1860 - 1931 (70 years)
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Name |
Matilda Griffiths Potts [1] |
Birth |
26 Sep 1860 |
Richmond, New South Wales, Australia [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Female |
Criminal Conviction |
7 Apr 1888 |
Darlinghurst, New South Wales [4] |
Matilda Strachan (n. Potts) convicted of Vagrancy and sentenced to 3 months hard Labour at Darlinghurst Gaol. |
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Criminal Conviction |
21 Feb 1891 |
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia [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.
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Criminal Conviction |
16 Dec 1908 |
Redfern, New South Wales, Australia [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.
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Criminal Conviction |
1 Feb 1909 |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [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.
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Death |
23 Sep 1931 |
Auburn, New South Wales, Australia [8, 9] |
Burial |
24 Sep 1931 |
Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia [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 |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Margaret Miller, b. 1833 |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
25 Jul 1855 |
Church of England, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia [11, 12] |
Family ID |
F3809 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Ernest John Needham, b. 16 Aug 1870, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [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]
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Children |
| 1. Alfred Ernest Potts, b. 16 Jul 1892, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
+ | 2. George Henry John Needham, b. 29 Oct 1896, 20 Cornwallis Street, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia d. 7 Apr 1975, Liverpool District Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years) |
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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 [16] |
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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. |
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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… |
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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 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| 2. James Henry H Strachan, b. 1883, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| 3. Letitia Mary Strachan, b. 1885, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| 4. Ruth Strachan, b. 1887, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
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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 [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]
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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 [23, 24] |
Children |
+ | 1. Rose Irene Potts, b. 25 Jan 1900, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| 2. Thomas Nicholas Lewis Dillon, b. 21 Jun 1903, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia d. 29 Dec 1987 (Age 84 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
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Family ID |
F3855 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
14 Sep 2017 |
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Photos |
| Matilda Potts Matilda Potts b.1860, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Sources |
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1860, 11857/1860 (Reliability: 3).
See attached birth registration transcription for Matilda G Potts.
- [S442] Ann Patricia Moxham (n. Snelling).
- [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon) (Reliability: 3).
- [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).
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1931, 10475/1931 (Reliability: 3).
See attached death registration transcription for Matilda Ann Dillon (n. Potts)
- [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.
- [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.
- [S2] Geoffrey William Potts, A history of the Potts Family, 25 Jul 1855, 87 (Reliability: 2).
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1855, Reg No. V1855798 43B/1855 (Reliability: 2).
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 29 Oct 1896, 034137/1896 (Reliability: 3).
See attached birth certificate 1896/034137 George Henry John Needham.
- [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon), 1892 (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1881, 4307/1881 (Reliability: 3).
See attached NSW Marriage Transcription of Matilda Potts and James Henry Strachan.
- [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon).
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM (Reliability: 3).
There were no children born to this marriage
- [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon) (Reliability: 3).
There were no children born to this marriage.
- [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.
- [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.
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1907, 4672/1907 (Reliability: 3).
Matilda Potts married Henry Scott,1907,District: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia.
- [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 11Dec 1908, 9 (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1912, 11676/1912 (Reliability: 2).
See attached marriage registration transcription for Thomas Dillon and Matilda Potts.
- [S472] Nina Moxham (n. Dillon), 10 Aug 1912 (Reliability: 3).
\"On 10th August 1912 Matilda Potts married Thomas Dillon\".
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