Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
JEFFERIES Albert
Born c1873 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | 92 Merton Street, St Philip’s parish (18) (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter thrower, 17 Philip Street, St Silas parish (27), living with his widowed father, Jonathan, a jobbing painter, and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Flower pot maker, lodging at 25 Alfred Street, Emmanuel parish (40) (11C). |
JEFFERIES Ewin James
Born c1855 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Potter, 5 Tyler Street, St Philip’s parish (16), the son of George, a coal porter (71C). |
| 1875 | 31 Oct. 1 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Frank (born 19 Sep 1875). Wife Jane (PPR). |
| 1881 | Potter, 1 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Jane (25), born in Gloucester, and son Frank (5), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, 31 Barton Road, St Philip’s parish (36), living with his wife Jane (36) and son Frank (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter, 89 Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish (46), living with his wife Jane (46) (01C). |
JEFFERIES George
Born c1884 in Bristol, the brother of Robert Jefferies (91C, 11C).
| 1901 | Potter, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Silas parish (17) (01C). |
JEFFERIES James
Born c1868 in Temple parish, the father of Robert Jefferies (91C, 11C).
| 1888 | 17 Dec. Passage Street, St Philip’s parish (21) the son of George Jefferies, butcher, he married Rosa Lewis (20) of Passage Street, the daughter of Robert Lewis, deceased, a painter (PPR). |
| 1891 | 83 Park Street, Bedminster (23), living with his wife Rosa (22), and children Clara (2) and James (7 mths), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | 86 Park Street, Knowle (33), living with his wife Rosa (32) and children Clara (12), James (10), Robert (9), Minnie (7), William (6), Kitty (4), Teddy (3) and John (1) (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter, redware, 208 Bath Road (Kitchener Terrace), Knowle (42), living with his wife Rosa (43) and children Robert (19), Minnie (17), William (16), Elizabeth (Kitty) (14), Edward (13), John (11), Esther (9), Jinnie (8), Rosa (5), Albert (4) and Edith (1), all born in Bedminster (11C). |
| 1915 | 25 Mar. Described as a middle-aged man, employed at the Albert Pottery Co., he was charged with four others of killing or taking two linnets, and also with cruelty to them. The bird catchers were found in a field adjoining Sparke-Evans Park, St Philip’s Marsh with a net, two linnets pegged to the ground, and a linnet in a cage. Jefferies admitted he had a net, but no decoys, and had not caught any birds. He was found guilty and fined 10s (Western Daily Press). |
JEFFERIES Jane
Born c1881 in Bristol, the sister of George Jefferies (01C).
| 1901 | Printer at pottery, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Silas parish (20) (01C). |
JEFFERIES Richard
Born c1835 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Union Road, St Philip’s parish (16) living with his parents Isaac and Mary Ann Jefferies, a watchman (51C). |
| 1861 | Seedsman, Union Road, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his parents and siblings (61C). |
JEFFERIES Samuel
Born c1826 in Gloucestershire (41C).
| 1841 | Lower Easton, St George (15) (41C). |
| 1850 | 27 Jul. Probably the Samuel Jefferies, described as a workman at the St Philip’s Pottery, Temple Backs, who was killed instantly as a result of a boiler explosion on the ferryboat, the Red Rover, which operated between the Stonebridge and the Nova Scotia Yard, Hotwells. He left a wife and two children (Bristol Times). |
JEFFERIES Robert
Born c1892 in Bedminster, the son of James Jefferies (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, stoneware, 208 Bath Road (Kitchener Terrace), Knowle (19), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
JEFFERIES (JEFFREYS) Selina
Born c1860 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Employed at Pottery, 9 Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (21), the wife of William, a butcher (81C). |
| 1891 | Pottery hand, 6 Waters Place, Bedminster (36), the wife of William, a butcher (91C). |
JEFFERIES Thomas I
| 1833 | 10 Feb. China printer, Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Rosetta Catherine. Wife Harriet (PPR). |
JEFFERIES Thomas II
Born c1879 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter, 21 Tyler Street, St Silas parish (22), living with his wife Mary (21) and children, Lily (1) and Rosie (6 mths), all born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | General labourer, iron works, 18 Tyler Street, St Philip’s Marsh (32), living with his wife Jane [he had remarried] and children (11C). |
JEFFERIES William
Born c1811 in Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (51C).
