Bristol Potters - W
Research by Reg Jackson
WINSTONE Daniel William
Born c1864 in Temple parish, the father of Daisy Winstone (11C).
| 1891 | General labourer, boarding at 94 Meriton Street, St Philip’s parish (23) (91C). |
| 1892 | 24 Jan. Potter’s labourer, Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (24), the son of George Henry Winstone, a dock labourer, he married Caroline Hart (22) of Jacob Street, the daughter of Charles Samuel Hart, a labourer (PPR). |
| 1901 | 4 Mar. He was employed by Pountney and Company at the Bristol Pottery. He was very badly injured in an accident at the pottery and as a result Pountneys were prosecuted under the Factory and Workshop Act 1878. No moral blame was attached to Pountneys and they were fined a nominal 40s (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901 | His wife Caroline was living alone at 1 Atlas Street, St Silas parish (32), with their children Caroline (8), Daisy (7), Elsie (4), Emily (2) and Daniel (4 mths), all born in Bristol. Presumably Daniel was still in hospital but this was not recorded in the census (01C). |
| 1911 | Assistant timekeeper, pottery, widower, 5 Bawn’s Place, Hockey Lane, Fishponds (47), living with his children (11C). |
WINSTONE George
Born c1848 in St Philip’s parish, the brother of Joseph Winstone (61C).
| 1861 | 4 Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (13), living with his brother Joseph (15), a potter (61C). |
WINSTONE Joseph
Born c1846 in St Paul’s parish, the brother of George Winstone (61C).
| 1861 | 4 Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (15), living with his brother George (13), a potter (61C). |
WINSTONE Thomas
Born c1856 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at stone pottery, 5 Pims Entry, St Mary Redcliffe parish (15), living with his parents George and Sarah Winstone, a coal miner (71C). |
WITHERS Josiah
Born c1883 in Bristol (11C).
| 1901 | Tin worker, 4 Newport Buildings, St Philip’s parish (18), living with his mother and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Gloss placer, 6 Rosemont, Lower Station Road, Fishponds (28), living with his wife Alice (26), born in Bristol, and children Albert (2) and Stanley (18 mths), both born in Bristol (11C). |
WITHY James
Born c1803.
| 1878 | 29 Oct. ‘At the Bristol General Hospital, on the body of James Withy, aged 75 years, a packer, living in Thomas Street, who died from injuries received through a fall downstairs at Messrs Price Brothers potteries, Temple, on Thursday. He was taken to the hospital, where he died on Sunday. William Kebby, living in Chatterton Square, a packer at Messrs Price Brothers potteries, said that on Thursday afternoon the deceased was helping to overturn a loaded crate, and had his back towards a cellar. Not knowing it was so near it, deceased slipped, and fell backwards down the stairs leading to the cellar. In falling he struck his head against a projecting stone. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with medical evidence’ (Bristol Mercury). |
WITHY William
Born c1833 (PPR).
| 1854 | 12 Mar. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (21) the son of James Withy, a labourer, he married Elizabeth Tomlin (22) of Jacob Street the daughter of William Tomlin, a labourer (PPR). |
WOOD George
Born c1825 in St Gile’s, London (71C).
| 1861 | General labourer, 8 Mill Lane, Bedminster (34), living with his wife Elizabeth (33), born in Barrow, Somerset (61C). |
| 1871 | Packer of stoneware, 7 Mill Lane, Bedminster (46), living with his wife Elizabeth (40), born in Barrow Gurney, Somerset (71C). |
| 1881 | Pottery labourer, 7 Mill Lane, Bedminster (56), living with his wife Elizabeth (48) (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, 31 Mill Lane, Bedminster (66), living with his wife Elizabeth (62) (91C). |
WOOD Howard Sidney
Born c1882 in Birmingham, the brother-in-law of Henry Lockett (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, Ivy Dene, Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (29), living with his wife Maud (28), born in Stoke, and daughter Elsie (3), born in Fishponds (11C). |
WOOD Mark
Born c1853 in Long Ashton, Somerset (81C).
