Bristol Potters - T
Research by Reg Jackson
THOMSON (THOMPSON) Thomas
| 1835-41 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth Sarah Ann (aged 2 wks), bapt 3 Apr 1835 (PPR), William (aged 3 mths), bapt 24 Mar 1839 (PPR), Thomas (aged 3 wks), bapt 24 Jan 1841 (PPR) |
THORNE Gervais
Born c1869 in St Thomas’s parish, the son of Thomas Thorne (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery thrower, 10 Byron Terrace, Bedminster (22), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
| 1901 | Stoneware pottery thrower, 31 Mendip Road, Bedminster (32), living with his wife Margaret (30), born in St Augustine’s parish, and children Gervais (7) and Harold (1), both born in Bedminster (01C). |
| 1911 | Stoneware thrower, stoneware manufactory, 31 Mendip Road, Windmill Hill, Bedminster (42), living with his wife Margaret (40) and children Harold (11), Maurice (), Dorothea (6), Fred (3) and Frank (1), all born in Bedminster (11C). |
THORNE Thomas
Born c1838 in Wellington, Somerset, the father of Gervaise Thorne (61C, 91C).
| 1861 | Stone ware pottery packer, 36 Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish (23), living with his wife Mary Ann (22) born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (61C). |
| 1864 | 6 Apr. ‘A pen of very superior speckled bantam fowls to be sold. Apply to Thos Thorn, Messrs Price’s Pottery, Thomas Street’ (Bristol Times & Mirror). |
| 1870 | 3 Mar. ‘Died on 24 Feb at Price’s Pottery, Thomas Street, Sarah Jane Thorne, youngest daughter of Thomas Thorne, aged two years and ten months’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1870 | 17 Dec. ‘Died December 11 at Price’s Pottery, Thomas Street, Thomas Joseph, the eldest son of Mr Thomas Thorne, in his ninth year’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | 13 Feb. He was noted as the manager of Price’s Pottery (Western Daily Press). |
| 1871 | Foreman at potteries, 36 Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish (31), living with his wife Mary A. (30) and children Gervaise (3) and Mary A. (5) both born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1875 | 14 Sep. ‘For sale. Willoughby pug dog, thoroughbred, 12 months old, £3. Apply T. Thorne, The Potteries, 69 Victoria Street’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1881 | Foreman at pottery, 3 County Place, Bedminster (42), living with his wife Mary A. (41), china dealer, and children Mary A. (15), Gervais (12), Thomas J. (8), Kate E. (6), all born in St Thomas’s parish, Herbert W. (4) and Edith H. (2), both born in Bedminster (81C). |
| 1888 | 2 Jan. At the bazaar of the Hebron United Methodist Free Church, Staple Hill, a ‘great attraction was the stoneware pottery, worked by Mr Thorne of Bristol’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1891 | Pottery foreman, 10 Byron Terrace, Bedminster (52), living with his wife Mary A. (51) and children, including Arthur (9) and William James (6), both born in Bedminster (91C). |
| 1901 | Traveller, lodging at Temperance Hotel, March, Cambridgeshire (62). His wife was living at 14 Nutgrove Avenue, Bedminster with their children (01C). |
| 1911 | Formerly potters traveller, Windmill Hill, Bedminster (73), living with his wife Mary Ann (72) and their son William James (27), feeble minded from birth (11C). |
THORNE Thomas Joseph
Born c1861, the son of Thomas Thorne (Bristol Mercury).
| 1870 | 17 Dec. He died on 11 December at Price’s Pottery, aged 9 years, the eldest son of Thomas Thorne (Bristol Mercury). |
THRALL (or THRAWL) Joseph
The son of John Thrall of Bristol, tiler and plasterer (A).