| 1841 | 15 Aug. Queen Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1845-50 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Earthenware printer, 4 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (40) living with his wife Caroline (35) a greengrocer, born in Westminster, London, and children (51C). |
| 1853 | 5 Aug. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1861 | Earthenware printer, widower, Avon Place, Temple parish (50), living with his children Caroline and Thomas George (61C). |
| 1865 | 9 Apr. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Earthenware printer, 2 Lewis’s Buildings, Temple parish (60), living with his wife Ann (48) [he had remarried] and children (71C). |
| 1878 | 5 Apr. ‘Died April 1 at 7 York Street, St Philip’s Marsh, Mr William Jefferies, aged 67. Fifty-two years in the employ of the Bristol Pottery Company’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1881 | his wife was a widow (81C). |
| Children: Mary Ann (aged 7 yrs), bapt 15 Aug 1841 (PPR), Fanny (aged 3 yrs), bapt 15 Aug 1841 (PPR, 51C), Emma, born c1842 in Temple parish (51C), Angelina (aged 4 wks), bapt 23 Mar 1845 (PPR), Caroline (aged 1 mth), bapt 15 Aug 1847 (PPR), Thomas George (aged 3 wks), bapt 8 Dec 1850 (PPR), Mary Ann, bapt 5 Aug 1853 (TPR), Elizabeth Ann, born 23 Sep 1855, bapt 9 Apr 1865 (wife Ann) (PPR), William Henry, born 6 Mar 1865, bapt 9 Apr 1865 (wife Ann) (PPR) |
JEFFERIS M.
Born c1876 in St Philip’s parish (91C).
| 1891 | Printing room pottery [female], 12 Kilkenny Street, St Philip’s parish (15) (91C). |
JEFFRIES John
Born c1866 in Temple parish (81C).
| 1881 | Labourer at pottery, 14 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s parish (15), the son of George, a labourer in sugar factory (unemployed) (81C). |
JEFFRIES Richard
Born c1833 in St Philip’s parish (81C).
| 1881 | Lodging at 9 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (48) (81C). |
JENKINS Ellen
Born c1864 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Mould runner pottery, 12 Moore Street, St Philip’s parish (17), the daughter of William, a cork cutter (81C). |
JENKINS James
Born c1852 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s boy, 5 Penney Court, Temple parish (19) living with his mother Ann Jenkins, a housekeeper (71C). |
JEWELL Alfred I
Born c1853 in Temple parish, the father of Alfred Jewell II (91C).
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 6 Milletts Court, Temple parish (18) living with his parents William and Ellen Jewell, a shoemaker (71C). |
| 1878 | 14 Apr. Anvil Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1880 | 12 Sep. 22 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | Potter, 23 Aitken Street, St George (28), living with his wife Harriet (27), born in Bristol, and children (81C). |
| 1891 | Pottery labourer, 37 Aitken Street, St George (38), living with his wife Harriet (37), born in St Philip’s parish, and children (91C). |
| 1901 | His second wife, Mary (53), born in Bratton Fleming, Devon, was a widow. She had previously been the wife of Edward Bryant of Nether Stowey, Somerset and had two children by him, Mabel Ann (15) and Frances (12), and was looking after Alfred’s youngest daughter May (12) (91C, 01C). |
| Children: Ellen/Ellie, born c1874 in Bristol (81C, 91C), Alfred, born 1876 in St George (81C), Richard, born 18 Mar 1878, bapt 14 Apr 1878 (PPR), Alice Florence, born 23 Aug 1880, bapt 12 Sep 1880 (PPR), George, born c1883 in St George (91C), May, born c1889 in St George (91C) |
JEWELL Alfred II
Born c1876 in St George, the son of Alfred Jewell I (91C).
| 1891 | Potter (apprentice), 37 Aitken Street, St George (15), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
JEWELL William
Born c1837 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Potter moulder, Temple Backs, Temple parish (14), living with his parents William and Ellen Jewell, boot and shoe maker (51C). |