Bessie ????

1854 -

• Name	Bessie ????
  Birth	22 May 1854	Exbourne, Devon   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  1891 Census	At 1891 Census, she is 36  [2]
  1901 Census	At 1901 Census, she is 46  [1]
  1911 Census	At 1911 Census, she is 56  [4]
  1921 Census	At 1921 Census, she is 67y 1m, occ "Home Duties"  [5]
  1939 Register	At 1939 Register, she is alone, occ "Unpaid Domestic Duties"  [3]
  Individual Note	was still alive at John Potter's death  [6]
  Individual Note 2	best match on death is Apr qtr 1949, Exeter, vol 7a, p402, aged 94
  Person ID	I649	Webb
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	John POTTER,   b. Abt 1849, Sampford Courtenay, Devon d. 14 Mar 1920, 104, Shaftsbury Road, St Thomas, Exeter (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 May 1854 - Exbourne, Devon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There is no obvious surname for Bessie. The best match on Birth indices is Bessie BOWDEN born Q3 1854 Okehampton. But there is no Bessie who appears to marry a POTTER in the period 1881-5, (noting that the 1911 Census says they had been married 30 years, and noting that there eldest child in 1891 is 5, and in 1911 they declare 2 children, both alive), and no Bessie (or variant who marries John POTTER at any time). Maybe COOMBE based on the 1901 Census? There is a Elizabeth DUCKETT who marries a John Potter Q3, 1882 at St Thomas, Exeter. She appears in 1861, but gives her birthplace as Barnstable, so this seems unlikely.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1292] 1901 Census :- Sampford Courtenay. [S1294] 1891 Census :- Chapple, Sampford Courtenay. [S1299] 1939 Register :- 19, Shaftsbury Road, Exeter. [S1293] 1911 Census :- 39, Baker St, Heavitree, Exeter. [S2827] 1921 Census :- 104, Shaftesbury Road, St Thomas, Exeter. [S1291] Probate register :- John Potter (1920).