Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
GEORGE Harriet
Born c1883 in Bedminster, the daughter of Jane George and the sister of Emily George (01C, 11C).
| 1901 | Pottery transferer, 21 Hope Square, Bedminster (18), living with her parents (01C). |
GEORGE James
Born c1855 in St Jude (01C).
| 1891 | Pipemaker, 1 Penn Street, St Peter’s parish (35), living with his children Eliza (14) and Mary (12), both born in Bristol. His wife Eliza (36) was a patient in the Bristol Royal Infirmary (91C). |
| 1901 | Traveller in pottery, 68 Cotswold Road, Bedminster (46), living with his wife Eliza (46), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Traveller, smoking pipes, 180 Ashley Road, Ashley Down (53), living with his wife Emma (35) and son Albert (8), born in Bath, Somerset (11C). |
GEORGE Jane
Born c1863 in Bedminster, the mother of Harriet and Emily George (91C, 01C, 11C).
| 1891 | Labourer in pottery, 20 Stone’s Buildings, Bedminster (28) (91C). |
| 1901 | Pottery transferer, 21 Hope Square, Bedminster (39), the wife of Joseph, a mason, and the mother of Harriet (18), a pottery transferer (01C). |
| 1911 | Assisting her husband who was a general dealer, 16 Grove Park, Terrace, Fishponds (49), the mother of Emily (15), a printing transferer (11C). |
GEORGE William
Born c1884 in Bedminster (11C).
| 1911 | Mason’s labourer, Fishponds Pottery, 6 Grove Park Terrace, Fishponds (27), living with his wife Elizabeth (24), born in South Wales, and children Lillian (3) and Florence (8 mths), both born in Fishponds (11C). |
| 1916 | 25 Jul. ‘Private William George of Grove Park Terrace was instantaneously killed, with four others, by the bursting of a shell in the war zone in France on the 8th inst. Letters from Lieut. Symes and the Rev. R.E. Ramsey (army chaplain of the Gloucesters) to Mrs George speak well of the young soldier, who left his work at the Fishponds Pottery to join up early in the war’ (Western Daily Press). |
GERRISH James
Born c1875 in Bedminster, the brother of Robert Gerrish (91C).
| 1891 | Labourer at pottery, 8 Brook Street, Bedminster (16) (91C). |
GERRISH Robert
Born c1874 in Bedminster, the brother of James Gerrish (91C).
| 1891 | Labourer at pottery, 8 Brook Street, Bedminster (17) (91C). |
GIBBS James
See the Potteries section for the St Philip’s Pottery 3.
| 1875 | 8 Sep. A James Gibbs was noted as the tenant of ‘all that Pottery erected and built by the said Thomas Hooper Riddle … and formerly in the occupation of Messrs Yabbicom … and [in 1848] in the occupation of William Henry Pardoe’ (BRO 19835(9)s). |
There are no references to James Gibbs as a potter and he may have been carrying on some other trade in the Pottery premises.
GIBBS Thomas I
| 1820-22 | Porter at the Pottery, aged 67 years (Methodist Class Book). |
GIBBS Thomas II
Born c1823 in London (51C) or Bristol (41C).
