Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyNathaniel Restcome Potter

Parents

FatherCharles Barton Potter ( - )
MotherSarah Jennie Weaver ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 1 January 2013; Last Edited: 19 November 2021 
Person ID4660
NameNathaniel Restcome Potter
GenderMale
Born 16 November 1878 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York1, 2, 3, 4
Married 20 January 1920 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York to Fannie Furman4, 5
Married 31 July 1929 to Estelle ‘Stella’ Zimmer4
Died 3 May 1952 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York4, 6
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York6

Biography

Nathaniel was a 1902 graduate of Yale University. He also took courses in mechanical engineering from Phillips Andover and M.I.T. His employment included an apprenticeship at Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, General Signal Co., in Rochester, and as assistant superintendent in the foundary, The Gleason Works, Rochester. He traveled extensively to Yellowstone, the Pacific Northwest, Canadian West, the Rockies, and the Eastern Seaborn. Nathaniel served in World War I as a Captain, Ordinance, with various assignments including Camp Dix, New Jersey, Dorsetshire, England, and Chaumont, France. He was a member of the Friars, Automobile Club of Rochester, and the Yale Alumni Association of Rochester. He was survived by his son, Nathaniel Restcome Potter, Jr., and his second wife, Estelle Zimmer.4

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyFannie Furman (daughter of Charles Edwin Furman and Helen F. Potter)
Born July 1884 in New York
Married 20 January 1920 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York to Nathaniel Restcome Potter
Died 20 January 1926 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York
  
Children of Nathaniel Restcome Potter and Fannie Furman:
  
1.FamilyNathaniel Restcome Potter, Jr.
Born October 1924 in New York
  
2.Familymale child Potter
Stillborn 15 January 1926 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York
  
Spouse 2FamilyEstelle ‘Stella’ Zimmer
Born ca. 1883 in New York
Married 31 July 1929 to Nathaniel Restcome Potter
  

Sources

  1. New York State Census, 1925, Monroe County, Rochester, Ward 12, ED 4; Page 44, family of Helen F. Furman (75); son-in-law Nathaniel R. Potter (46); daughter Fannie F. Potter (40); grandson Charles F. Bridgman (15); Nathaniel R. Potter (0).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Monroe County, Rochester City, Enumeration District 28-82, Sheet No. 11B; family of Nathaniel R. Potter (51, New York); wife Stella Potter (43, New York); servant Margaret Torkey (44, Illinois).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Monroe County, Rochester City, Enumeration District 65-136, Sheet No. 11A; family of Nathaniel Potter (61, New York); wife Stella Potter (57, New York); son Nathaniel Potter, Jr. (15, New York); maid Dora M. Plummer (62, Ohio, widow, housework, private home).
  4. Obituary Record, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased During the Year 1951-1952. 1 September 1969. Nathaniel Restcome Potter, pages 153-154. The record provides his birth and death dates and places, names of parents, details of his two marriages: (1) to Fannie Furman, one son Nathaniel Restcome, Jr., and indicating Mrs potter died in childbirth; (2) Estelle Zimmer; and a list of his academic accomplishments, employments, military service, and memberships.
  5. Marriage Announcement, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York; 21 January 1920, Fannie Furman, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edward [sic]Furman married to Nathaniel Restcome Potter, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Batton Potter, on 20 January 1920 at the home of her mother [i.e., Rochester]. The article names all members of her wedding party, including her four nephews as attendants; and names out of town guests, including Mrs. James M. Carter and children, and Leroy C. Bridgman of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  6. Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; Nathaniel Restcombe Potter; born: 16 November 1878; died: 1952; son of Charles Barton Potter and Jennie Weaver [from record].