Bristol Potters and Potteries

Research by Reg Jackson

Bristol Potters - J

Research by Reg Jackson

JARRETT John

Born c1880 in Bristol (01C).

1901 Stone pottery employee, 6 Victoria Cottages, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21) (01C).
1911 Pottery labourer, 97 Victoria Road, Bedminster (31), living with his wife Florence (29) and children Florence (7) and Christopher (7 mths), all born in Bedminster (11C).

JARRETT Masin

Born c1829 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (61C).

1861 Potter’s turner, 1 Taylors Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (32) (61C).

JEANES John

Born c1818 in Winscombe, Somerset (61C).

1861 Pottery warehouseman, 28 Richmond Terrace, Bedminster (43), living with his wife Jane (34) a dressmaker, born in Bristol, and son Frederick (1) born in Bristol (61C).

JEFFERIES Albert

Born c1873 in Bristol (91C).

1891 92 Merton Street, St Philip’s parish (18) (91C).
1901 Potter thrower, 17 Philip Street, St Silas parish (27), living with his widowed father, Jonathan, a jobbing painter, and siblings (01C).
1911 Flower pot maker, lodging at 25 Alfred Street, Emmanuel parish (40) (11C).

JEFFERIES Ewin James

Born c1855 in St Philip’s parish (71C).

1871 Potter, 5 Tyler Street, St Philip’s parish (16), the son of George, a coal porter (71C).
1875 31 Oct. 1 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Frank (born 19 Sep 1875).  Wife Jane (PPR).
1881 Potter, 1 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Jane (25), born in Gloucester, and son Frank (5), born in Bristol (81C).
1891 Potter, 31 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish (36), living with his wife Jane (36) and son Frank (91C).
1901 Potter, 89 Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish (46), living with his wife Jane (46) (01C).

 

JEFFERIES George

Born c1884 in Bristol, the brother of Robert Jefferies (91C, 11C).

1901 Potter, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Silas parish (17) (01C).

JEFFERIES James

Born c1868 in Temple parish, the father of Robert Jefferies (91C, 11C).

1888 17 Dec. Passage Street, St Philip’s parish (21) the son of George Jefferies, butcher, he married Rosa Lewis (20) of Passage Street, the daughter of Robert Lewis, deceased, a painter (PPR).
1891 83 Park Street, Bedminster (23), living with his wife Rosa (22), and children Clara (2) and James (7 mths), all born in Bristol (91C).
1901 86 Park Street, Knowle (33), living with his wife Rosa (32) and children Clara (12), James (10), Robert (9), Minnie (7), William (6), Kitty (4), Teddy (3) and John (1) (01C).
1911 Potter, redware, 208 Bath Road (Kitchener Terrace), Knowle (42), living with his wife Rosa (43) and children Robert (19), Minnie (17), William (16), Elizabeth (Kitty) (14), Edward (13), John (11), Esther (9), Jinnie (8), Rosa (5), Albert (4) and Edith (1), all born in Bedminster (11C).
1915 25 Mar. Described as a middle-aged man, employed at the Albert Pottery Co., he was charged with four others of killing or taking two linnets, and also with cruelty to them. The bird catchers were found in a field adjoining Sparke-Evans Park, St Philip’s Marsh with a net, two linnets pegged to the ground, and a linnet in a cage.   Jefferies admitted he had a net, but no decoys, and had not caught any birds.  He was found guilty and fined 10s (Western Daily Press).

JEFFERIES Jane

Born c1881 in Bristol, the sister of George Jefferies (01C).

1901 Printer at pottery, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Silas parish (20) (01C).

JEFFERIES Richard

Born c1835 in Bristol (51C).

1851 Union Road, St Philip’s parish (16) living with his parents Isaac and Mary Ann Jefferies, a watchman (51C).
1861 Seedsman, Union Road, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his parents and siblings (61C).

