Born c1828 in St Anthony or St Austell, Cornwall (51C, 61C).
| 1851 | Journeyman potter, Triangle Place, St Philip’s parish (23) living with his wife Elizabeth (23) born Paddington, London and child (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter’s placer, 2 Pennys Court, Temple parish (34) living with his wife Elizabeth (23) and children (61C). |
| 1864 | 14 May. Elizabeth Cornish was involved in a magistrate’s court hearing, allegedly having encouraged the prisoner, Susan Penny, in stealing and pawning goods. The husband of Elizabeth Cornish ‘said he had worked at the Bristol Pottery for 26 years, but he could not keep a thing in the house, as his wife got rid of it to obtain drink. He had three children, whom he could not leave, otherwise he would have gone from his wife years ago. There was not a single sheet on the bed. He was once a local preacher, but owing to his wife’s misconduct and drinking habits he was obliged to give it up, and he really didn’t know what to do. The magistrates said her conduct was most disgraceful’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | 1 New George Street, St Philip’s parish (44), living with his wife Elizabeth (45) and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter, inmate in the Barton Regis Union, Workhouse, Stapleton (54), born in St Anthony, Cornwall, living with his wife Elizabeth Ann (56), a book folder, and their son Charles (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow and was working as a kitchen help (91C). |
| Children: Elizabeth Jane, born c1850 in Lower Easton (51C), Peter J., born c1852 in Temple parish (61C), Julia, born c1858 in Temple parish (61C), William, born c1861 in Bristol (71C), Charles, born c1869 in Bristol (71C) |