Born c1829 in Burslem, Staffordshire, he was the son of Samuel Marsh I and brother of Joseph Marsh (A, 51C).
| 1841 | Not described as a potter, Water Lane, Temple parish (12) he was living with his parents Samuel (45), a potter and Ann (50) (41C). |
| 1844 | 12 Mar. The son of Samuel Marsh, a Bristol potter, he was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney with 1s to learn the art of a thrower, aged 15 years (A, Ao). |
| 1851 | Potter thrower, 1 Lewis’s Building, Temple parish (22) he was living with his mother Ann (61), widow, born in Wellington, Somerset and his sister Eliza (19) a milliner, born in Burslem, Staffordshire (51C). |
| 1854-57 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1861 | 9 Regent Street, St Philip’s parish (32), living with his wife Sarah (35) born in Westbury-on-Trym, and children (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter thrower, 9 Regent Street, St Philip’s parish (42), living with his wife Sarah (45) and children (71C). |
| 1881 | His wife was a widow (81C). |
| 1883 | 3 Apr. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his son William John Marsh (24) a railway signalman, of Regent Street, married Emma Pike (HTPR). |
| 1885 | 28 Jun. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Ada Alice Marsh (21) a fancy box maker of 1Regent Street married Edwin Boardman (HTPR). |
| 1885 | 22 Aug. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Clara Jane Marsh (23) a worker at a tobacco factory of 1 Regent Street, married Frederick William Taylor (HTPR). |
| Children: George Samuel, bapt 24 Dec 1854 (TPR) (born in Swansea 61C), Sarah Ann, bapt 24 Dec 1854 (TPR), Emily Margaret, bapt 22 Jan 1857 (TPR), William John, born c1859 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Clara J., born c1862 in Bristol (71C), A.A., born c1864 in Bristol (71C) |