Bristol Potters - T
Research by Reg Jackson
THOMAS John VII
Born c1868 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the brother of William Thomas X (91C).
| 1891 | 12 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s parish (23) (91C). |
| 1901 | Furnace stoker at pottery, St Silas Pottery, Feeder Road, St Silas parish (33), living with his wife Caroline (32), born in London, and children Albert (8), Edward (5), Caroline (3), Elsie (1) and Rosina (1 mth), all born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Dock labourer, 6 Cook Street, Avonmouth (43), living with his wife and children (11C). |
THOMAS John VIII
Born c1889 in Tunstall, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Sanitary potter, 7 Brentry Road, Fishponds (22) (11C). |
THOMAS Joseph
The son-in-law of Joseph Howard (RPR).
| 1848 | 6 Feb. Cathay, St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of William Thomas, a miner, he married Hannah Howard of Lower Colstons Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish the daughter of Joseph Howard, a potter (RPR). |
THOMAS Percy
Born c1884 in Bristol, the son of William Thomas IX (01C).
| 1901 | Potter’s labourer, 101 Park Street, Bath Road, Knowle (17), living with his father and siblings (01C). |
THOMAS Richard
| 1718 | 17 Mar. He became a free gallypotmaker because of his marriage to Martha, daughter of Daniel Barnett, butcher (F, G). |
THOMAS Samuel
Born in 1853 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Daniel Thomas I and the brother of Daniel Thomas II, William Thomas VII and James Thomas IV (PPR, 71C, 81C).
| 1871 | Potter handler, 1 Cohens Buildings, Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (19), living with his parents and siblings (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter, Freeland Road, Stapleton (27), living with his parents and siblings (81C). |
| 1890 | 9 Jun. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish, the son of Daniel Thomas, a potter, he married Catherine Leonard (35) of New Bread Street, St Philip’s parish, the daughter of John Leonard, a stonemason (PPR). |
| 1891 | 12 Freeland Buildings, Stapleton (38), living with his wife Catherine (36), born in Stapleton (91C). |
| 1901 | Possibly the Samuel Taylor, widower, box maker, boarding at 2 Monmouth Street, Bedminster (48) (01C). |
THOMAS Thomas I
He received the following wages from the Bedminster Pottery:
| 1788 | 4 Oct 10s.6d; 11 Oct 10s.6d; 25 Oct 10s.6d; 1 Nov 10s.6d; 8 Nov 10s.6d; 15 Nov 10s.6d; 22 Nov 10s.6d; 29 Nov 7s; and for sundry lump work with William Curry, £1.4s.0d (Bedminster Pottery Day Book). |
THOMAS Thomas II
Born c1796 in Swansea, the father of William Thomas II (51C, A).
| 1833 | 22 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son was apprenticed, aged 16 years, to J.D. Pountney (A, Ao). |
| 1834 & 35 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1841 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Avon Street, Temple parish (45) living with his wife Mary (45) not born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1850 | 12 Mar. Noted as a potter when his daughter Margaret of St Philip’s parish married John Beacham (PPR). |
| 1850 | 25 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son John Thomas, a musician, of St Philip’s parish married Mary Thomas (PPR). |
| 1851 | Potter handler, 26 Avon Street, Temple parish (56), living with his wife Mary (56) born in Swansea (61C). |
| 1861 | 20 Great Avon Street, Temple parish (67), living with his wife Mary (66) (61C). |
| Children: William, born c1817 (Ao), Margaret, born c1822, not in Bristol (41C), Ann, born c1828, not in Bristol (41C), John, born 1 Nov 1824, bapt 2 Nov 1834 (TPR), Eliza Selina, bapt 27 Dec 1835 (TPR) |
THOMAS William I
The son of William Thomas of Bristol, yeoman (A).
| 1754 | 30 Oct. He was apprenticed to Richard and Mary Frank with £10, the gift of the Society of Ancient Britons in Bristol (A, Ao). |
| 1761 | 12 Aug. ‘Release:- Philip Brooks, joyner of St Philip and Jacob. Quit claim to James Kitchen, scrivener, William Thomas, jnr., potter, John Roe, shipwright, and Joseph Riley, potter, all of Bristol’ (BRO Wooden Box 1760 Bundle 3 No.27c). |
THOMAS William II
Born c1817, the son of Thomas Thomas II (Ao).
| 1833 | 22 Oct. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 16 years (A, Ao). |
THOMAS William III
Born c1819 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Henry Row, Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (42), living with his wife Sarah Ann (29) an ironer born in Bristol and daughter Emily (3) born in Bristol (61C). |
THOMAS William IV
Born c1822 in St Philip’s parish (51C).