| 1838 | 29 Jan. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao). |
| 1841 | Apprentice potter, Vernon Court, St Thomas’s parish (11) (41C). |
| 1845 | 1 Sep. Browns Row, the son of Thomas Gibbs, a cordwainer, he married Ann Mason, the daughter of Daniel Mason, a labourer (JBPR). |
| 1846-51 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | 119 St Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish (28), living with his wife Ann (28) born in Bristol, and children (51C). |
| 1853 | 3 Oct. 119 St Thomas Street, St Thomas’s parish (ThPR). |
| 1854 | Possibly the Thomas Gibbs who died in Bristol (Ancestry website). |
| 1861 | His wife was a widow and warehousewoman living at 5 Plough Street, St Thomas’s parish, with her children Mary Ann (14), born in Temple Street, Harriet (10) and William (7), both born in Thomas Street. Her eldest son Thomas (13), was living with his uncle William Mason, a labourer, and his wife Morgana at 122 Thomas Street (61C). |
| 1874 | 12 Aug. He was noted as a potter when his daughter Harriet (24) of Clarence Place, married Joseph Daniel Price (JBPR). |
| 1875 | 26 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son William (22) of St Philip’s parish, married Fanny Louisa Chester (PPR). |
| Children: Mary Ann (aged 1 mth), bapt 23 Aug 1846 (PPR), Thomas (aged 19 days), bapt 25 Jun 1848 (PPR), Harriet, born 18 Dec 1850, bapt 12 Jan 1851 (PPR), William, bapt 3 Oct 1853 (ThPR) |
GIBNEY Florence
Born c1877 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Plate maker (potter), 13 Aberdeen Street, St Silas parish (24) (01C). |
GIBSON Frank
| 1918 | 5 Sep. Frank Gibson, 29, was charged at the Bristol Police Court with being a deserter and with impersonating his brother. Detective Wall, said that on the 27 August he went to the Bristol Pottery and saw the defendant, who gave the name of Charles Gibson and produced a discharge from the army in that name. Accused told the Bench that he had reasons for so doing. He had been out in France since the war began, and when he came home found his wife had been carrying on with another man. The Bench said it was a serious offence, and they could not overlook it, despite the extenuating circumstances he had mentioned. He would have to go to prison for a month (Western Daily Press). |
GIBSON Henry
Born c1871 in Tunstall, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Pottery, hollow ware presser, 159 Sneyd Road, Burslem (30), living with his wife Jane (25) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Hollow ware presser, 3 North Side, Fishponds (41), living with his wife Jane (35), born in Oswestry, Shropshire, and children Gertrude (15), born in Burslem, Evelyn (13), born in Tunstall, William (12), born in Buslem, John (9), Elsie (7), Leslie (5), Violet (2), all born in Fishponds (11C). |
GIFFORD Abraham
| 1728 | 8 Jan. Described as a potmaker he was one of the petitioners granted a freedom (CCP). |
| 1731 | 27 Jul. A potter, he was to appear at the next Gaol Delivery (T). |
GILBERT Bertha
Born c1894 in Stapleton, the sister of Ernest Gilbert (11C).
| 1911 | Kiln room sorter in pottery, 21 Moorland Road, Fishponds (17) (11C). |
GILBERT Ernest
Born c1896 in Stapleton, the brother of Bertha Gilbert (11C).
| 1911 | Saggar maker in pottery, 21 Moorland Road, Fishponds (15) (11C). |
GILES Charles
Born c1858 in ‘Brockfield’ [possibly Brookfield], Wiltshire (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s boy, Church Road, St George (13) (71C). |
GILL James
| 1851 | 6 Jul. Church Lane, St Philip’s parish, on the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth, aged 1 month. Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
GILL Thomas
Born c1862 in St George (81C).
| 1881 | Pot maker, 22 Crews Hole Road, St George (19) (81C). |
| 1891 | Drain pipe maker, 24 Crews Hole, St George (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (28) and children Thomas (4) and Elizabeth (1), all born in St George (91C). |
GILLARD Frederick
Born c1858 in Ilminster, Somerset (11C).
| 1901 | Baker, 55 Garnet Street, Bedminster (42), living with his wife Elizabeth (42), and children Sidney (19) and Lilly (16), both born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s labourer, 9 South Side, Fishponds (53), living with his wife Elizabeth (53), born in Cleeve, Somerset, and daughter Lilly (26), born in Bedminster (11C). |
GILLARD James
Born c1840 in Bristol (71C).
| 1861 | Temple Square, Temple parish (21), living with his wife Fanny (22), born in Trinity, Exeter, Devon (61C). |
| 1861 | 11 Aug. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | 4 Melsoms Building, Temple parish (31), living with his wife Fanny (31) a shoe maker, born in Exeter, Devon, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter at Bristol Pottery, Harris’s Yard, Temple Back, Temple parish (41) living with his wife Fanny (42) and children (81C). |
| Children: Edward (aged 5 wks), bapt 11 Aug 1861 (PPR), Hannah, born c1864 in Bristol (71C), Charlotte, born c1866 in Bristol (71C), John, born c1868 in Bristol (71C), James, born c1870 in Bristol (71C), Henry, born c1874 in Bristol (81C), James, born c1880 in Bristol (81C) |