Mary J. Calkins

Mary J. Calkins

Female 1859 - 1931  (71 years)


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  • Name Mary J. Calkins  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 30 Oct 1859  Albion, Altmar, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Jun 1931  Superior, Douglas, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I24200  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Jesse Elliot Calkins,   b. 26 Aug 1837, Richland, Oswego, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1920, Albion, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Caroline Waters,   b. 1 Jan 1838   d. 1876 (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Apr 1858  Oswego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F11598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Orrin Holt Potter,   b. 15 Nov 1857, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1945, Sparta, Monroe, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1879 
    Children 
     1. Pearl M Potter,   b. Abt 1893, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Mattie M Potter,   b. Abt 1897, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F7740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • June 24, 1931 Evening Telegram
      Superior. Wisconsin
      Mary J. Calkins Potter

      Mrs. O. H. Potter, 69, 1001 East Fifth street, a resident of Superior for the past 26
      years, died Wednesday noon at her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Potter had not been in
      good health for some time. She was born August 30, 1861.
      The survivors include: Her husband, O. H. Potter, two daughters, Mrs. E. W.
      Marshall and Miss Pearl Potter; three brothers, Hoyt J. Calkins, Arthur Calkins, and Perl Calkins.
      The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence with Dr.
      Leslie A. Betchtel officiating. Following the services the body will be taken to Sparta
      where burial will take place. The Smith-Lang funeral home is in charge.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Jesse Elliot Calkins
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=229603573&indiv=try

    2. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Superior Ward 2, Douglas, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1984; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 950.

    3. [S5] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.