Matilda Griffiths Potts

Matilda Griffiths Potts

Female 1860 - 1931  (70 years)

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  • Name Matilda Griffiths Potts  [1
    Birth 26 Sep 1860  Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Criminal Conviction 7 Apr 1888  Darlinghurst, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) convicted of Vagrancy and sentenced to 3 months hard Labour at Darlinghurst Gaol. 

    Criminal Conviction 21 Feb 1891  Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) on 20 Feb 1891, at Windsor Court, was convicted of Vagrancy and sentenced to 2 months gaol at Darlinghurst Gaol, sentence to expire 18 April 1891.


    Criminal Conviction 16 Dec 1908  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) was charged on warrant that she did on the 9th day of July 1881, marry James Strachan, and that whilst so married, did on the 8th day of October 1907, marry Henry Scott, the said James Strachan being then alive, was arrested and commited for trial at Quarter Sessions, Sydney, New South Wales.






    Criminal Conviction 1 Feb 1909  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) was trialed before the Sydney Quarter Sessions and convicted of Bigamy and sentenced to 3 months Gaol at the Darlinghurst Gaol. She had been interned since the 10th December 1908.





    Death 23 Sep 1931  Auburn, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Burial 24 Sep 1931  Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I12175  Tucker Family Tree | The Descendants of Jonathon Griffiths
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

    Father James Potts,   b. 13 May 1826, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Margaret Miller,   b. 1833 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1855  Church of England, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Family ID F3809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ernest John Needham,   b. 16 Aug 1870, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Notes 
    • Ernest John Needham and Matilda Potts were not married at the time of the birth of Alfred Ernest Potts and George Henry John Needham. When Matilda married Thomas Dillon, George took on Thomas Dillon's surname. [14]
    Children 
     1. Alfred Ernest Potts,   b. 16 Jul 1892, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +2. George Henry John Needham,   b. 29 Oct 1896, 20 Cornwallis Street, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1975, Liverpool District Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F3856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

    Family 2 James Henry Strachan  [2, 3, 15
    Marriage 9 Jul 1881  St Matthews, C of E, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [16

    Marriage Certificate - James Henry Strchan and Matilda Griffiths Potts
    Marriage Certificate - James Henry Strchan and Matilda Griffiths Potts
    James Henry Strachan married Matilda Griffiths Potts 9th July 1881 at St Matthews Church Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.

    St Matthews Anglican Church,Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
    St Matthews Anglican Church,Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
    St Matthew's Anglican Church at Windsor is the oldest Anglican Church in Australia (1886) and the second oldest of any denomination, after the small Uniting Church nearby at Ebenezer. Governor Macquarie who ordered the building to be erected believed that religion was an important element for all classes of people and for the betterment of the…

    St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
    St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
    St Matthew's Anglican Church at Windsor is the oldest Anglican Church in Australia and the second oldest of any denomination, after the small Uniting Church nearby at Ebenezer. Governor Macquarie who ordered the building to be erected believed that religion was an important element for all classes of people and for the betterment of the nation.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth J Strachan,   b. 1882, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. James Henry H Strachan,   b. 1883, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     3. Letitia Mary Strachan,   b. 1885, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     4. Ruth Strachan,   b. 1887, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F3857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2017 

    Family 3 Henry Scott  [17, 18, 19
    Marriage 8 Oct 1907  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21
    Notes 
    • Henry Scott said that when he married Matilda Potts he did not know she was previously married. He found out sometime later, at the markets, that she was Married, so he left her. It was after Matilda filed a warrant against him for wife desertion,that he filed the Bigamy charge against her.

      There were no children born to this marriage. [22]
    Family ID F3898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

    Family 4 Thomas Dillon  [23
    Marriage 10 Aug 1912  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24
    Children 
    +1. Rose Irene Potts,   b. 25 Jan 1900, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. Thomas Nicholas Lewis Dillon,   b. 21 Jun 1903, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1987 (Age 84 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F3855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

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    Matilda Potts
    Matilda Potts
    Matilda Potts b.1860, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1860, 11857/1860 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached birth registration transcription for Matilda G Potts.

    2. [S442] Ann Patricia Moxham (n. Snelling).

    3. [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon) (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S207] State Archives of New South Wales, 7 Apr 1888 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of Gaol Description and Entrance book, Darlinghurst Gaol for Matilda Strachan (n. Potts).

    5. [S207] State Archives of New South Wales, 21 Feb 1891 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of Darlinghurst Gaol Entrance Book for Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) 21 Feb 1891.

    6. [S207] State Archives of New South Wales, 16 Dec 1908 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of Police Gazette and Weekly record of crime, No. 51, Wednesday 16 December 1908.

    7. [S207] State Archives of New South Wales, 1 Feb 1909 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of the NSW Criminal court records calendars of the Sydney Quarter Session, 1st February 1909 - Matilda Strachan.

    8. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1931, 10475/1931 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached death registration transcription for Matilda Ann Dillon (n. Potts)

    9. [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Sep 1931, 8 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached death notice published in The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, Thursday 24 September 1931, Page 8.

    10. [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Sep 1931, 7 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached death notice published in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, Thursday 24 September 1931, page 7.

    11. [S2] Geoffrey William Potts, A history of the Potts Family, 25 Jul 1855, 87 (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1855, Reg No. V1855798 43B/1855 (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 29 Oct 1896, 034137/1896 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached birth certificate 1896/034137 George Henry John Needham.

    14. [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon), 1892 (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1881, 4307/1881 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached NSW Marriage Transcription of Matilda Potts and James Henry Strachan.

    16. [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon).

    17. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM (Reliability: 3).
      There were no children born to this marriage

    18. [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon) (Reliability: 3).
      There were no children born to this marriage.

    19. [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 Dec 1908, 9 (Reliability: 3).
      Henry Scott said that when he married Matilda Potts he did not know she was previously married. He found out sometime later, at the markets, that she was Married, so he left her. It was after Matilda filed a warrant against him for wife desertion,that he filed the Bigamy charge against her.

    20. [S207] State Archives of New South Wales, 16 Dec 1908, 448/1908 (Reliability: 3).
      See Attached copy of New South Wales Police Gazette and weekly record of crime,NO. 51,Wednesday, 16 December 1908, Bigamy, Redfern, Matilda Strachan.

    21. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1907, 4672/1907 (Reliability: 3).
      Matilda Potts married Henry Scott,1907,District: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia.

    22. [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 11Dec 1908, 9 (Reliability: 3).

    23. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1912, 11676/1912 (Reliability: 2).
      See attached marriage registration transcription for Thomas Dillon and Matilda Potts.

    24. [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon), 10 Aug 1912 (Reliability: 3).
      \"On 10th August 1912 Matilda Potts married Thomas Dillon\".


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