| 1851 | Swan Court, Little George Street, St Philip’s parish (29), living with his parents William and Mary Thomas, labourer at a sugar house (51C). |
THOMAS William V
Born in 1830 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of John Thomas II and father of William Thomas VIII (RPR).
| 1851 | Lodging at 29 Temple Street, Temple parish (21) (51C). |
| 1851 | 19 Jan. Thomas Street, St Thomas parish, the son of John Thomas, a potter, he married Mary Wall of Thomas Street, the daughter of John Wall, a mariner (ThPR). |
| 1852 | 18 Apr. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1853 | 2 Oct. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | 15 Temple Place, Temple parish (31), living with his wife Mary (36) born in Bristol and children (61C). |
| 1863 | 4 Jan. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1865 | 7 Jan. Goat Alley, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1867 | 19 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son William was apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell (Ao). |
| 1871 | 11 Temple Place, Temple parish (41), living with his wife Mary A. (46) and children including William (17) a potter (71C). |
| 1881 | 9 Temple Plain, Victoria Street (51), living with his wife Mary Ann (56) and children (81C). |
| Children: Alfred, born 17 Mar 1852, bapt 18 Apr 1852 (PPR), William (aged 4 mths), bapt 2 Oct 1853 (PPR), Sarah Ann Elizabeth, born 15 Mar 1859, bapt 4 Jan 1863 (PPR), Alice Mary, born 4 Feb 1854, bapt 7 Jan 1865 (PPR), Amelia, born c1873 in Bristol (81C) |
THOMAS William VI
Born in 1837 in Bristol, the brother of Edwin Thomas (51C).
| 1851 | 7 King Street, St Nicholas parish (14), living with his mother Mary Thomas, a laundress, born in Bristol (51C). |
THOMAS William VII
Born c1849 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Daniel Thomas I and brother of Daniel Thomas II, Samuel Thomas and James Thomas VI (61C, 71C, 81C).
| 1861 | 7 Red Bank, St Philip’s parish (11), living with his parents (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter turner, 1 Cohens Buildings, Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (22), living with his parents and siblings (71C). |
THOMAS William VIII
Born in 1853 in St Philip’s parish, the son of William Thomas V and husband of Jane Thomas (PPR).
| 1867 | 19 Aug. ‘William Thomas the younger son of William Thomas of the City of Bristol, stoneware potter, puts himself to W.A.F. Powell of the said City stoneware manufacturer to learn the art of a stoneware potter for 7 years. No premium. Friends find everything. Wage 4s, 5s, 7s and during the remainder of the said term one half the earnings which the said apprentice shall earn or get’ (Ao). |
| 1881 | 3 Bedwell Place, St Philip’s parish (31), living with his wife Jane (35) a potter’s assistant born in Bristol and children Elizabeth (15) and Hannah (9) both born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Earthenware potter, 7 Rose Green, St George (42), living with his wife Jane (45), and daughter Hannah (19), both born in St Philip’s parish (91C). |
THOMAS William IX
Born c1854 in Bristol, the father of Percy Thomas (91C, 01C).
| 1891 | Potter thrower, 31 Stanley Street, Bedminster (37), living with his wife Sarah (35), born in Bristol, and children Clara (15), William (13), Percy (7) and Alice (5), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | Thrower stoneware pottery, widower, 101 Park Street, Knowle (47), living with his children Percy (17), Alice (15) and Ernest (9), all born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1901 | He remarried (Ancestry website). |
| 1911 | Potter stoneware, 18 Kitchener Terrace, Bath Road, Knowle (57), living with his wife Sarah Ann (44), born in Worcester and step-children Evelyn Kate (14), Edgar George (9), Ada (7) and Charles (4), all born in Bristol (11C). |
THOMAS William X
Born c1875 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the brother of John Thomas VII (91C).
| 1891 | 12 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s parish (16) (91C). |
THOMPSON Alice Maud
Born c1894 in Bristol (11C).
| 1911 | Fettler, potteries, 4 Marlborough Avenue, Fishponds Road (17) (11C). |
THOMPSON Ernest
Born c1874 in Easton, the brother-in-law of Emily Cox (11C).
| 1901 | Coke burner, Brook Road, St George (27), living with his wife Elizabeth (27), and children Elizabeth (6) and Maud (1) (01C). |
| 1911 | Glost placer, pottery, 9 Richmond Place, Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (37), living with his wife Elizabeth (37), born in Stapleton, and children Elizabeth (16), Florence (15), Elsie (14), William (9) and Charlie (7), all born in Fishponds (11C). |