
   1. • Date: 27 Sep 1965
      • Page: Death of Thomas Potts (1900): South Shields Probate 18 Nov 1865 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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      • Citation:

        Death of Thomas Potts (1900): "of 11 St Michaels Avenue South Shields died 27 September 1965 at Ingham Infirmary South Shields ... to Rubu Potts widow and Robert Dane Halsbury Winskell Solicitor £4365"

10. Death Certificates (Certified copies)
    1. • Date: 27 Sep 1965
       • Page: Death of Thomas Potts (1900), master mariner (retired)
       • Citation:

         Death of Thomas Potts (1900), master mariner (retired): Informant was M. Tinmouth, brother-in-law, of "Lynwood", Lascelles Avenue, South Shields. Cause of death: esophageal carcinoma [likely cause smoking and heavy alcohol use].

11. Personal knowledge of John D Anderson.
    1. • Page: Marriage of Thomas Potts and Ruby Tinmouth
12. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright.: England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916 - 2005
    1. • Date: Jul 1925
       • Page: Marriage of Thomas Potts (1900), second officer merchant service and Ruby Tinmouth: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1569
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13. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright: England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2007
    1. • Date: Jul 1927
       • Page: Birth of Sheilah Cay Potts: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1241 Mother Tinmouth
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    2. • Date: 18 May 1933
       • Page: Birth of Dorothy Marguerite Potts: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1179
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    3. • Date: Jul 1935
       • Page: Birth of Joan Wetherell Potts: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1089
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14. Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989 - 2021
    1. • Date: 13 May 2014
       • Page: Death of Sheilah Cay Potts: Tyne & Wear NE33
15. General Register Office: Birth Certificates (Certified Copies)
    1. • Date: 5 Jul 1927
       • Page: Birth of Sheila Cay Potts; mother Ruby, formerly Tinmouth; father Thomas Potts, master mariner