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Personal data Thomas Jarvis Potter 

  • He was born on July 17, 1888 in in proximo, Dallas Ctr., Dallas Co., IA.
  • He died on May 16, 1978 in Forest City, Hancock / Winnebago Co., IA, he was 89 years old.
  • He is buried after May 15, 1978 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Graceland Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on March 30, 2015.

Household of Thomas Jarvis Potter

He is married to Alta Eikenberry.

They got married on February 15, 1911 at Brethren parsonage, Dallas Ctr., Dallas Co., IA, he was 22 years old.

Thomas Jarvis Potter oo Alta Eikenberry

Marriage source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 386,Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 386, Col. 2]

"Thomas Jarvis and Alto (Eikenberry) Potter

[Photograph of a man & a woman with the caption: 50 years married February 1961]

Thomas Jarvis Potter was born on July 7, 1888 near Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa to Jarvis Smith and Priscilla (Collipriest) Potter. there he grew to manhood and farmed with his father. On February 15, 1911 he was married to AltaEikenberry at the Brethren parsonage in Dallas Center." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Darlene Potter  1911-1964


Notes about Thomas Jarvis Potter

Thomas Jarvis Potter

Source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 386 - 387,Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 386, Col. 2]

"Thomas Jarvis and Alto (Eikenberry) Potter

[Photograph of a man & a woman with the caption: 50 years married February 1961]

Thomas Jarvis Potter was born on July 7, 1888 near Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa to Jarvis Smith and Priscilla (Collipriest) Potter. there he grew to manhood and farmed with his father. On February 15, 1911 he was married to AltaEikenberry at the Brethren parsonage in Dallas Center."

[Pg. 387, Col. 1]

"In 1894 Alta moved with her father and seven brothers and sisters to Dallas County, following the death of their mother. There she grew to womanhood.

Following their marriage they lived on farms in Dallas, Greene and Polk counties in Iowa. In 1920 they moved to Buffalo Center, coming by tain along with all their household goods, machinery and livestock, to a farm southwest of BuffaloCenter in Kossuth County. In June of 1927 they lost all their possessions in a farm which burned both the house and barn.

In 1928 they moved to a farm four miles east and two miles south of Buffalo Center, ... ... To Thomas and Alta were born nine children: Darlene (deceased) married Lynn Friesenborg (deceased; Harry Adams; ...

Alta passed away on November 25, 1962 at Mason City, Iowa following a long illness. Tom continued to live on the farm at Crystal lake, Iowa for several years and then moved to a mobile home on the farm of his son, Tom, Jr., near BuffaloCenter. He passed away on May 16, 1978 at Forest City. Both are buried in Graceland Cemetery at Buffalo Center beside their son, Benton, who passed away on March 12, 1960 at Litchfield, Minnesota." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Jarvis Potter

Thomas Jarvis Potter
1888-1978

1911

Alta Eikenberry
1893-1962

Darlene Potter
1911-1964

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Birthday July 17, 1888

  • The temperature on July 17, 1888 was about 15.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Day of marriage February 15, 1911

  • The temperature on February 15, 1911 was between -2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
    • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
    • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
    • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
    • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
    • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Day of death May 16, 1978

  • The temperature on May 16, 1978 was between 3.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
    • March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
    • March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
    • March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    • April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
    • July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.


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