Born c1840 in St Thomas’s parish (51C, 61C).
| 1851 | Potter’s boy, 41 Thomas Street Court, St Thomas’s parish (11), living with his parents George, a haulier, and Mary (51C). |
| 1861 | Labourer, lodging at 7 Little Avon Street, temple parish (21) (61C). |
| 1865 | 9 Jul. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son, William Henry (born 22 Jan 1865) (PPR). |
| 1866 | 25 Jul. He was employed at Pountney’s Bristol Pottery when he took part in a race on the pottery’s boat ‘Marian’ in the Floating Harbour (Western Daily Press). |
| 1871 | 5 Avon Place, Temple parish (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (27) born in London and son Henry (5) born in Bristol (71C). |