Bristol Potters - R
Research by Reg Jackson
ROADWORTHY John
Born c1827 in Road, Somerset (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer, 10 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (24) (51C). |
ROBBETT Thomas
| 1797 | 25 Jan. A potter of Temple Street, Temple parish, he was included in a list of persons whose gouts led into the common sewer (Q). |
ROBBS Edward
Born c1832 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Stoneware potter, Redcliff Back, St Mary Redcliffe parish (19), living with his wife Caroline (21) born in Bristol and son Edward (1) born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1861 | His wife was a widow (61C). |
ROBE (ROPE) Mary A.
Born c1853 in Bristol, the daughter of Henry and Esther Capel (81C).
| 1881 | Potter’s assistant, widow, 1 Johnson Buildings, St Philip’s parish (28), living with her widowed mother Esther Capel (67), a potter’s assistant, born in Whitehaven, Cumbria (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter’s assistant, widow, Whites Cottages, St Philip’s parish (41) (91C). |
| 1901 | Laundress, 31 Claremont Street, St Philip’s parish (50) (01C). |
ROBERTS Alice I
Born c1875 in St Philip’s parish, the sister-in-law of Alice Roberts II (01C, 11C).
| 1901 | Pottery tracer, 16 Grafton Street, St Silas parish (26), living with her husband George and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Band and liner, pottery factory, 14 Chapel Street, St Philip’s Marsh (37), living with her husband and children and sister-in-law Alice Roberts II (11C). |
ROBERTS Alice II
Born c1891 in Bristol, the sister-in-law of Alice Roberts I (11C).
| 1911 | Decorator, pottery factory, 14 Chapel Street, St Philip’s Marsh (20), living with her brother George Roberts and his family (11C). |
ROBERTS Charles
| 1815 | 24 Dec. Lamb Street on the baptism of his daughter Ann. Wife Elizabeth (APR). |
| 1817 | 25 May. Temple parish on the baptism of his son William (aged 13 wks). Wife Elizabeth (TPR). |
ROBERTS Emanuel
Born c1840 in Bristol (71C) or Liverpool (81C), the brother of George Roberts I (51C).
| 1851 | Scholar, 5 Little Avon Street, Temple parish, living with his widowed mother Eliza (37), born in Temple parish, and his brother George (51C). |
| 1858 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (ThPR). |
| 1862 | 12 Oct. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1866 | 25 Jul. He was employed at Pountney’s Bristol Pottery when he took part in a race on the pottery’s boat ‘Marian’ in the Floating Harbour (Western Daily Press). |
| 1871 | 3 Commercial Road, Temple parish (31), living with his wife Mary (27) a bag maker, born in Bristol, and daughter Emma (8), born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1879 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Emma (17) of St Philip’s parish married Albert John Wakefield (PPR). |
| 1881 | Potter, Bristol Pottery, 9 Temple Backs, Temple parish (41), living with his wife Mary (38), a paper bag maker and daughter Rosina (8) born in Bristol (81C). |
| Children: Ellen, bapt 17 Oct 1858 (ThPR), Emma, bapt 12 Oct 1862 (TPR), Rosina, born c1873 in Bristol (81C) |
ROBERTS George I
Born c1834 in Temple parish, the brother of Emanuel Roberts (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s apprentice, 5 Little Avon Street, Temple parish (17), living with his mother Eliza, a widow, who ‘works at sack sewing’, born in Temple parish (51C). |
| 1881 | 3 Church Street, Temple parish (47), living with his wife Harriet (42) born in Bristol and his step-children Henry Buffin (14) and Harriet Buffin (12) and his own children (81C). |
| Children: Catherine, born c1873 in Bristol (81C), George, born c1876 in Bristol (81C), William, born c1878 in Bristol (81C) |
ROBERTS George II
Born c1871 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (11C).