JEFFERIES Robert

Born c1892 in Bedminster, the son of James Jefferies (11C).

1911 Potter, stoneware, 208 Bath Road (Kitchener Terrace), Knowle (19), living with his parents and siblings (11C).

JEFFERIES Samuel

Born c1826 in Gloucestershire (41C).

1841 Lower Easton, St George (15) (41C).
1850 27 Jul. Probably the Samuel Jefferies, described as a workman at the St Philip’s Pottery, Temple Backs, who was killed instantly as a result of a boiler explosion on the ferryboat, the Red Rover, which operated between the Stonebridge and the Nova Scotia Yard, Hotwells. He left a wife and two children (Bristol Times).

JEFFERIES (JEFFREYS) Selina

Born c1860 in Bristol (81C).

1881 Employed at Pottery, 9 Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21), the wife of William, a butcher (81C).
1891 Pottery hand, 6 Waters Place, Bedminster (36), the wife of William, a butcher (91C).

JEFFERIES Thomas I

1833 10 Feb. China printer, Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Rosetta Catherine.  Wife Harriet (PPR).

 

JEFFERIES Thomas II

Born c1879 in Bristol (01C).

1901 Potter, 21 Tyler Street, St Silas parish (22), living with his wife Mary (21) and children, Lily (1) and Rosie (6 mths), all born in Bristol (01C).
1911 General labourer, iron works, 18 Tyler Street, St Philip’s Marsh (32), living with his wife Jane [he had remarried] and children (11C).

JEFFERIES William

Born c1811 in Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (51C).

1841 15 Aug. Queen Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1845-50 Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1851 Earthenware printer, 4 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (40) living with his wife Caroline (35) a greengrocer, born in Westminster, London, and children (51C).
1853 5 Aug. Temple parish (TPR).
1861 Earthenware printer, widower, Avon Place, Temple parish (50), living with his children Caroline and Thomas George (61C).
1865 9 Apr. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1871 Earthenware printer, 2 Lewis’s Buildings, Temple parish (60), living with his wife Ann (48) [he had remarried] and children (71C).
1878 5 Apr. ‘Died April 1 at 7 York Street, St Philip’s Marsh, Mr William Jefferies, aged 67. Fifty-two years in the employ of the Bristol Pottery Company’ (Western Daily Press).
1881 his wife was a widow (81C).
Children:
Mary Ann (aged 7 yrs), bapt 15 Aug 1841 (PPR), Fanny (aged 3 yrs), bapt 15 Aug 1841 (PPR, 51C), Emma, born c1842 in Temple parish (51C), Angelina (aged 4 wks), bapt 23 Mar 1845 (PPR), Caroline (aged 1 mth), bapt 15 Aug 1847 (PPR), Thomas George (aged 3 wks), bapt 8 Dec 1850 (PPR), Mary Ann, bapt 5 Aug 1853 (TPR), Elizabeth Ann, born 23 Sep 1855, bapt 9 Apr 1865 (wife Ann) (PPR), William Henry, born 6 Mar 1865, bapt 9 Apr 1865 (wife Ann) (PPR)

JEFFERIS M.

Born c1876 in St Philip’s parish (91C).

1891 Printing room pottery [female], 12 Kilkenny Street, St Philip’s parish (15) (91C).

JEFFRIES John

Born c1866 in Temple parish (81C).

1881 Labourer at pottery, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s parish (15), the son of George, a labourer in sugar factory (unemployed) (81C).

JEFFRIES Richard

Born c1833 in St Philip’s parish (81C).

1881 Lodging at 9 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (48) (81C).

JENKINS Ellen

Born c1864 in Bristol (81C).

1881 Mould runner pottery, 12 Moore Street, St Philip’s parish (17), the daughter of William, a cork cutter (81C).

JENKINS James

Born c1852 in Bristol (71C).

1871 Potter’s boy, 5 Penney Court, Temple parish (19) living with his mother Ann Jenkins, a housekeeper (71C).