| 1704 | 16 Nov. He was apprenticed to Mary Orchard to be educated in the art of a potmaker (A, Ar). |
| 1712 | 3 Dec. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
| 1717 | 6 Mar. Ann Thrall buried (RPR). |
| 1717 | 20 Jul. ‘William Thrall, aged 2 months’ buried (RPR). |
| 1718 | 21 Nov. ‘Joseph Thrall, aged 18 months’ buried (RPR). |
| 1722 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1727 | 12 Feb. Martha, daughter of Joseph Thrall, potter, baptised (RPR). |
| 1727 | 1 May. A ‘Joseph Throle of the City of Bristol, potter’ was one of the lives on a lease granted to William Whidler for six and a half acres of arable land in either Pensford, Publow or Woollard (SRO DD/PO/57 – information from Marek Lewcun). |
| 1727 | 26 May and 14 Oct. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bondsman to licences granted to Joseph Taylor I, potter, and Abraham Thrall, tiler (M). |
| 1729 | 3 Jun. ‘Joseph Thrawl agt. John Smith, potter on Redcliff Hill. Thursday June 3 1729 Pltf proved Deft. indebted to him 2s.2½d for Geneva and Tobacco sold Order’d it be pd with costs in a month’ (C). |
| 1730 | 19 Mar. ‘Joseph Thrall agt Aaron Cantle, potter near St Phillips Churchyard’ (C). |
| 1730 | 4 Oct. ‘Mary Thrall, aged 15 years’ buried (RPR). |
| 1733 | 16 Aug. ‘Ended, Joseph Thrall agt John Robins at Mr Frank’s pothouse Redcliff Backs’ (C). See also Thomas Frank I and John Robins. |
| 1735 | 30 Jan. His son, Thomas, apprenticed to Henry Pool, wheelwright (A, Ar). |
| 1739-56 | He stood sureties of £5 each for eleven people to keep alehouses in St Mary Redcliffe, Temple, St James’s and St Mary le Port parishes (AKL). |
| 1743 | 6 Aug. He petitioned for the post of Exchange Keeper, but was unsuccessful (CCP). |
| 1753 | 17 Jun and 23 Aug. A potter of St Philip and Jacob parish, he was bondsman to licences granted to Benjamin Quarman, potter, and William Matchin, potter (M). |
| Rate and tax book entries: 25 Dec 1717-25 Dec 1736 Joseph Thrall (SMR-LS,PR) 25 Mar 1728-29 Sep 1739] Joseph Thrall Redcliffe Street (SMR-L) 25 Dec 1739-25 Dec 1740 ‘Occup. of Late Thrall’ Redcliffe Street (SMR-LS) |
THYNNE Geoffrey Arthur Carlisle
Born c1880 in Seend, Wiltshire (01C).
| 1901 | Articled clerk to earthenware manufacturer, boarding at 3 Canynge Square, Clifton (20) (01C). |
| 1905 | 26 Dec. He was recorded as an employee of Pountney and Co. Ltd. (WEstern Daily Press). |
| 1909 | 21 Oct. The son of Arthur Barugh Thynne, the vicar of Seend, he married Constance Isabel Harley (All Saints, Clifton PR, 81C). |
| 1909 | In 1909, with Mr H.S. Thynne, his brother, he formed a tile company in Hereford and built up an extensive business both at home and abroad. It lasted until 1959 when work ceased except for the production of tiled fireplaces and the retail supply of tiles (Herefordshire Through Time website). |
| 1911 | Tile manufacturer, employer, Rushford, College Road, Holmer, Hereford (30), living with his wife Constance (27), born in Clifton, and Florence Smart (19), cook, and Elizabeth Cooper (16), parlour maid (11C). |
| 1963 | He died in Hereford (Ancestry website). |
TILEY Arthur James
Born c1870 in St Philip’s parish, the father of Florence Kate Tiley (91C, 11C).
| 1891 | Potter, hollow ware presser, 4 Barton Street, St George (21), living with his wife Elizabeth S. (19), boot machinist, born in St Philip’s parish (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter and carter, 25 Addison Road, Bedminster (30), living with his wife Elizabeth (28) and children Florence (8), born in St Lukes and Olive (3), born in Totterdown (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter carter, 7 Midland Terrace, Fishponds (42), living with his wife Elizabeth Selina (40) and children including Lilly Gale (4), adopted, born in Fishponds (11C). |
| 1928 | 21 Aug. He died in Bristol, aged 59. His will shows he was living at 19 Ridgeway Parade, Eastville and his effects were valued at £100 (Ancestry website). |
TILEY Florence Kate Louise
Born c1893 in St Luke’s parish, the daughter of Arthur James Tiley (01C, 11C).
| 1911 | Earthenware printer, 7 Midland Terrace, Fishponds (18), living with her parents and siblings (11C). |
TILEY Henry Edward
Born c1851 in Bedminster (81C).
