Birth: 26 July 1883 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Father: Robert Henry Potter 1847-1915
Mother: Mary Ann Bayldon 1850-1937
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1907 Blything, Suffolk, UK
Husband: William George Linder May 1881-1934
Death: 31 July 1964 29 Broomfield Road, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey, UK
Olive Maude Iris May [Fielder, Stubbs] 1909-1967
Jack William Bayldon May 1911-1978
Birth of Kate Potter in FreeBMD in July-September 1883 in Bury St E (4A 619).
Her brother was registered in October-December 1885 in Bury St Edmunds.
Her sister was born on 23 June 1888 and registered in July-September 1888,
Her sister was born on 13 February 1891 and registered in January-March 1891 in Bury St Edmunds.
In the 1891 census as Kate Polter (sic - in the index, Potter on the original) aged 7, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and living with her parents (Robert Henry and Mary Ann), three brothers (Claude, Ernest and Frank) and three sisters (Addie, Claude and Maude) at 13 St Andrews Street, St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Her sister was born on 11 July 1893 and registered in July-September 1893 in Bury St Edmunds.
In the 1901 census as Kate Poetter (sic - in the index, Potter on the original) aged 17, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, single, no stated employment, and living with her uncle and aunt (Francis J and Emma May), three nephews (Bertie, Charles and Lancelot) and neice (Adelaide) at 15 Stradbroke Road, Southwold, Suffolk.
Marriage of Kate Potter and William George L May in FreeBMD in October-December 1907 in Blything (4A 2207).
Her daughter was born on 10 April 1909 and registered in April-June 1909 in Bury St Edmunds.
In the 1911 census as Kate May aged 28, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, married for three years with one child still living, and living with her husband (William G L May), and daughter (Olive Maude Iris) in five rooms at 27 Springfield Road, Gillingham, Kent.
Her son was born on 16 October 1911 in Gillingham and registered in October-December 1911 in Medway.
In the 1921 census as Kate May born in Suffolk in 1883 and living with William G L May (husband?), Jack W B May (son?) and Olive M T May (daughter?) in Winchelsea St Thomas the Apostle, Rye, Sussex.
Her husband died at 11 Coastguard Road, Caister, and was buried on 6 July 1934 in Grave 2 Section 42 Caister Cemetery, Caister, Norfolk.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Kate May born 26 July 1883, widowed, and living with Jack W B May (son?) at 29 Broomfield Road, Surbiton, Surrey
Death of Kate May in FreeBMD in July-September 1964 aged 81 in Surrey N (5g 349).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Kate May died on 31 July 1964 in Surrey, probate 14 September 1964 London. "May Kate of 29 Broomfield Road Tolworth Surbiton Surrey widow died 31 July 1964 Administration London 14 September to Olive Maude Iris Stubbs married woman, £457."
There are fifteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Kate Potter.
Kate Potter was the mother of Olive Maude Iris May, wife of Arthur Leslie Stubbs, Felicity's second cousin twice removed.
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