Bristol Potters - W
Research by Reg Jackson
WEBSTER Mary
Born in c1834 in Temple parish, the daughter of Thomas I and Elizabeth Webster and sister of Elizabeth, William and Fanny Webster (51C).
| 1851 | 18 Rose Alley, Temple parish (17), living with her parents and siblings (51C). |
WEBSTER Thomas
Born c1802 in Temple parish, husband of Elizabeth, father of Elizabeth, William, Mary and Fanny and father-in-law of Felix Baggley (51C, PPR).
| 1825 | 3 Oct. He married Elizabeth Lane in Bedminster (Ancestry website). |
| 1826-31 | Temple parish (TPR, PPR). |
| 1837 | 26 Mar. Queen Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1840 | 15 Jul. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Rose Alley, Temple Street (30), living with his wife Elizabeth (30) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1844 | 12 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son William was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| 1847 | 15 Aug. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | 18 Rose Alley, Temple parish (49), living with his wife Elizabeth (41), a potter, born in Temple parish and children (51C). |
| 1852 | 18 Sep. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1854 | 1 May. Noted as a potter when his son William (21), a potter of Langton Street, married Jane Young (JBPR). |
| 1856 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary Ann (21) of Taylor Street married Felix Baggley, a potter (PPR). |
| 1860 | 6 Nov. Noted as a potter when his daughter Hannah (20) of Pile Street married George Charley (RPR). |
| 1861 | 11 Rose Alley, Temple parish (60) (deaf and dumb from birth), living with his wife Elizabeth (55) and children (61C). |
| 1861 | 17 Nov. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas (30), a labourer of Avon Street, St Philip’s parish married Ellen Waters (PPR). |
| 1869 | He died in Bristol, aged 69 (Ancestry website). |
| 1872 | 28 Jan. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his son Robert Charles (20), a haulier of Thrissell Street married Mary Sims (HTPR). |
| Children: Elizabeth, bapt 25 Dec 1826 (TPR); Thomas, bapt 25 Dec 1829 (PPR); William, born 5 Oct 1830, bapt 14 Aug 1831 (TPR); Mary (Ann), born c1834 in Temple parish (51C); Fanny (aged 1 mth), bapt 26 Mar 1837 (PPR); Hannah (aged 3 wks), bapt 15 Jul 1840 (PPR); Louisa, born c1843 in Temple parish (61C); Hannah, born c1846 in Temple parish (61C); Virtue (aged 3 wks), bapt 15 Aug 1847 (PPR); Robert Charles, born 18 Sep 1849, bapt 9 Apr 1852 (PPR); Elizabeth (born c1851 in Temple parish (61C); Fanny, born c1853 in Temple parish (61C) |
WEBSTER William
Born in c1830 in Temple parish, the son of Thomas I and Elizabeth Webster and brother of Elizabeth, Mary and Fanny Webster (51C).
| 1844 | 12 Mar. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (A, Ao). |
| 1851 | 18 Rose Alley, Temple parish (20), living with his parents and siblings (51C). |
| 1854 | 1 May. Langton Street (21) the son of Thomas Webster, a potter, he married Jane Young (21) of Langton Street, the daughter of George Young, a grocer (JBPR). |
| 1854 | 24 Dec. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1858-67 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | Potter and publican, 1 Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish (29), living with his wife Jane (24), born in Bedminster, and children (61C). |
| 1871 | His wife was a widow and a beerhouse keeper, 50 Temple Street, Temple parish (71C). |
| Children: William Robert (aged 10 wks), bapt 24 Dec 1854 (PPR); George Thomas (aged 2 wks), bapt 19 Sep 1858 (PPR); Jane Louisa, born 18 Nov 1860, bapt 23 Dec 1860 (PPR); Mary Louisa, born 8 Aug 1866, bapt 24 Mar 1867 (PPR); Thomas, born c1870 in Bristol (71C); Alice, born c1870 in Bristol (71C) |
WEDLAKE Thomas
| 1837 | 25 Jun. Bedminster on the baptism of his son Thomas (aged 13 mths). Wife Ann (PPR). |
WEEKS James I
Born c1804 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Brownings Alley, Bedminster (57) (61C). |
WEEKS James II
Born c1826 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Lodging at 14 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (25) (51C). |
WEEKS Jane
Born c1864 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Potter – plate maker, lodging at 9 Pump Court, Temple parish (17) (81C). |
WEEKS John I
| 1838 | 25 Aug. Possibly the John Weeks, a boy about 15 years old, who was charged with maliciously cutting and wounding Richard Griffith. The prosecutor stated that he was a journeyman potter at Mr White’s pottery in Redcross Street and it was his duty and that of another boy, in the same employ, to make the stove fire on alternate mornings. In an argument over the lighting of the fire, Weeks stabbed Griffith twice. He was further remanded (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1847 | 10 Oct. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son James Thomas (born 5 May 1847). Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
| 1874 | 8 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth Sarah (22) of Trinity Street married Thomas Rowland (APR). |
WEEKS John II
| 1883 | 12 Feb. 2 Upper Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Rosina (born 19 Jan 1883). Wife Jane (PPR). |
WEEKS Olive May
Born c1891 in Fishponds (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery hand, 6 Downend Road, Fishponds (20) (11C). |
WEEKS William I
Born c1800 in Bristol (61C).
