Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
GILLARD John
Born c1843 in Bristol, the husband of Margaret Gillard (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 4 Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (28), living with his wife Margaret (21) born in Swansea, South Wales (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter in ware, 16 Church Street, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Margaret (29), transferer in pottery, and children (81C). |
| Children: Emma J., born 1871 in Bristol (81C), Eliza J., born 1876 in Bristol (81C), John, born 1878 in Bristol (81C), James, born c1880 in Bristol (81C) |
GILLIARD John
Born c1843 in Bristol, the husband of Margaret Gilliard (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 4 Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (28), living with his wife Margaret (21) born in Swansea, South Wales (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter in ware, 16 Church Street, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Margaret (29), transferer in pottery, and children Emma J. (10), Eliza J. (5), John (3) and James (1), all born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | He is not mentioned in the census. His wife Margaret (40) was a prisoner in HMP Horfield while his children Bessie [Elizabeth] and John were living with their uncle Thomas Hurl at 3 Church Street, Temple parish (91C). |
GILLARD Margaret
Born c1850 in Swansea, South Wales, the wife of John Gillard (71C).
| 1871 | No occupation, 4 Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21) living with her husband John (71C). |
| 1881 | Transferer in pottery, 16 Church Street, Temple parish (29), living with her husband John and children (81C). |
GILLIARD Margaret
Born c1850 in Swansea, South Wales, the wife of John Gilliard (71C).
| 1871 | No occupation, 4 Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21), living with her husband John (71C). |
| 1881 | Transferer in pottery, 16 Church Street, Temple parish (29), living with her husband John and children (81C). |
GILLIARD Robert Simmons
| 1891 | Probably the Robert S. Gilliard, a solicitor’s clerk, aged 19, born in Barnstaple, Devon, who was living with his parents at 9 Ashley View, Stapleton (91C). |
| 1895 | 9 Aug. Described as a young man of respectable appearance, he was charged with embezzling various sums of money from his employers, Messrs Pountney and Co of the Victoria Pottery (Bristol Mercury). |
GILLER John
Born c1846 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | 2 Parvars Court, Church Street, Temple parish (15) (61C). |
GINGELL Henry
Born c1844 in St Philip’s parish (61C).
| 1861 | Earthenware potter, Batch, St Philip’s parish (17), living with his parents Joseph and Mary Gingell, sugar house labourer (61C). |
GLEANES Joseph
Born c1808, not in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | 6 Adelaide Place, St Mary Redcliffe parish (33), living with his wife Martha (31), not born in Bristol, and children (41C). |
| Children: Eliza, born c1834, not in Bristol (41C), Ann, born c1836, not in Bristol (41C), Thomas, born c1840, not in Bristol (41C) |
GLOVER Kate
Born c1851 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s girl, 13 Avon Street, Temple parish (20) (71C). |
GLOVER Robert
Born c1874 in Bristol, the son of William Glover (91C).
| 1891 | 10 St Silas Place, St Philip’s parish (17), living with his father and brother (91C). |
| 1901 | Earthenware traveller, 14 Higham Street, Bedminster (26), living with his wife Agnes (23) and daughter Audrey (1), both born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Representative of pottery manufacturer, 14 Higham Street, Totterdown, Bedminster (36), living with his wife Agnes (33) and children Audrey (11) and [illegible] (6½), both born in Bristol (11C). |
| 1919 | 21 Apr. He represented Pountneys at the funeral of Walter Henry Maurice Tucker, a commercial traveller for the company (Western Daily Press). |
| 1936 | 17 Jan. ‘The funeral service for Mr Robert Glover, of 18 Belluton Road, Knowle, who died on Sunday last, took place yesterday at St Silas Church. Mr Glover was formerly senior commercial representative of Messrs Pountney and Co. Ltd. … and he had been with the firm since boyhood. He was one of the best known men “on the road” in the pottery trade and he was also one of the prime movers in starting the sports organisation at Messrs Pountney. Representing the Bristol Pottery were A.S. Newsom, W. Flook, W.G. Cotterell and A. Ford’ (Western Daily Press). |
GLOVER William
Born c1835 in Burslem, Staffordshire, the father of Robert Glover (91C).
| 1861 | Saggar maker, 3 Gomar Gardens, Poulton-cum-seacombe, Cheshire (26), living with his wife Elizabeth (26), born in Ramsey, Huntingdon, and son William, (3 mths), born in Seacombe (61C). |
| 1871 | Saggar maker, Morton Street, St Philip’s parish (36), living with his wife Elizabeth (36) and children Elizabeth (5), born in Bedminster, and Joseph (1), born in Temple parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Saggar maker, widower, Morton Street, St Philip’s parish (46), living with his children including Robert (5) and Maria (1), both born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, widower, 10 St Silas Place, St Philip’s parish (56), living with his children (91C). |
| 1901 | Retired potter, widower, 14 Higham Street, Bedminster (67), living with his son Robert and family (01C). |
| 1907 | 22 Jan. Died Jan 18 at Bedminster. ‘William Glover, aged 73, for upwards of 40 years faithful servant of Messrs Pountney and Co. Ltd., The Potteries, Bristol ‘ (Western Daily Press). |
GLYDE James
| 1828 | 25 Feb. Noted as a potter when his son Jabez was apprenticed to Mary Sargeant, a patternmaker (A). |
GODDARD Robert
The son of Robert Goddard of Bristol, glassmaker, deceased (A).
