Bristol Potters - W
Research by Reg Jackson
WILLIAMS Henry II
Born c1871 in Bedminster (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 60 Nursery, Bedminster (20), living with his wife Caroline (20) and son Frederick (1), both born in Bedminster (91C). |
WILLIAMS Hester
Born c1886 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Presser, pottery, 51 Bush Street, St George (15) (01C). |
WILLIAMS John I
The son of Thomas Williams of Bristol, victualler (A).
| 1749 | 9 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle. Friends to find apparel (A, Ar). |
WILLIAMS John II
| 1792 | 16 Jun. He became a free potter as he had been apprenticed to Richard Frank and then Elizabeth Ring (F). |
WILLIAMS John III
| 1817 | 26 May. Temple parish he married Hannah Howard, a widow of St Mary Redcliffe parish (TPR). |
| 1820-22 | Potter, aged about 50 years (Methodist Class Book). |
WILLIAMS John IV
Born c1837 in St Michael’s parish (51C).
| 1851 | 7 Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (14) he was living with his parents John and Ann Williams, a plumber, born in St Philip’s parish (51C). |
WILLIAMS Lydia
Born c1853 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 5 Sydney Place, St Philip’s parish (18) (71C). |
WILLIAMS Margaret
Born c1848 in Swansea, South Wales, the wife of George Williams I (71C).
| 1871 | Transferer in pottery, 45 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (23), living with her husband and son (71C). |
WILLIAMS Martha
Born c1816, not in Bristol, sister of Elizabeth Williams I (41C).
| 1841 | Swan Court, Temple parish (25), living with her child John (aged 5 mths) born in Bristol and sister Elizabeth (30) a potter not born in Bristol (41C). |
WILLIAMS Mary Ann
Born c1854 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 15 Pinnell Street, St Philip’s parish (17) (71C). |
WILLIAMS Richard I
Born c1806 in St George (51C).
| 1841 | Pottingman, Magpie Bottom, St George (35) (41C). |
| 1851 | Potter, Kingswood Hill Village, St George (45), living with his wife Ann (46), born in Bitton, Gloucestershire (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter, 1 Charles Place, Swansea, South Wales (52), living with his wife Ann (54) (61C). |
WILLIAMS Richard II
| 1857 | 21 Jan. ‘On Monday at the Waterman’s Arms, Little King Street, on the body of Richard Williams, aged 45. The deceased had been employed for many years at Messrs Pountney’s Pottery, and was still able to do his work; he had long suffered from a disease in one of his legs, for which he had received medical advice, and had occasionally been in the Infirmary; on Monday morning he appeared as well as usual, and after breakfast went to work unloading clay for the pottery, from a schooner lying on the Back; he had filled six or seven carts, and was leaving the ship with a load of 1½ cwt on his back, which he was perfectly able to carry … when his foot slipped, and he fell off the plank and into the vessel, a distance of only 16 inches; the mate went to his assistance, but he got up, and said he was not hurt; as he rose however, the mate saw he was bleeding profusely from his bad leg, and recommended him to go at once to a surgeon. The deceased had reached as far as the corner of Little King Street … when he appeared to faint, fell back and was at once taken into the Waterman’s Arms … where he died through loss of blood. He has left a widow and three children’ (Bristol Mercury). |
WILLIAMS Samuel
Born c1858 in Bridgwater, Somerset (71C).
| 1871 | Works at pottery, 31 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (13) (71C). |
WILLIAMS Thomas I
The son of Thomas Williams of Bristol, labourer (A).
| 1776 | 19 Sep. He was apprenticed to Richard and Judith Champion as a china repairer or thrower (A, Ao). |
| 1789 | Possibly the Thomas Williams who was paid wages at the Bedminster Pottery of 9s on 27 Jun and 4 Jul and 10s.3d on 11 Jul (Bedminster Pottery Day Book). |
WILLIAMS Thomas II
| 1808 | 27 Jul. He was apprenticed to Joseph and Sarah Ring (A). |
WILLIAMS Thomas III
| 1820-21 | Potter, aged about 24 years. Class leader removed to Madeley Circuit as a travelling preacher in December 1821 (Methodist Class Book). |
WILLIAMS Thomas IV
| 1847 | 6 Sep. Princes Street, the son of Thomas Williams, a cooper, he married Emily Wyatt of Princes Street, the daughter of Henry Wyatt, an engineer (JBPR). |
WILLIAMS Walter James
Born c1848 in St Nicholas parish (61C).
| 1861 | Labourer at pottery, Campbell Terrace, St Philip’s parish (13), living with his parents James and Ann Williams, a house and ship joiner, born in Chepstow (61C). |
WILLIS Thomas
| 1835 | Temple Back, Temple parish (P). |
WILMOT (WILLMOTT) Charlotte
Born c1844 in Gloucester, the sister of Mary A., Sarah, Jane and Susan Wilmot (71C, 81C).
| 1871 | Earthenware transferer, 8 Little Avon Street, Temple parish (27), living with her parents Thomas and Jane Wilmot, a nail maker and sisters Sarah and Mary A. (71C). |
| 1891 | Potter’s printer, widow, 26 Tower Street, Temple parish (46), living with her daughter Ann (12) (91C). [Note: she described herself as a widow but appears to have retained her maiden name suggesting she had not married]. |
| 1901 | Pottery transferer, widow, 25 Tower Street, Temple parish (52) (01C). |