| 1822 | 24 Mar. Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1826-31 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1833-36 | Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Hancocks Court, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Ann (40) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1851 | Wakefield Cottages, Bedminster (51), living with his wife Ann (51) and children (51C). |
| 1857 | 22 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth (21) of Marsh, St Philip’s parish married Henry Lucas (PPR). |
| 1857 | 31 May. Noted as a potter when his daughter Ann (19) of Dings, St Philip’s parish married John Horton (PPR). |
| 1861 | Bethel Place, St Philip’s parish (61), living with his wife Ann (61) (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter, Hammersmith Place, St Philip’s parish (74), living with his wife Ann (74) (71C). |
| Children: William, bapt 24 Mar 1822 (PPR), Thomas, born c1826 in Bristol (41C), Mary Ann, bapt 24 Dec 1826 (PPR), John, bapt 26 Jul 1829 (PPR), Jane, bapt 17 Apr 1831 (PPR), Sarah, bapt 15 Dec 1833 (PPR), James, bapt 29 Mar 1835 (PPR), Elizabeth (aged 3 wks), bapt 27 Nov 1836 (PPR), Ann, born c1841 in Bristol (41C) |
WEEKS William II
| 1838 | 24 Dec. Potter, living in Causeway, the son of Simon Weeks, a labourer, married Joanna Riordan, of Causeway, the daughter of Mathew Riordan, a carpenter (JBPR). |
WELLING John
| 1727 | 29 Mar. He was described as a potter when his son, William, was apprenticed to Philip Ward, cordwainer (A). |
WELLS Martha Mary Ann
Born c1871 in Stoke-on-Trent (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery enameller, 71 North Street, Bedminster (40), living with her husband Joseph, a journeyman tailor, and children William (10), Sarah (6) and Martha (4), all born in Bristol (11C). |
WELSH Mary
Born c1879 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter, lodging at 42 Tyler Street, St Silas parish (22) (01C). |
WELSH Maud
Born c1883 in Bath, Somerset (01C).
| 1901 | Packer of pottery ware, lodging at 1 Hunt’s Cottage, Freestone Road, St Silas parish (18) (81C). |
WELSH Thomas
Born c1867 in St Philip’s parish (81C).
| 1881 | Labourer in red ware pottery, 1 Thomas Place, Oxford Road, St Philip’s parish (14), the son of Patrick, labourer to sanitary authority (81C). |
WEST Francis
Born c1849 in St James’s parish (61C).
| 1861 | 35 Charles Street, St James’s parish (12) (61C). |
| 1868 | 7 Nov. ‘Joseph Cole was charged with stealing a pair of trousers and a waistcoat from Mr Price’s Pottery, the property of Francis West … The accused pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to six weeks hard labour’ (Bristol Mercury). |
WEST Jane
Born c1850 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Transferer at pottery, 5 Pile Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21), living with her parents Robert and Ann West, a labourer (71C). |
WESTBURY Elizabeth
Born c1847 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter (earthenware), 30 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (24), living with her husband Thomas, a shoemaker (71C). |