| 1911 | Fireman, pottery, 13 Montgomery Street, Bedminster (40), living with his wife Jane (41), born in Birmingham, and son Edward (12), born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (11C). |
ROBERTS Henry
| 1843 | 23 Oct. St Philip’s parish, the son of Thomas Roberts, a floor cloth manufacturer, he married Mary Ann Howell of St Philip’s parish, the daughter of John Howell, a printer (PPR). |
| 1846 | Pennywell Lane on the baptism of his daughter Sarah Sophia. Wife Mary Ann (HTPR). |
| 1861 | His wife had remarried to Egbert Andrews and was living with Henry’s two children Sarah (14) and Ellen (9) (61C). |
ROBERTS James
Born c1837 in St George, the brother of William Roberts (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer, 5 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (14), living with his parents William and Eliza Roberts, a cordwainer, and his brother William (15). |
| 1859 | 21 Aug. Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth Alice (born 28 Jul 1859). Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
| 1861 | Coal dealer, 18 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (24), living with his wife Elizabeth (29), born in Bristol, and children Alice (3) and Clara (2 wks), both born in Bristol (61C). |
ROBERTS John I
| 1756 | 14 Jun. He was noted as a potter of Westbury-on-Trym when his son, William, was apprenticed to John Viner, joiner (A). |
ROBERTS John II
Born c1822 (Ao).
| 1836 | 10 Oct. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao). |
ROBERTS John III
| 1823 | 28 Dec. Temple parish on the baptism of his son John Arthur (aged 7 mths). Wife Elizabeth (TPR). |
ROBERTS John IV
Born c1842 in St George (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer, 5 Narrow Plain, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his wife Martha (30), born in Nailsea, Somerset (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 15 Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (39), living with his wife Martha (48), a dressmaker, born in Nailsea, Somerset (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
ROBERTS John V
Born c1887 in Hartshill, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Glost placing at pottery, boarding at 16 Ernestville Road, Fishponds (11C). |
ROBERTS John Feargus
Born c1843 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Richard Roberts (61C, PPR).
| 1861 | Baptist Street, St Philip’s (18), noted as a hotel porter, living with his parents Richard and Maria Roberts and siblings (61C). |
| 1866 | 18 Jun. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (24), the son of Richard Roberts, a potter, he married Sarah Jane Hallard (21) of Bread Street, the daughter of Henry Hallard, a mariner (PPR). |
ROBERTS Richard
Born c1819 in Temple parish, the husband of Maria Roberts (nee Gold) and the father of John Feargus Roberts and probably the father of Richard G. Roberts (61C, PPR, 71C).
| 1831 | 5 Sep. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 13 years (Ao). |
| 1841 | Pennywell Lane, St Philip’s parish (20) (41C). |
| 1841 | 25 Dec. Church Street, Temple parish, the son of Thomas Roberts, a labourer, he married Maria Gold, a potter of Temple parish, the daughter of John Gold, a thatcher (TPR). |
| 1851 | Journeyman potter, 4 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (32), living with his wife Maria (31), born in Bickleigh, Devon, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (42), living with his wife Maria (41) a mangler, born in Bickleigh, Devon, and children (61C). |
| 1866 | 18 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son John Feargus Roberts (24), a potter, of Bread Street married Sarah Jane Hallard (PPR). |
| 1871 | His wife had remarried to George Rawlings (71C). |
| Children: John, born c1843 in St Philip’s parish (61C); Thomas, born c1844 in St Philip’s parish (61C); Ann, born c1846 in Bristol (51C); Richard Gold, born c1855 in St Philip’s parish (61C); Rhoda Jane, born c1858 in St Philip’s parish (61C); Alice, born c1863 in Bristol (71C) |
ROBERTS Richard G.
Born c1856 in Bristol, probably the son of Richard Roberts and the brother of Thomas Roberts (71C, 81C).
| 1871 | Potter presser, 9 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (15) (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s presser, 2 Minshull Road, Fenton, Staffordshire (26), living with his brother Thomas (37), also a potter’s presser (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter’s hollow ware presser, 89 Wheeldon Road, Fenton (36), living with his wife Letitia (32), born in Hanley, and children William Bourne (10, stepson), Thomas (9), Alice (8), Letitia (5) and Richard (1), all born in Fenton (91C). |