Bristol Potters and Potteries

Research by Reg Jackson

Bristol Potters - B

Research by Reg Jackson

BRYANT Polly

Born c1897 in St George (11C).

1911 Pottery enameller, boarding at 4 Glencoe Terrace, Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (14) (11C).

BRYANT Robert

Born c1813 not in county (41C).

1837 1 Oct. Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1841 28 Feb. Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1841 Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (28), living with his wife Matilda (27), and children (41C).
1851 His wife was a widow (51C).
1863 10 May.  Noted as a potter on the marriage of his daughter Charlotte (24) of Unity Street to Robert William Rubery, mariner (PPR).
1865 16 Jul. Noted as a potter on the marriage of his son James, a mariner, of Catherine Street to Elizabeth Long (HTPR).
1867 27 Jun. Noted as a potter on the marriage of his son Edwin, a seaman in H.M. service, of Trinity District, to Celia Bull (HTPR).
Children:
William, born c1833 in Bristol (41C), Eliza, born c1835 in Bristol (41C), Charlotte (aged 3 wks), bapt 1 Oct 1837 (PPR), James (aged 6 wks), bapt 28 Feb 1841 (PPR), Edwin, married 27 Jun 1867 (HTPR)

 

BRYANT Samuel

1813 10 Jan. Temple Backs, Temple parish (TPR).
Children:
Wife Ann
Louisa, bapt 10 Jan 1813 (TPR), Sophia, bapt 10 Jan 1813 (TPR)

BRYANT William I

1799 29 Oct. A common sewer in Temple parish adjoined a property in Jones’s Court, Avon Street, occupied by William Bryant, potter (Q).

BRYANT William II

Born c1839 in Wembdon, Somerset (01C).

1891 Carman, 34 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (52), living with his wife Hester (47) and daughter Amy (4) and his adopted daughter Harriet Thomas (14), both born in Bedminster (91C).
1901 Potter’s labourer, 34 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (62), living with his wife Hester (58), born in Whitchurch, Somerset (01C).
1911 Night watchman and general labourer, 34 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (71), living with his wife Hester (67) (11C).

BUCK James Henry

Born c1872 in Bedminster (01C).

1891 25 Dec. Probably the James Henry Buck who married Kate Gillard at St Thomas’s church (Ancestry website).
1901 Pottery labourer, widower, 43 Cabot Street, Bedminster (29), living with his children Edith (6) and Reginald (5), both born in Bedminster (01C).
1911 Night watchman and general labourer, 34 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (71), living with his wife Hester (67) (11C).

BUDGE Sarah

Born c1864 in St James’s parish (81C).

1881 Pottery, 9 Mill Lane, Bedminster (17) (81C).

BULL Clara

Born c1852 in Bristol (71C).

1871 Assistant at pottery, lodger at 8 Taylors Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (19) (71C).

BULL Elizabeth

Born c1874 in St Philip’s parish, the sister of Henry Bull (91C).

1891 3 Barrett’s Cottages, St Philip’s parish (17) (91C).

BULL George

1885 5 Apr. St Philip’s Marsh with his wife Susan on the baptism of their so George Henry (born 4 Mar 1885) (PPR).

BULL Henry

Born c1876 in St Philip’s parish, the brother of Elizabeth Bull (91C).

1891 3 Barrett’s Cottages, St Philip’s parish (15) (91C).

BULL James

Born c1884 in Bristol (01C).

1901 Labourer pottery works, 13 Chapel Street, St Silas parish (17) (01C).
1911 Stoneware packer, 23 Winsford Street, Stapleton Road (27), living with his wife Florence (25) and children Albert (4) and Florence (2), all born in Bristol (11C).

BULL John

Born c1868 in St Philip’s parish (91C).

1890 19 Jan. St Philip’s Marsh (PPR).
1891 51 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (23), living with his wife Alice (24), born in St Philip’s parish, and children (91C).
1891 22 Nov. St Philip’s Marsh (PPR).
1901 Red ware potter, 10 Harwood Road, Heaton Norris, Stockport, Lancashire (33), living with his wife Alice (34) and children (01C).
Children:
John, born c1887 in St Philip’s parish (91C), William, born c1888 in Bristol (01C), Abraham, born 29 Dec 1889, bapt 19 Jan 1890 (PPR), Thomas Edward, born 24 Oct 1891, bapt 22 Nov 1891 (PPR), Edward, born c1894 in Bristol (01C), Ernest, born c1897 in heaton Mersey, Stockport (01C), Alice, born c1900 in Heaton Mersey, Stockport (01C)

BULL Joseph

Born c1791 (A).

1805 8 Aug. Apprenticed to Joseph and Sarah Ring (A).
1812 1 Oct. Son of George Bull he became a free china painter (F).
1812 China painter, Redcliff Hill, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1815 24 Dec. China gilder, St Philip’s parish with his wife Maria Margaret on the baptism of their son, Frederick Henry (RPR).

BULL Lucy

Born c1885 in Bristol (01C).

1901 Transferer pottery works, 16 Stanhope Street, St Silas parish (18) (01C).

BULL Thomas

Born c1828 in ‘Chervil’, Wiltshire (51C).

1851 Potter’s labourer, 41 Colston Street, Bedminster (23), living with his wife Louisa (40) born in ‘Chervill’ (51C).

BULLOCK Arthur John

1944 28 Oct. Arthur John Bullock (41) of Essen Road, St George, was fined £10 at Bristol Police Court for the theft of 12 dozen cups, valued at £4.1s.3½d from his employers. Messrs Pountney and Co. Ltd.  He had worked for the firm for 24 years and was earning a wage of £5.8s.11d.  He admitted the offence and said he sold the 144 cups for £1.  He also admitted stealing four dozen fruit plates valued at 10s.6d and 403 dinner plates valued at £9.7s.1d (Western Daily Press).

BULLOCK Harold

Born c1885 in Stole Lane, Staffordshire (11C).

1911 Potter’s placer, 16 ernestville Road, Fishponds (26) (11C).

BULLOCK Henry

Born c1854 in Bristol (01C).

1881 General labourer, 39 Princess Street, Bedminster (27), living with his wife Mary (28), born in Bedminster and daughter Eva A. (11 mths), born in Bedminster (81C).
1891 Slip maker at pottery, 23 Peel Street, St Philip’s parish (37), living with his wife Mary (38) and daughter Eva A. (10) (91C).
1901 Labourer (pottery), 19 Leadhouse Road, St Lawrence parish (47), living with his wife Mary (48) and daughter Eva A. (20) (01C).
1905 26 Dec. He was recorded as an employee of Pountney and Co. Ltd. (Western Daily Press).
1911 Potter, 31 Leadhouse Road, Easton Road (57), living with his wife Mary (58) (11C).

BULLOCK Isaac

Born c1818 in Salisbury, Wiltshire (61C).

1841 St James’s Churchyard, St James’s parish (25) living with his wife Sarah (25), a dressmaker, and child (41C).
1861 Earthenware printer, 4 Lion Court, Thomas Street, St Thomas parish (43), widower, living with his children (61C).
1871 Earthenware printer, 6 Lion Court, St Thomas parish (55), living with his children and grandson, James Blake, son of his daughter, Elizabeth Blake (71C).
Children:
Ann, born c1840 in Bristol (41C), Sarah, born c1843 in Bristol (61C), Thomas, born c1846 in Bristol (61C), Elizabeth Rees, born 28 Oct 1842, bapt 12 Sep 1858 (PPR), Mary Chambers, born 4 Feb 1851, bapt 12 Sep 1858 (PPR), Louisa, born 21 Mar 1855, bapt 12 Sep 1858 (PPR)