Grace Potter (1873-1950)

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
domestic servant then a nurse^3,4,5
Birth:
27 Aug 1873
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England^1,3,4,5,6
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 7)
65 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England⁶
daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Elizabeth, sisters Louise, Mabel, Sally and Violet, and brother Arthur. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 17)
41 Crown Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England³
an unmarried general domestic servant living with James and Macie (sic) Baird and family. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 27)
Woodville, 39 South Street, South Molton, Devon, England⁴
an unmarried servant working as a domestic nurse and living with Walter and Rose Pelly (sic) and family, and another servant. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 37)
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 47)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 66)
38 Springfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England⁵
an unmarried and retired nurse living alone. Born on 27th August 1873
Death:
18 Oct 1950 (age 77)
Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England^2,7
Probate:
9 Nov 1950
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁷
a spinster of 43 Springfield Road Bury St. Edmunds died 18th October 1950, probate of effects of £306 4s 8d (~£9,600 in 2017) to James Frederick Moody solicitors managing clerk

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1873 quarter:3 volume:4a page:515. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

2.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1950 quarter:4 volume:4b page:904. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

3.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1450 folio:133 page:15 schedule:112. Cit. Date: 29 December 2022.

4.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:2141 folio:37 page:11 schedule:69. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

5.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:6658C page:9 line:10 letter code:TYAB. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

6.: England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1842 folio:124 page:35 schedule:1065. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

7.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1950 page:554. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.