Bristol Potters - P
Research by Reg Jackson
POOLE Edward
Born c1823 in Wellington, Somerset (61C).
| 1861 | Lodging at 2 Fisher’s Court, Guinea Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (38) (61C). |
POOLE George
| 1727 | 27 Jul. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Elizabeth, the daughter of Humphry Toby, a tobacco roller (F, G). |
| 1737 | 4 May. He was dead when his son, Richard, was apprenticed to Joseph Light, rope maker (A, Ar). |
POOL(E) John William
Born c1825 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (71C).
| 1838 | 29 Jan. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao). |
| 1851 | Potter and turner, 15 Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (26), living with his parents Joseph, a house painter, and Harriet, a staymaker (51C). |
| 1853 | 6 Feb. King William Street, the son of Joseph Poole, a painter, he married Elizabeth Hutton of King William Street, the daughter of Henry Hutton, a labourer (PPR). |
| 1861 | 9 Union Place, Temple Street, Temple parish (37), living with his wife Elizabeth (30) born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1871 | 33 Lewis Street, St Philip’s parish (46), living with his wife Elizabeth (40), born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (71C). |
POOLE Prudence
Born c1863 in St Jude, the step-daughter of Samuel Holbrook I and the niece of Arthur Mead (91C, 11C).
| 1891 | 8 Lypiatt Lane, St George (28), living with her uncle, and her daughter Elizabeth (3), born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter, widow, 10 Lypiatt Road, St George (38), living with her daughter Florence [Elizabeth] (13), born in St Matthew’s parish (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter, widow, 46 Gloucester Street, Eastville (48), living with her widowed mother Elizabeth Holbrook (11C). |
| 1947 | Died in Bristol, aged 85 (Ancestry website). |
POOLE Thomas
| 1871 | Possibly the Thomas Poole, gate keeper, widower, 1 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (66), born in Seavington, Somerset, living with his daughter Eliza (37), born in Bedminster (71C). |
| 1871 | 2 Dec. ‘Died November 25, Mr Thomas Poole, for 18 years in the employ of Messrs Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery, aged 66’ (Bristol Mercury). |
POOLE William James
Born c1832 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 6 Church Street, Temple parish (39) living with his wife Fanny (30), born in Bristol (71C). |
POOPE Thomas
| 1668 | He was described as an employee of Alice Huntington in her will (PRO Prob. 11/328). |
PORCH John
Born c1836 in ‘Compton’ (possibly Compton Bishop), Somerset (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer, 13 Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (15), living with his parents John and Eliza Porch, an agricultural labourer (51C). |
PORTER Eliza
Born c1875 in Bristol, the sister of Sarah Porter (91C).
| 1891 | 12 Hills Court, Temple parish (16), living with her parents and siblings (91C). |
PORTER Emma
Born c1843 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | 14 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (28) living with her husband Charles, a labourer (71C). |
| 1881 | No occupation, living with her husband Charles and children (81C). |
PORTER Frederick
| 1884 | 16 Dec. Inquest into the death of Frederick Porter, aged 16 years, of Rowley Place, Chatterton Square, St Mary Redcliffe parish, a potter’s assistant at Messrs Price’s Pottery, Victoria Street. He had tried to enter and use a lift that had been intended only for the use of carrying clay. He was crushed between the lift and the floor of a room. Verdict: accidental death (Bristol Mercury). |
PORTER Hannah
Born c1891 in Fishponds (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery glazer, 7 Albert Terrace, Fishponds (16) (11C). |
PORTER Henry
Born c1823 in Bristol, the brother of William Porter and uncle of Jane Porter (51C).
| 1836 | 10 Oct, He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 (Ao). |
| 1846 | Hope Square, the son of James Porter, a shoemaker, he married Sarah Bristow of Hope Square, the daughter of George Bristow, a plasterer (JBPR). |
| 1851 | 2 Hilliers Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish, living with his brother William’s family and his own daughter Sara (4), born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1851 | 9 Jun. St Philip’s parish, a widower, the son of James Porter, a cordwainer, he married Elizabeth Faircloth of St Philip’s parish, the daughter of Henry Faircloth, a labourer (PPR). |
| 1856 | 15 Dec. Taylor’s Court, Pile Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (36), a widower, the son of James Porter, a shoemaker, he married Mary Ann Tomlin (36), a widow, of Taylor’s Court, the daughter of John Phippen, a labourer (RPR). |
PORTER Jane
Born c1836 in Bristol, the daughter of William Porter and the niece of Henry Porter (51C).
| 1851 | Working at pottery, 2 Hilliers Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (15), living with her parents William, a potter, and Jane Porter, her siblings and her uncle Henry Porter, a potter (51C). |
PORTER Sarah
Born c1876 in Bristol, the sister of Eliza Porter (91C).
| 1891 | 12 Hills Court, Temple parish (15), living with her parents and siblings (91C). |
PORTER William
Born c1817 in Bristol, the brother of Henry Porter and father of Jane Porter (51C).
| 1834 | 4 Mar. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 13 years (Ao). |
| 1851 | 2 Hilliers Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (34), living with his wife Jane (37) born in Bristol and children, and his brother Henry Porter, a potter (51C). |
| Children: Jane, born c1836 in Bristol (51C), William, born c1840 in Bristol (51C), Elizabeth, born c1845 in Seville, Spain (51C). |
POTTER Mary Ann
Born c1853 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s moulder, 8 Sidney Place, St Philip’s parish (18), the daughter of Frederick, a hawker (71C). |
POTTER Simon le
| 1313 | Simon le Potter appears in the Trinity Quarter Tallage Roll. |
POTTERELL William
| 1726 | 13 Jan. ‘Ann, wife of William Potterell, Potter, St Augustine’s’ buried (RB). |
POTTERY John
The son of William Pottery of Bristol, potmaker (A).
| 1733 | 7 Jun. He was apprenticed to his father (A, Ar). |
| 1740 | 14 Oct. He was buried at St Michael’s (Pountney 1920, 69). |