Born c1803 in Derby (51C).
| 1830-38 | Temple parish (PPR, information from Helen O’Brien). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Temple Street, Fenton, Staffordshire (35), living with his wife Anne (35), dress maker, and children Mary (11), Maria (8), Anne (2) and Louisa (7 days) (41C). |
| 1851 | Potter, Temple Street, Fenton (48), living with his wife Anne (47), born in Somerset (Shepton Mallet?), Mary (21), Maria (18), Anne (12) and Louisa (8) (51C). |
| 1861 | Ann Cooper (22), a dress maker, born in Bristol, was lodging at 14 North Road, Burslem. Her parents are not recorded in the census. |
| Children: Mary, bapt 21 Feb 1830 (PPR), Maria, bapt 21 Jun 1835 (PPR), Ann/Anne, born in Avon Street, 1838 (information from Helen O’Brien), Louisa, born c1843 in Fenton |
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| His daughter Ann emigrated to Australia in 1862 to live with an uncle. She passed on a story to her descendants that sometime during her childhood, she travelled with her family to the French town of Besacon, near the Swiss border, and lived there for several years. Her father had the task of passing on his knowledge of pottery to the local industry (information from Helen O’Brien). |