Bristol Potters - L
Research by Reg Jackson
LAWRENCE AND COMPANY
| 1815 | 8 Apr. Partnership dissolved ‘Lawrence & Co. of Bristol, potters’ (FFJ). See also William Lawrence. |
LAWRENCE Mary Jane
Born c1857 in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, and the sister of Sarah and Ann Lawrence (81C).
| 1881 | 12 Philip Street, St Philip’s parish (23), the daughter of Jane, a laundress (husband deserted) (81C). |
LAWRENCE Robert
Born c1870 in St Philip’s parish (91C).
| 1891 | Boarding at 26 Barton Street, St George (21) (91C). |
| 1901 | Labourer in pottery, 9 Tyler Street, Barton Road, St Philip’s parish (31), living with his wife Charlotte (31), born in Bristol, and children Robert H. (5) and William (1), both born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Robert had died and Charlotte had remarried to George Newman (11C). |
LAWRENCE Rosina
Born c1858 in St Philip’s parish (91C).
| 1891 | Boarding at 26 Barton Street, St George (33) (91C). |
| 1901 | Printer at pottery, 8 Short Street, St Silas parish (44), living with her husband William (42), an engine driver (01C). |
| 1911 | Printer pottery, widow, 23 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (56) (11C). |
LAWRENCE Sarah Ann
Born c1864 in Swansea, South Wales, and the sister of Mary Jane Lawrence (81C).
| 1881 | 12 Philip Street, St Philip’s parish (17), the daughter of Jane, a laundress (husband deserted) (81C). |
LAWRENCE William
The son of Joseph Lawrence of Bristol, brushmaker (A).
| 1769 | 6 Nov. He was apprenticed to William I and Mary Maynard, with £10 from Edward Colston, deceased (A, Ao). |
| 1780 | 2 Sep. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1784 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob out parish (P). |
| 1786/7 | Margaret, wife of William Lawrence of Milk Street, received £1 from Ann Thurston’s Charity for the Relief of Poor Women in Child Bed (BRO 04191). |
| 1790/1 | Margaret, wife of William Lawrence of Ellbroad Street, potter, received £1 from Ann Thurston’s Charity for the Relief of Poor Women in Child Bed (BRO 04191). |
| 1792 | 7 Jul. ‘we the Mayor Burgesses and Commonalty of the City of Bristol do owe and are justly indebted unto William Lawrence of the same City Potter and William Rice of the same City Painter (Stewards to a certain Club or Society of Persons in the Said City called the Bristol Union Society for the Support of the Members thereof in the time of Sickness) … in the Sum of Two hundred pounds …’ (BRO 04106(2)). |
| 1812 | Ellbroad Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1815 | 8 Apr. Possibly the Lawrence in the partnership dissolved of ‘Lawrence & Co. of Bristol, potters’ (FFJ). |
| 1830 | Potter, St Michael’s Hill, St Michael’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | St Michael’s Hill, St Michael’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | St Michel’s Hill, St Michael’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | St Michael’s Hill, St Michael’s parish (P). |
LAWS Mathew
Born 1827 in St James’s parish, the son of William Laws (JaPR).
| 1827 | 19 Aug. He was baptised, the son of William and Mary Laws (JaPR). |
| 1851 | 19 Temple Street, Temple parish (24), living with his mother Mary Laws, a snuffmaker (51C). |
| 1851 | 4 Jun. Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish, the son of William Laws, potter, he married Eliza Tucker of Thomas Street, the daughter of James Tucker, a labourer (ThPR). |
LAWS William
The father of Mathew Laws (JaPR).
| 1827 | 19 Aug. Temple parish on the baptism of his son, Mathew. Wife Mary (JaPR). |
| 1849 | 25 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth (27) of Browns Row, Bedminster, married Peter Nicklin (JBPR). |
| 1851 | 4 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son Mathew of Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish married Eliza Tucker (ThPR). |
LEACH Arthur
Born c1879 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter’s labourer, 19 Colston Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (22) (01C). |
| 1911 | Kiln setter, stone pottery, 18 Mead Street, Bedminster (32) (11C). |
LEACH Henry
Born c1823 in Bristol (81C).
