Bristol Potters - S
Research by Reg Jackson
SHORTMAN Elizabeth
| 1874 | 24 Apr. ‘Elizabeth Shortman was charged with stealing some earthenware articles, the property of Mr John Ellis, of the Crown Pottery, St George’s. Charlotte Bryant said that on the 21 ult. she saw the prisoner take a jug from a bucket that witness was taking to the kiln. Harriet Bryant saw the prisoner take several other articles away under her shawl. Witness did not say anything to her, but had previously told her that if she took away so much her master would know of it. Mr Ellis said that there seemed to be a perpetual robbery at his works … It seemed that those in authority did not properly interfere to prevent robberies … prisoner sentenced to a month’s hard labour as a warning to the others’ (Western Daily Press). |
SHROLL Amelia
Born c1857 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Saucer maker at pottery, 17 Bedminster Place, Bedminster (44) (01C). |
SHUFFLEBOTHAM Amy
Born c1873 in Corbridge, Staffordshire, the wife of Henry Jeekes Shufflebotham (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s liner, 43 Dunkirk Road, Fishponds (38), living with her husband and children (11C). |
SHUFFLEBOTHAM Henry Jeekes
Born c1875 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, the husband of Amy Shufflebotham (11C).
| 1901 | Potter’s decorator, 65 Gordon Street, Burslem (26), living with his wife Amy (28) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s decorator, 43 Dunkirk Road, Fishponds (36), living with his wife Amy (38), born in Corbridge, Staffordshire, and children Ernest (12), Percival (10), Harold (8), all born in Burslem, Phyllis (6), Sarah (3), both born in Corbridge, and Eva (9 mths) and Constance (9 mths), both born in Bristol, and Alice Goldstraw, a servant, born in Staffordshire (11C). |
SIBBICK Charles
Born c1821 in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Potter’s apprentice, Rose Alley, Temple parish (20), living with his wife Mary (20) born in Bristol (41C). |
SIMMONS James I
Born c1801 in Bristol, possibly the father of James Simmons II (41C).
| 1814 | 7 Mar. He was apprenticed to Charles and Elizabeth Price with 40s from Alderman Kitchen’s Charity (A, Ao). |
| 1830 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1832 | 6 May. Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1835 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1835 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1837 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1837 | 25 Jun. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1839 | 23 Mar. Indenture concerning a tenement or warehouse fronting Temple Street (James Simmons, wife Elizabeth) (BRO 22936/144/10/8). |
| 1841 | Stone potter, Tylers Field, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Slopers Lane, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Elizabeth (40) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| Children: Elizabeth Bevan (aged 10 yrs), bapt 25 Jun 1837 (PPR), James Bamete (aged 9 yrs), bapt 25 Jun 1837 (PPR), Mary Ann (aged 8 yrs), bapt 25 Jun 1837 (PPR), Sarah, bapt 6 May 1832 (PPR), Emma Matthews (aged 2 years), bapt 25 Jun 1837 (PPR) |
SIMMONS James II
Born c1828 in Bristol, possibly the son of James Simmons I (61C).
| 1861 | Potter’s labourer, 4 Carlisle’s Court, St Thomas Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (33) (61C). |
SIMMONS Philip
Born c1840 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Potter, Henry Row, Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (21) (61C). |
| 1861 | 12 May. Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish, the son of Philip Simmons, a carpenter, he married Mary Ann Smith (21) born in Pennywell Road, the daughter of Samuel Smith, labourer (PPR). |
| 1871 | Carpenter, Hudds Botton, St George (31), living with his wife Mary A. (31) and children Emma (7), Ellen (5), Philip (3) and Clara (1 mth), all born in St George (71C). |
SIMMONS Thomas
Born c1835 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Labourer, 35 Clarence Street, Newport, South Wales (26), living with his father John, tin plate worker, and siblings (61C). |
| 1863 | 22 Mar. 11 South Place (28), the son of John Smith, tinsmith, he married Hannah Maria Bennett (26) of 11 South Place, the daughter of Joseph Bennett, deceased (RPR). |
| 1870 | 5 Jun. Louisa Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his children John Thomas (born 20 May 1867) and Henry George (born 23 Aug 1869). Wife Ann Maria (PPR). |
SIMPSON Ernest
Born c1876 in Armitage, Staffordshire, the stepson of Thomas East II and the brother of Rose and Herbert Simpson (91C).
