Bristol Potters - T
Research by Reg Jackson
THOMAS Emily I
Born c1859 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Turner at pottery, 193 Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish (22) (81C). |
THOMAS Emily II
Born c1869 in Bristol, the sister of Ada Thomas (91C).
| 1891 | 10 Commercial Road/Temple Backs, Temple parish (22) (91C). |
THOMAS Evan James
Born in 1864 in Temple parish, the son of James Thomas III (PPR, 81C).
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, Jones’s Court, Great Avon Street, Temple parish (16), living with his parents James III and Charlotte Thomas and siblings (81C). |
THOMAS George I
| 1873 | 15 Apr. Noted as a potter, not necessarily of Bristol, when his son Champion (43) a widower and brick maker of 17 Portwall Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish married Sarah Ann Price (RPR). |
THOMAS George II
Born c1869 in Glasgow, Scotland, the father of George Thomas III (91C, 11C).
| 1891 | Stoneware potter, 26 Somerset Street, Bedminster (22), living with his wife Ellen (21), born in Temple parish, and son George (6 mths), born in Bedminster (91C) |
| 1901 | Potter, 91 St Luke’s Road, Bedminster (32), living with his wife Ellen (30) and children George (10), Evan (8) and Francis (4), all born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Stoneware potter, 76 Oxford Street, Totterdown (42), living with his wife Ellen (40) and children (11C). |
THOMAS George III
Born c1891 in Bedminster, the son of George Thomas II (91C).
| 1911 | Stoneware potter, 76 Oxford Street, Totterdown (20), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
THOMAS Harriet
Born c1831 in Swansea, Glamorgan (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s warehouse woman, widow, lodging at Pump Court, Temple parish (91C). |
THOMAS Herbert Victor
Born c1890 in Bishopston (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery printer, 8 Tyndale Avenue, Fishponds (21) (11C). |
THOMAS James I
| 1805 | 24 Dec. He was apprenticed to Joseph and Sarah Ring (A, Ao). |
| 1827 | 21 Jul. Noted as a pot maker when his son William was apprenticed to William Scatts, a cooper (A). |
| 1831 | 8 Jul. Noted as a pot maker when his son James was apprenticed to John Symes, a tailor (A). |
THOMAS James II
Born c1833 in London, father-in-law of Agnes and Thomas Wheeler (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 8 Little Avon Street, Temple parish (38) living with his wife Ellen (40) born in Temple parish and sister-in-law Agnes Wheeler (30) a potter and brother-in-law Thomas Wheeler (20) labourer at pottery, both born in Temple parish (71C). |
| 1872 | 27 Apr. He was a potter living at 11 Little Ann Street, Great Gardens when his sister-in-law Amelia (Agnes) Wheeler committed suicide (Bristol Mercury). |
THOMAS James III
Born c1837 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the father of Evan James Thomas (81C).
| 1860 | 11 Mar. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | 29 Temple Street, Temple parish (24) living with his wife Charlotte (24) born in Exeter, Devon and son James (1) born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1862 | 11 May. Old Market Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1864 | 29 May. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | 20 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Charlotte (35) and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Jones’s Court, Great Avon Street, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Charlotte (44) and children including Evan James (16) a potter’s labourer (81C). |
| Children: Evan James, born 7 Feb 1860, bapt 11 Mar 1860 (PPR), Lucy, born 18 Apr 1862, bapt 11 May 1862 (PPR), Evan James, born 3 May 1864, bapt 29 May 1864 (PPR), George, born c1869 in Port Dundas, Glasgow (81C) |
THOMAS James IV
Born c1861 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Thomas Daniel I and the brother of Samuel Thomas, William Thomas VII and Daniel Thomas II (61C, 71C, 81C).
| 1881 | Potter, Freeland Road, Stapleton (20), living with his parents and siblings (81C). |
THOMAS James V
Born c1865 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 31 Avon Street, Temple parish (26), living with his wife Mary J. (34) and children Sarah Emily (9) and Rose (1), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
THOMAS Jane
Born c1846 in Bristol, the wife of William Thomas VIII (81C).
| 1881 | Potter’s assistant, 3 Bedwell Place, St Philip’s parish (35), living with her husband William (31) a potter and children (81C). |
THOMAS John I
The son of William Thomas of Bristol, mason (A).
| 1790 | 8 Mar. He was apprenticed to William and Sarah Taylor (A). |
THOMAS John II
Born c1789 in Bristol, the father of William Thomas V (41C).
| 1826 | 13 Aug. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1828 | 16 Mar. St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1838 | 13 Jun. Redcliff Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1841 | Barrow Lane (52), living with his wife Sarah (40) not born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1848 | 13 Aug. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1851 | 19 Jan. Noted as a potter when his son William, a potter, of Thomas Street married Mary Wall (ThPR). |
| 1851 | He had died and his wife had remarried to Joseph Tuckwell. She was born in Eastwood, Glamorgan (51C). |
| Children: Elizabeth, born c1825 in Bristol (41C), Sarah Ann, bapt 13 Aug 1826 (TPR), James, bapt 16 Mar 1828 (RPR), William, bapt 13 Jun 1830 (RPR), John Joseph, born 12 Nov 1835, bapt 13 Aug 1848 (TPR), Edwin George, born 8 Apr 1841, bapt 13 Aug 1848 (TPR) |
THOMAS John III
Born c1806 in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Guinea Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (35), living with his wife Amy (35) (41C). |
THOMAS John IV
Born c1811 in Bristol (41C).
| 1834-44 | Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Baptist Mills (P). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Wellington Road (house behind), St Philip’s parish (30), living with his wife Betsy [Elizabeth] (30) not born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth William, bapt 3 Aug 1834 (PPR), Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 10 Apr 1836 (PPR), John (aged 1 mth), bapt 17 Jun 1838 (PPR), Ellen (aged 5 wks), bapt 10 Jul 1842 (PPR), Henry (aged 2¼ yrs), bapt 18 Sep 1842 (PPR), James (aged 5 wks), bapt 12 May 1844 (PPR) |
THOMAS John V
Born c1832 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | 3 Crown Court, Temple parish (19) (51C). |
THOMAS John VI
| 1863 | 19 Sep. Aged 14 and had worked at Mr Ellis’s pottery in Redcross Street. He was charged with stealing 6s in silver, a hymn book and other articles (Western Daily Press). |