Mary Brooks Potter and Brewster Ball Hanson

BREWSTER BALL HANSON was born June 9, 1922,⁵⁶ and died November 11, 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.^{56, 507}

He married MARY BROOKS POTTER on January 3, 1948 in All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California,^{2002, 3541} daughter of MARGARET COCHRANE SWEET and ALBERT BAILEY POTTER. She was born January 5, 1926 in St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Children of MARY BROOKS POTTER and BREWSTER BALL HANSON:

1. Son
2. Daughter
3. Daughter

Minneapolis Star, July 7, 1947⁹⁹⁶¹

Mary Brooks Potter's Engagement Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bailey Potter, Pasadena, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Brooks, to Brewster Ball Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ball Hanson of Northome, Lake Minnetonka.

Miss Potter is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sweet, 1912 Girard avenue S., and Minnetonka Beach. She attended Flintridge school and Scripps college. Mr. Hanson was graduated from Blake school and Yale university in 1944.

Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1947²⁰⁰¹

BROOKS POTTER PICKS VOW DATE

Brooks Potter of Pasadena has chosen Jan. 3 for her wedding in All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, to Brewster Ball Hanson of Northome, Wayzata, Minn.

Accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Albert Baily Potter, she will leave the last of October for Minneapolis to visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cochrane Sweet, and the parents of her fiance, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ball Sweet, in Northome.

Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1948²⁰⁰²

Mary Potter Married to Minnesotan

The marriage of Mary Brooks Potter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bailey Potter of Pasadena, to Brewster Ball Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ball Hanson of Wayzata, Minn., took place at 5 p.m. yesterday in All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena.

The bride, was gowned in ivory satin with full skirt and long train. Her veil was of heirloom ivory Brussels lace which fell from a bonnet of the same lace, taken from her mother's wedding gown. She carried a spray of ivory cymbidium orchids.

Mrs. Charles Wheeler Schimpff was matron of hone and Cynthia Sperry Potter was her sister's maid of honor. Attendants were Mrs. Hugh Martin, Irene Hixon, Donna Gibbs, Lois Hun and Caroline Hanson, sister of the bridegroom.

Attendants Wear Blue

The attendants wore gowns of sea-foam blue hammered satin and matching tulle hats. They carried sheaves of silver and gold leaves.

Ross Hanson was his brother's best man. Ushering were Albert Baily Potter III, brother of the bride, and from Minneapolis, Kenneth Dayton, Phillip Duff, Harrison Jonstong Jr., and James Gordon Fullerton III as well as Crawford Green of Ross and David Pierson of Pasadena.

The reception was at the Potter home, 1254 South Oak Knoll Ave.

Mr. and Mrs. Hanson will honeymoon at Palm Springs and will reside at Maplewood, Wayzata, Minn.

Chicago Tribune, January 14, 1926²⁰¹⁸

Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Potter of Hubbard Woods are receiving congratulations upon the birth on Jan. 4 of a daughter at St. Luke's hospital. Mrs. Potter was Miss Margaret Sweet, a member of the Minniapolis young set, before her marriage. The baby is to be named Brooks Potter.

Los Angeles Times, October 13, 1957²⁰¹⁵

Albert Potters of Pasadena Host Visitors From Belgium

BY JOAN BURNHAM

Gregarious and fun-loving as well as talented and efficienet, the Albert B. Potters of Pasadena have quite a houseful these days. They and their younger daughter Cynthia are playing host to their elder daughter, Brooks (Mrs. Brewster B.) Hanson, the Hansons' three children and a Flemish governess, all holidaying here from Antwerp, Belgium

Mr. Hanson, an officer of Tradax Belgique S.A., and Brooks are enjoying their holiday in Southern California where many of their days have been spent golfing at Annandale.

Anniversary Marked

They and their Brewster Jr., 9, Holley, 5, and Pamela, 3 (they all can jabber away in French as fluently as in English); Miss Aline Van Eyken, the governess who is affectionately known to her charges as Lyn; Cynthia Potter, the A. Bailey Potters Jr. with their Penelope, 7, and John, 4, all joined the senior Potters at St. Malo Beach to celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary — the first time in more than 10 years that the entire family has been under one roof upon such an occasion.

Versatile

Miss Van Eyken is enthralled with Southern California's sunshine and says she'll never forget the beach and that fact that there was never a day when it was too cold to swim. It is her first trip to this country.

Mrs. Potter is as artistic as she is talented. An interior decorator, she still finds time to do a certain amount of sewing (ntile a few years ago she used to make all her own clothes), indulge in her favorite hobby of flower arrangement and gardening (she's a member of the Pasadena Garden Club and former member of the board of the Pasadena Flower Show Association), as well as attend many art exhibits. She's also a member of the Junior League of Pasadena and the Art Alliance of the Pasadena Art Institute.

Wins Prize

Cynthia and Brooks have many of their mother's interests and have inherited their parents' charm.

While at Pine Manor Junior College, Cynthia won first prize for an advertising layout in the Murray Memorial Advertising competition sponsored by Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising fraternity, for students east of the Mississipi.

Now a ward clerk at the Huntington memorial Hospital, she is planning to become a nurse.

Brooks majored in art at Scripps College and is an expert with a sewing needle. Even Noel, the senior Potters' miniature French poodle, has his accomplishments—he can "play" the piano!

Independent Star News, March 10, 1968²⁶⁷⁷

Brewster Hansons Visit Here

Much informal entertaining has been inspired by the visit here of the Brewster Hansons (Brooks Potter) en route home to Geneva after a business trip to Tokyo. They toured the South Seas then flew here for a visit with Brooks' mother, Mrs. Albert Bailey Potter.

Mrs. Potter invited a few of her daughter's closest schoolday friends and their parents for cocktails one evening and Mrs. Louis Pfau gave a small dinner party.

Brooks will leave this week for Geneva whence her husband has preceded her. Among those who have entertained her are the John Earle Jardines Jr., who had a few in for cocktails, and Mrs. Evans Wheeler and her mother, Mrs. Harry Wiley, who gave a luncheon at the Town Club.

Star Tribune, December 21, 2008⁵⁰⁷

Hanson, Brewster Ball 86 years old, on November 11, in Geneva, Switzerland. Brewster died peacefully at home surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife Brooks, four children, ten grandchildren, one great-grandson and many friends. Born in Minneapolis, Brewster joined Cargill after the war and moved to London in 1952, eventually settling in Geneva where he retired after a forty-year career with Tradax/Cargill.