Born c1793 in Bristol, the father of Edward, Henry, William Richard and possibly Thomas Elbury (51C, PPR).
| 1807 | 11 Nov. He was apprenticed to John and Frances Cole (A, Ao). |
| 1818 | He was one of eight journeymen potters who was convicted of entering into an unlawful agreement for ‘controlling and affecting Messrs. Wm. & Thos. Powell, being persons carrying on the manufacture trade or business of a potter, in the conduct or management thereof, & severally sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one month’. The Bright goblet to commemorate this event was made on 4 Dec. 1818 (Bristol Museum Acc. No. 2225). He was employed by W. & T. Powell. |
| 1819 | 25 Apr. Stone potter, St James’s parish (JaPR). |
| 1823 | 28 Sep. Tiley’s Building, Old Market, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1825-31 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1832 | St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | St Philip’s Marsh (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1833-42 | Marsh, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1837 | St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Avon Cottage, St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Ann and children (41C). |
| 1841 | St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1844 | Possibly the ‘R. Elbury’, stoneware potter, red ware chimney & garden pot manufacturer, Avon Street, St Philip’s (MD). |
| 1850 | 31 May. Noted as a potter when his son William II (31) of Langton Street, Bedminster, married Matilda Jarvis (JBPR). |
| 1851 | Stoneware potter, 2 Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (58), living with his wife Ann (56) born in Bristol and children (51C). |
| 1852 | Russell Street, St Mary Redcliff parish (P). |
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, 23 Harford Street, Bedminster (67) he was living with his son Edward and his family, and his son Henry (61C). |
| 1863 | 10 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son Henry Edwin (24) of Wellesley Street married Emma Fry (HTPR). |
| Children: William Richard, bapt 25 Apr 1819 (JaPR), William, born c1821 in Bristol (41C), Edward, born c1821 in Bristol (41C), Elizabeth Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 28 Dep 1823 (PPR), Thomas, bapt 25 Dec 1825 (PPR), Thomas, bapt 24 Jun 1827 (PPR), George, bapt 12 Jun 1831 (PPR), Emma, bapt 25 Aug 1833 (PPR), Richard Hardwick (aged 1 mth), bapt 28 Aug 1836 (PPR), Henry Edwin, born c1838 in Bristol (51C), James, born c1839 in Bristol (41C), Richard Hardwick (aged 6 wks), bapt 17 Aug 1842 (PPR) |