| 1881 | 24 Avon Crescent, Cumberland Road, Bedminster (28), living with his wife Mary E. (24), born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, and children Mary (8), born in Latchford, Cheshire, Sarah (6), born in Warrington, Cheshire, and Jessie (2), born in Bristol (81C). |
WOOD Ralph
| 1769 | Aged 21, he completed his apprenticeship in Burslem, Staffordshire, and was employed by Thomas and John Wedgewood of the Big House Pottery, where his father, Ralph, worked as a modeller (information from Myrna Schkolne). |
| c1772 | He established a Burslem pottery with his brother John, but the venture failed in 1773 (information from Myrna Schkolne). |
| 1773-80 | Potter, Clare Street; wife Sophia (Wesleyan Membership Lists). |
| 1773 | From 1773 he ran an earthenware and glass retail business in Bristol with his brother, John (information from Myrna Schkolne). |
| 1774 | 20 Oct. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Sophia, daughter of William Lambert, tiler and plasterer (F). |
| 1775 | Ralph Wood, earthenware and glass seller, Key (SD). |
| 1775 | 19 May. His son, Ralph, was baptised (Ancestry website). |
| 1781 | Aug. He was accused of sodomy and considered leaving Bristol (information from Myrna Schkolne). |
| 1782 | Mar. He had returned to Burslem where he became a pottery manufacturer (information from Myrna Schkolne). |
| 1798 | 9 Oct. A potter of Burslem, Staffordshire, he was bondsman to the administration of the estate of Ann Dove of Bristol, widow (Adm.). |
WOOD William
| 1867 | 17 Sep. ‘William Wood, 34 years of age, residing in Mill Lane, Bedminster, and employed at Messrs Powell and Sons Stoneware Pottery Works, Temple Gate, fell down a flight of stairs at his master’s premises yesterday and sustained a severe contusion of the brain’ (Western Daily Press). |
WOODBRIDGE Asceeneth
Born c1824 in Wiltshire, the wife of John Woodbridge (51C).
| 1851 | Potter slip maker, 33 Colston Street, Bedminster (27), living with her husband John Woodbridge (51C). |
WOODBRIDGE Henry I
Born c1839 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 1 Pooles Yard, Prewett Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (32), living with his wife Priscilla (25) a charwoman, born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1881 | His wife Priscilla was living alone at 3 Redcliff Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C). |
WOODBRIDGE Henry II
| 1891 | 21 Aug. 19 Catherine Mead Street on the baptism of his son William Henry. Wife Jane (JBPR). |
WOODBRIDGE John
Born c1825 in Melksham, Wiltshire, the husband of Asceeneth Woodbridge (51C).
| 1851 | Potter slip maker, 33 Colston Street, Bedminster (26), living with his wife Asceeneth (27), potter slip maker, born in Wiltshire (51C). |
| 1861 | 7 Newmans Yard, St Philip’s parish (36), lodging with Francis Cole, a potter, and family (61C). |
| 1871 | Labourer, Ray Bridge, Laycock, Wiltshire (46) (71C). |
WOODROW Frederick
Born c1873 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Stoneware potter packer, 11 St John’s Road, Bedminster (28), living with his wife Mary (27), born in Glamorganshire, and son Frederick (1), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1907 | 9 Dec. He was described as the foreman of a department at Price, Powell and Company (Western Daily Press). |
| 1911 | Packer, stoneware, 75 Langton Terrace, Whitehouse Lane, Bedminster (38), living with his wife Mary Ann (38), born in Swansea, and son Frederick (11) (11C). |
WOODROW George
Born c1820 in Stogumber, Somerset (51C).
| 1851 | Journeyman potter, 36 Wellington Street, Bedminster (31) (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter, 36 Wellington Road, Bedminster (43) (61C). |
| 1862 | 21 Dec. Wellington Street (42), the son of John Woodrow, a yeoman, he married Hezia Winter (43) a widow, of Harford Street, the daughter of Elijah Carter, a haulier (JBPR). |
WOOLGAR Edgar
| 1877 | 21 Apr. Noted as a potter, though not necessarily of Bristol, when his daughter Sarah Woolgar of Emanuel parish married George Greening (EPR). |
WOOLLEY Alice
Born c1894 in Fenton, Staffordshire, the daughter of Samuel Woolley (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s transferer, 24 Balaclava Road, Fishponds (17), living with her parents and siblings (11C). |