How many children? Part 1

With 13 children living under one roof it often meant that someone was billeted at the home of Thomas's brother Frank. Frank and Ann had come to Canada a few years prior to Thomas and Maria and their house was just down the road from Frank & Ann's home. Francis and Ann (Fletcher) Pott had immigrated to Canada and settled in the District of Plankey Plain, Manitoba. Family records show that they came to Canada in 1887 but on the 1906 census it shows that Francis came over in 1884 followed by Ann in 1885. Frank and Ann had no children and were living on the following section 34-2-58-1 in Stuartburn. The census report also shows them with the following livestock 3 horses of all ages, 12 cows, 24 other horned or meat cattle of all ages, 22 hogs and pigs of all ages, no sheep.
On the 1911 census it again shows that Ann came to Canada in 1885. So I'm not exactly sure when they arrived but it is something we can research further.
In later years John the brother of Thomas and Frank would also join them here in Manitoba.
Ocean liner log books show the family of John and Emily (Wood) Pott listed as passengers departing Liverpool, England on Saturday March 23, 1907 to arrive in Portland Maine, USA on a ship by the name of S.S. Dominion. The ship arrived in Halifax on Tuesday April 2 and continued on to Portland from there. On page 23 of the manifest they are listed with their destination as Dominion City, Manitoba. It is believed that they would have traveled to Winnipeg and then on to Dominion City via CPR rail lines. CPR kept no records for passenger travel. John and Emily (Wood) Pott arrived in Winnipeg on Wednesday April 10, 1907. Upon their arrival in Dominion City a couple days later on Friday April 12, 1907, they were met by John’s brothers Frank and Thomas Pott.  John and Emily bought NW1/4 of Sec 34-2-5E in Oct. of 1907 and they farmed in the Plankey Plains & Woodmore area until their passing.
Below is a list of all 14 children that Thomas & Maria had and at the last reunion in 2012, of the 12 children that married, 9 had a descendant participate. There were 4 of the 6 remaining surviving grandchildren of  Thomas & Maria at the reunion.  The eldest being 92 years young.

Children of Thomas & Maria:

    THOMAS Pott                                    b: 07 May 1854       d: 15 Jan 1936

    MARIA Matkin                                  b: 05 Apr 1854        d: 19 Dec 1935

                1  Elizabeth Pott                     b: 22 Aug 1875        d: 14 Oct 1900

                2  William Thomas Pott        b: 01 Jan 1877         d: 29 Mar 1877
                3  Alice Pott                             b: 01 Jan 1878         d: 04 Feb 1967
                4  Mary Pott                             b: 23 Aug 1879        d: 28 Dec 1975
                5  John Pott                              b: 10 Dec 1880        d: 02 Sep 1965
                6  Thomas William Pott        b: 04 Sep 1882         d: 25 Dec 1970
                7  Jane Pott                               b: 04 May 1884        d: 12 Jan 1975 
                8  Francis Pott                          b: 05 Feb 1886         d: 23 Mar 1976
                9  George Arthur Pott              b: 13 Jun 1887         d: 08 Aug 1959
               10  Sarah Ann Pott                    b: 04 Jan 1889         d: 11 Nov 1966
               11  Edmund Pott                       b: 06 Oct 1890         d: 29 Jul 1989 
               12  Charles Horace Pott            b: 20 Jun 1893         d: 06 Nov 1917
               13  Henry Philip Pott                b: 06 Nov 1895        d: 28 Sep 1983
               14  Ann Maria Pott                    b: 06 Nov 1900        d: 14 Jul 1974   

Donald Pott, Janet Malmas, Joyce Schurko, & Henry Pott
Photo taken Aug. 4, 2012
All grandchildren of Thomas and Maria Pott