| 1871 | Labourer, 1 Bethel Place, Bedminster (48), living with his wife Susanna (40), born in Bristol, and children Catherine (10), Ellen (6), Georgina (5) and Alfred (3), all born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 6 Bethel Place, Bedminster (58), living with his wife Susannah (48) and children, including Frank (7), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Henry’s son, Frank, was living with his married sister Catherine Whittingham, suggesting that his parents were dead (91C). |
LEACH John
Born c1842 in Frocester, Gloucestershire (81C).
| 1871 | 4 Gabriel Court, St Peter’s parish (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (24), born in Poole, Dorset, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | 6 Gabriel Court, St Peter’s parish (39), living with his wife Elizabeth (34) born in Poole, Dorset, and children (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
| Children: Emily, born c1867 in Bristol (71C), Henrietta, born c1868 in Bristol (81C), Elizabeth, born c1869 in St Peter’s parish (71C), John, born c1870 in St Peter’s parish (71C), Elias, born c1872 in Bristol (81C), Joseph, born c1874 in Bristol (81C), Alice, born c1876 in Bristol (81C), George, born c1879 in Bristol (81C), Alfred, born 1882 in Bristol (91C), Frederick, born c1884 in Bristol (91C). |
LEADER William Henry
Born c1849 in Hanley, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Pottery decoration, manager, 47 Wood Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (51), living with his wife Mary (48), born in Birmingham (01C). |
| 1911 | Pottery decorator at Bristol Pottery, 382 Fishponds Road, Eastville (62), living with his wife Jane (56), born in Chard, Somerset (11C). |
LEAHY Richard
Born c1878 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Errand boy at pottery, 9 York Buildings, St Paul’s parish (13) (91C). |
LEAK Robert
Born c1823 in Shelton, Staffordshire (51C).
| 1851 | Potter (cupmaker), lodging at 3 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (28) (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter’s presser, Rose Street, Hanley, Staffordshire (38), living with his widowed mother, Elizabeth (61C). |
LEAKER James
| 1818 | 17 Mar. Noted as an earthenware man when his son George was apprenticed to Thomas Lane, a printer (A). |
LEAT John Player
Born c1838 in Temple parish (61C, 81C).
| 1857 | 11 Oct. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | 3 The Rackhay in Back Street, St Nicholas parish (23), living with his wife Charlotte (21), born in Bristol, and son William (61C). |
| 1871 | 30 Apr. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Three Queens Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (35) living with his wife Charlotte (34) born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1881 | Cigar maker, Ash Lodge, Temple parish (47), living with his wife Elizabeth (50), born in Temple parish, and children (81C). |
| Children: William Robert (aged 2 wks), bapt 11 Oct 1857 (PPR), George, born c1866 in Temple parish (81C), John William, born 3 Apr 1971, bapt 30 Apr 1871 (PPR). |
LEECH John
Born c1849 in Temple parish, the brother of William Leech (61C).
| 1861 | Whiteware potter, 4 Tower Street, Temple parish (12) living with his parents John and Matilda Leech, coal porter, born in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, and his brother William (61C). |
LEECH William I
Born c1851 in Temple parish, the brother of John Leech (61C).
| 1861 | Whiteware potter, 4 Tower Lane, Temple parish (10), living with his parents John and Matilda Leech, coal porter, born in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, and his brother John (61C). |
| 1865 | 1 Jun. ‘Yesterday evening. William Leech, aged 14 years, residing at 3 Little Tower Street, and working at Temple Gate Pottery, had his left hand drawn into a chaff cutting machine, and before it could be extricated it was very much bruised and lacerated. He was taken to the General Hospital and detained’ (Bristol Times & Mirror). |
| 1871 | Labourer (unemployed), 10 Rose Street, Temple parish (20), living with his wife Emma (19) and children Emma (2) and William (1), all born in Bristol (71C). |
LEECH William II
Born c1859 in Lambeth, London (91C).
| 1891 | 29 King Street, Bedminster (32), living with his wife Mary (30), born in Lambeth, and children Ellen (10), Frances (8), William (6), Jane (4) and Emma (2), all born in Lambeth (91C). |
LEEKE John
Born c1867 in Burslem, Staffordshire (91C).
| 1891 | 61 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (24), living with his wife India (22), born in Burslem (91C). |