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| | History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine Biographies, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | CAPTAIN FREDERICK L. Captain Frederick L.R. Pope, one of the best known men of the lakes, and now United States inspector of hulls for the district of Buffalo, was born on December 9, 1832, at Saxe-Weimer, in the Province of Saxony, Germany, the son of Christian Frederick Joseph and Josephine (Pope) Rohr. |
 | | FREDERICK POTTS Frederick Potts is a Canadian by birth, and a son of Walter and Eliza Potts. |
 | | Frederick Potts, the subject of this sketch, was born November 25, 1853, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and when three years of age moved with his parents to St. Catharines, Canada, where he attended school until about seventeen years of age, and also learned his trade of machinist. |
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