| 1876 | He married Alice Emily Palmer (Ancestry website). |
| 1881 | Earthenware turner, 15 Redcliff Square, Bryant Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (30), living with his wife Alice Emily (23) born in St Mary Redcliffe parish and children (81C). |
| 1891 | 12 Waters Place, Bedminster (41), living with his wife Alice (30), and children (91C). |
| 1892 | 12 Waters Place, Bedminster (JBPR). |
| 1901 | Coal haulier, widow, 8 Cox’s Place, St Philip’s parish (58), living with his children (01C). |
| Children: Henry George, born c1877 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C); Alice Amelia, born c1879 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C); Thomas James, born c1881 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C); Samuel, born c1883 in Bristol (91C); Annie, born c1885 in Bristol (91C); Clara, born c1887 in Bristol (91C); Ada, born c1889 in Bristol (91C); Harriet, born c1890 in Bristol (91C); Lilian Florence, bapt 25 Mar 1892 (JBPR); Adelaide, born 1894 in Bedminster (01C). |
TILEY Minnie
Born c1884 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (01C).
| 1901 | Potter – clay works, lodging at 43 Grafton Street, St Silas parish (17) (01C). |
TILEY (TYLEY) William
Born c1851 in Bristol (81C).
| 1872 | 11 Aug. Bedminster Place (20), the son of William Tyley, a labourer, he married Emma Atkins (20) of Bedminster Place, the daughter of Joseph Atkins, a labourer (JBPR). |
| 1879 | 2 Nov. 10 Brewers Place on the baptism of his son, Arthur Job (JBPR). |
| 1881 | Potter turner, 9 Brewers Place, Bedminster (30), living with his wife Emma (29), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Turner at pottery, 19 Stillhouse Lane, Bedminster, living with his wife Emma (39) and children Emily (16), William (14), Arthur (13), Elizabeth (12), Edith (9) and Albert (8 mths), all born in Bedminster (91C). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
TILLEY John
Born c1811 in Norton St Philip. Somerset, probably the father-in-law of John Morse (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, lodging at 21 Glendare Street, St George (60) (71C). |
TILLEY (TILLY) John Henry
Born c1856 in Temple parish (JBPR, 11C).
| 1880 | 25 Dec. 11 Mead Street, Bedminster the son of John Tilley, a labourer, he married Rhoda Mary Ann Abigail Pearce (21) of 9 Weare Street, the daughter of John Pearce, a labourer (JBPR). |
| 1901 | Potter, 22 Harleston Street, Holy Trinity parish (44), living with his wife Rhoda (38) and children Margery (15) and Nellie (8), both born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Labourer, provision warehouse, 31 Webb Street, Stapleton Road (51), living with his wife Rhoda (48) and daughter Ada Nellie (17) (11C). |
TILLY Alice
Born c1859 in St George (81C).
| 1881 | Pottery factory (labourer), 39 Stanley Street, St George (22) (81C). |
TILSEY Richard
Born c1829 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Travels with brown ware, 7 Cox’s Buildings, St Philip’s parish (22), living with his wife Harriet (23) born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1861 | Smelter, Stallards Court, St Philip’s parish (34), living with his wife Harriet (30) and children Elizabeth (10), Sarah (8), James (6), Rachel (2) and Matilda (5 mths), all born in St Philip’s parish (61C). |
TILZEY Thomas
Born c1857 in St Philip’s parish (71C, 91C).
| 1871 | Potter. He was a patient in the Bristol Royal Infirmary (71C). |
| 1881 | He was an ableseaman on board HMS Agincourt in Gibraltar (23) (81C). |
| 1891 | General labourer, 15 Chapel Street, St Philip’s parish (33), living with his wife Laura (31), born in West Littleton, Gloucestershire, and daughter Louisa (3), born in St Philip’s parish (91C). The 1901 and 1911 census returns show he was working as a general labourer or malster. He died in 1912 (Ancestry website). |
TIZACK William
| 1761 | 15 Aug. A potmaker, he stood surety of £10 for —- Josham (BRO Wooden Box 1761 Bundle 21 No.1b). |
TOFT Charles
Born c1846 in Shelton, Staffordshire (71C).
| 1871 | Boarding at 34 Weare Street, Bedminster (25) (71C). |
| 1881 | Flatpresser potter, 2 Commercial Street, Burslem (35), living with his wife Jane (25), born in Dudley, Worcestershire and children Charles (2) and Priscilla (1 mth), both born in Burslem (81C). |
TOMPKINSON Ephraim
The father of Mary Tompkinson and father-in-law of George Pass (JaPR).
| 1839 | 17 Jun. Noted as a potter, not necessarily of Bristol, when his daughter Mary a potter of Arcade, St James’s parish married George Pass (JaPR). |
TOMPKINSON Mary
The daughter of Ephraim Tompkinson and wife of George Pass (JaPR).
| 1839 | 17 Jun. A potter of Arcade, St James’s parish, the daughter of Ephraim Tompkinson, a potter, she married George Pass, a potter, of Arcade, the son of George Pass, a greengrocer (JaPR). |