| 1891 | Labourer on earthenware, 87 Park Street, Bedminster (15), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
SIMPSON Herbert
Born c1872 in Armitage, Staffordshire, the stepson of Thomas East II and the brother of Rose and Ernest Simpson (91C).
| 1891 | Potter, mould maker, 87 Park Street, Bedminster (19), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
| 1901 | Moulder at pottery, Regent Street, Kingswood (30), living with his wife Rose (25), born in Kingswood, and children Edith (2) and Walter (1), both born in Kingswood (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s mould maker, 3 Moorlands Road, Fishponds (39), living with his wife Rose (36) and children including Doris (2), born in Fishponds (11C). |
SIMPSON John
| 1814 | 22 May. Aged 1 month, baptised, the son of Joseph and Ann Smith, potmaker, Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Little Avon Street or Dark Entry, St Philip’s parish (27) (41C). |
SIMPSON Joseph
| 1814 | 22 May. Potmaker, Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son John (aged 1 mth). Wife Ann (PPR). |
| 1818 | 15 Feb. Potmaker, Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Thomas (aged 1 mth). Wife Ann (PPR). |
SIMPSON Rose
Born c1874 in Armitage, Staffordshire, the step-daughter of Thomas East II and the sister of Herbert and Ernest Simpson (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s printer, 87 Park Street, Bedminster (17), living with (91C). |
SIOURNE Caleb
Born c1857 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer in Bristol Pottery, 10 Cox’s Buildings, Oxford Road, St Philip’s parish (14), the son of Elizabeth, a charwoman (71C). |
SKIDMORE Benjamin Henry
Born 1822 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Thomas Skidmore (41C, 61C).
| 1828 | 26 Oct. Baptised the son of Thomas and Susanna Skidmore, potter (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potter, East Buildings, Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (18), living with his parents and siblings (41C). |
| 1855 | 14 May. Potmaker, Temple parish (26), the son of Thomas Skidmore, potmaker, he married Eliza Tandy (27), widow, of Temple parish, the daughter of William Tandy, a labourer (TPR). |
SKIDMORE Richard
See the Potteries section for the Temple Back Pottery 1.
| c1801-03 | Richard Skidmore may have been running the Temple Back Pottery 1. |
It was then taken over by Edward Patience.
The son of Richard Skidmore of St Philip’s parish, smith (A).
| 1773 | 10 Mar. He was apprenticed to James and Elizabeth Hill, £20 paid with the apprentice (A, Ao). |
| 1780 | 2 Sep. He became a free bricklayer and potmaker (F). (This suggests he was making crucibles and building furnaces for the glass works). |
| 1781 | Bricklayer and potmaker, St Philip’s parish (F). |
| 1792 | Potter, Thomas Street (RD). |
| 1795 | Potmaker, St Philip’s parish (MD). |
| 1801-02 | Potmaker for glass houses, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1803 | Potmaker, Temple Back (MD). |
SKIDMORE Thomas
Born in 1791 in Bristol, the father of Benjamin Henry Skidmore (41C, TPR).
| 1819 | Potmaker, aged 19, Redcliffe Backs, in a rifle corps (BRO L3 Militia List). |
| 1814-16 | Potmaker, Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1818-20 | Potmaker, Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1828-32 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | East Buildings, Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Susanna (55) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1847 | Potmaker, South Place, Barton Hill Lane, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1852 | Potmaker, Barton Hill Lane, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1855 | 14 May. Noted as a potmaker when his son Benjamin (36) a potmaker of Temple parish, married Eliza Tandy (TPR). |
| Children: Christiana (aged 3 wks), bapt 30 Oct 1814 (PPR), Sarah Jane (aged 3 mths), bapt 25 Dec 1816 (PPR), Emma Louisa (aged 9 wks), bapt 8 Nov 1818 (PPR), Matthew (aged 5 wks), bapt 18 Jun 1820 (PPR), Benjamin Henry, bapt 26 Oct 1828 (PPR), Rosina, bapt 26 Oct 1828 (PPR), Selina Adelaide, bapt 22 Jul 1832 (PPR) |
SLADE Elizabeth
Born c1821, the daughter of Joseph Slade and the sister of Mary Slade (41C).
| 1822 | 24 Feb. Baptised, the daughter of Joseph Slade (PPR). |
| 1841 | Crews Hole, St George (20), living with her parents and siblings (41C). |
SLADE Henry
Born c1863 in St George, Gloucestershire (81C).
| 1881 | Potter earthenware, 25 Crews Hole, St George (18), living with his father Thomas Slade, a bargeman (81C). |