CaptThomasPotts

Potts, Thomas

Birth Name Potts, Thomas
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years, 5 months, 24 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 3 Apr 1900 Chirton, North Shields, Northumberland Birth of Thomas Potts (1900)  
Census 31 Mar 1901 41 Chirton West View, Preston, North Shields, Northumberland 1901 Census: Thomas Potts (1900) with parents  
Census 2 Apr 1911 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland 1911 Census: Thomas Potts (1900) with parents and siblings  
Occupation between 13 Apr 1915 and 12 Apr 1919 At sea Thomas Potts (1900): trips made as an apprentice officer, merchant service  
Note

Thomas Potts (1900) Apprentice: Gloxinia (Coal); Stag (Molasses); Begonia (Grain); Gardenia (OHMS). Total service at sea 3 years, 9 months, 7 days all during World War 1

Occupation 20 Jun 1919 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland Thomas Potts (1900): Temporary second mate  
Occupation between 14 Jul 1919 and 17 Oct 1922 At sea Thomas Potts (1900): trips made as third mate  
Occupation 5 Nov 1919 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland Thomas Potts (1900): Second Mate Cerificate  
Occupation 5 Apr 1923 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland Thomas Potts (1900): First mate certificate  
Occupation between 12 Jun 1923 and 21 Aug 1926 At sea Thomas Potts (1900): trips made as second mate  
Note

Thomas Potts (1900) trips 1923 to 1926: Bellbro (coasting); Toco (as third mate, and then second); Shirvan (last two as "foreign")

Residence 29 Jul 1925 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland Thomas Potts (1900): residence at time of marriage  
Occupation 1 Nov 1926 4 Waterville Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland Thomas Potts (1900): Master Mariner Merchant Service  
Occupation between Nov 1926 and Jul 1928 At sea Thomas Potts (1900): trip made as first mate  
Note

Thomas Potts (1900): trip made as first mate, SS Shirak out of London Nov 1926 to July 1928

Occupation between Aug 1928 and Sep 1929 At sea Thomas Potts (1900): trip made as second mate  
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Thomas Potts (1900): Trip made as second mate, SS Scottish American" out of London

Occupation 11 Sep 1929 39 Julian Street, South Shields, Co. Durham Thomas Potts (1900): Request for duplicate master's cerificate after a fire on board ship  
Note

Thomas Potts (1900): "That the said Certificate was lost or destroyed on board S/S Scottish American on June 1929 through fire which destroyed all ships papers etc".

Residence Sep 1939 60 Lisle Road, South Shields, Co. Durham 1939 Register: Thomas Potts (1900, Chief Officer Merchant Navy), wife Ruby and three daughters  
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1939 Register: Thomas Potts (1900) "Chief Officer Merchant Navy Miv John & Brown, 29 July 1939 (Discharge Bwn 1c 1865 Master 0013)"

Occupation 19 Jan 1945 New York, New York, United States of America Thomas Potts (1900): trip made as master  
Death 27 Sep 1965 11 St Michael’s Avenue, South Shields, Co. Durham Death of Thomas Potts (1900)  
Note

Death of Thomas Potts (1900): Thomas Potts died in the Ingham Infirmary, cause was cancer of the throat (was a heavy smoker of unfiltered cigarettes)

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Potts, John Dryden11 Aug 187221 Jul 1941
Mother Gray, Elizabeth Jane20 Mar 1873about Jan 1952
         Potts, Thomas 3 Apr 1900 27 Sep 1965
    Sister     Potts, Dorothy 21 Nov 1901 13 Oct 1985
    Brother     Potts, George Gray 25 Mar 1909 20 Aug 1974

Families

Family of Potts, Thomas and Tinmouth, Ruby
Married Wife Tinmouth, Ruby ( * 8 Jan 1903 + 24 Jan 1986 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 29 Jul 1925 South Shields, Co. Durham Marriage of Thomas Potts and Ruby Tinmouth  
Birth 5 Jul 1927 55 Dean Road (Hospital), South Shields, Co. Durham Birth of Sheilah Cay Potts  
Birth 18 May 1933 South Shields, Co. Durham Birth of Dorothy Marguerite Potts  
Note

Birth of Dorothy M Potts: Story goes that her mother, Ruby, wanted her middle name to be Marguerite, but that her father, Thomas, refused "to have a daughter of mine called that" so changed it to Margaret.

Birth 30 Jun 1935 South Shields, Co. Durham Birth of Joan Wetherell Potts  
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Potts, Sheilah Cay5 Jul 192713 May 2014
Potts, Dorothy Margaret18 May 19331 Nov 2019
Potts, Joan Wetherell30 Jun 193525 Dec 2018

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Notes

Note: 1

Thomas Potts (1900): 1901 census, lived 41 Chirton West View. Today this is in North Shields but at that time it was part of Tynemouth Trinity, Preston parish

Note: 2

Thomas Potts (1900): on his certificates he is described as being 5ft 9in tall, grey eyes, black hair, fair complexion.