| 1712 | 7 Jul. He was apprenticed to Mary Orchard (A, Ar). |
GODFREY Alice
Born c1864 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Pottery employee, 10 Poplar Court, Bath Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish (17) (81C). |
GODFREY Clara
| 1883 | 11 Aug. Clara Godfrey, employed in the Bristol Pottery, and living in Waterloo Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish, was a witness in a trial (Bristol Mercury). |
GODFREY James
The son of Josiah Godfrey, weaver, and the brother of Josiah Godfrey, potter (F).
| 1739 | 2 Nov. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1739 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1740 | He stood surety of £5 for William Thomas to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1743 | He stood surety of £5 for Nathaniel Cambridge to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1754 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1762 | 25 Oct. He was described as a potter when his son, Henry, was apprenticed to Samuel Pavey, glazier (A). |
| 1767 | 21 Nov. A lease refers to Henry Godfrey, aged 18 years, son of James Godfrey, potter, who was one of the lives on another lease dated 24 June 1763 in respect of a property on Temple Backs (BRO Temple Ab313). |
| 1769 | 6 Jul. ‘Know all Men … that We the Mayor Burgesses and Commonality of Bristol do owe … to James Godfrey of the City of Bristol, Potter, in the Sum of Nine hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Six Pence half penny … in trust and to and for the use and Benefit of the Hospital situate in Temple Street in the said City of Bristol founded by Dr Thomas White (deceased)’ (BRO 04106(2)). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1775 | Potter, 19 Temple Street (SD). |
| 1775 | 25 Mar. Described as a potter when his son, James, was apprenticed to a cordwainer (A). |
| 1780 | 2 Sep. Noted as a potter when William Horwood became a free hooper because of his marriage to James Godfrey’s daughter Mary (G). |
| 1781 | 31 Jan. Noted as a potter when his son, James, became a free cordwainer (G). |
| 1781 & 1784 | Potter, Temple Street (P). |
| 1790 | 22 Feb. He was dead when his son, John, was apprenticed to William Harwood, cooper (A). |
| Rate and tax book entries: [25 Mar 1748-29 Sep 1786] James Godfrey Temple Street (Temple-W,Wa,L,LS) |
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| Children: Wife Mary Ann, bapt 27 Apr 1746 (TPR), Henry, bapt 3 Apr 1748 (TPR), Mary, bapt 10 Sep 1750 (TPR), James, apprenticed 25 Mar 1775 (A) |
GODFREY Josiah
The brother of James Godfrey.
| 1753 | 26 Jan. A potter of St Michael’s parish he was bondsman to a licence granted to Joseph Webb, carpenter (M). |
| 1754 | 1 Apr. He became a free potter as he was the son of Josiah Godfrey, weaver (F) |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1774 & 1781 | Potter, St Michael’s parish (P). |
GOLDING George F.
Born c1853 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Tobacconist and clerk at pottery, 26 West Street, St Philip’s parish (28), living with his wife Alice (27), a tobacconist, born in Bristol, and his niece, Kate Pitt (19), assistant tobacconist, born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Commercial traveller, 97 Cromwell Road, St Andrew’s parish (37), living with his wife Alice (36) and children Edith (9), Frederick (7), Daisy (4) and Olive (1), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | Traveller (pottery trade), Millerston House, Walsingham Road, Ashley Down (47), living with his wife Alice (46) and children including Winifred (9), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1905 | 26 Dec. He was described as the senior representative of Pountney and Co. Ltd. (Western Daily Press). |
| 1911 | Commercial agent (own account): china, earthenware, glass trades, 105 Cotham Brow, Clifton (57), living with his wife Alice (56) and children Daisy (24) and Winifred (19) (11C). |
GOLDNEY Gabriel
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
The Pottery had previously been run by John Decimus Pountney.
| 1837-50 | Gabriel Goldney was in partnership with J.D. Pountney at the Water Lane Pottery, trading as Pountney & Goldney. |
The Pottery was subsequently operated by J.D. Pountney alone.
Born c1806 in Chippenham, Wiltshire (51C).
| 1807 | 21 Jan. Probably the Gabriel Goldney, born 2 Jun 1806, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth, who was baptised at Langley-Burrell, Wiltshire (Ancestry website). |
| 1837-50 | Pountney & Goldney, manufacturer of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1839 | Probably the Gabriel Goldney who was married at Chippenham (Ancestry website). |
| 1846 | 14 Mar. ‘To be let. 13 Meridian Place, Clifton. For particulars, application may be made either on the premises, or at no. 3, or of Mr Gabriel Goldney, the present tenant, at the Bristol Pottery’ (Bristol Times). |
| 1849 | 26 Mar. Noted as a manufacturer of Wetherell Cottage, Clifton on the baptism of his son Gabriel. Wife Eliza (TPR). |
| 1850 | 12 Oct. Gabriel Goldney was recorded as the Governor of the Corporation of the Poor in Bristol. He stated that in consequence of the dissolution of the partnership at the Bristol Pottery he was going into the north of England, but that he was not, at present, going to remove his family from Bristol (Bristol Times). |
| 1851 | Agent (sugar), lodging at 46 St Michael’s Hill, St Michael’s parish (44), living with his wife Eliza (43), born in Tiverton, Devon, and children Mary (11), Catherine (7) and Gabriel (2), all born in Clifton, Bristol (51C). |
| 1859 | He died and was buried in a family grave in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol. |
GOLDSWORTHY James
Born c1835 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Journeyman earthenware painter, 45 Langton Street, Bedminster (26), living with his wife Eliza (25) born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1871 | Probably the greengrocer and fruiterer, 8 Lower Maudlin Street, St James’s parish (35), living with his wife Eliza (30) (71C). |