Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
JONES Thomas III
| 1805 | Then in Bovey Tracey in Devon, he was born in ‘Land Garrick’, Monmouthshire. When he was 14 he hired himself with Ring and Carter in the pottery manufactory at Temple Backs, Bristol, and stayed there for 10 years. Then he came to Burslem, Staffordshire, and worked with Enoch Wood as a journeyman. He then went to Swansea in Wales and rented a dwelling house for £17 a year, and lived there for 1½ years, before moving to Bovey Tracey where he hired himself to Messrs Honeychurch and company for a year, of which he had served 3 months (Settlement Examination, Overseers of the Poor, Bovey Tracey – Devon Heritage Centre 2160 A/PO 751). |
JONES William
The son of Jacob Jones of Olveston, Gloucestershire, labourer (A).
| 1758 | 29 Nov. He was apprenticed to William Taylor with £10, the gift of the Gloucestershire Society (A, Ao). |
| 1761 | 22 Jan. He stood surety of £20 ‘for Craddock’ to appear at the next Tolzey Court (BRO Wooden Box, 1761, Bundle 21 No.1a). |
| 1765 | 23 Dec. ‘Wm Jones Potter £20, James Powell Accountant and John Saul Potter £10 each for the appearance of the said Wm Jones at the next sess. to Answer to all such matters and things as shall be alleged against him by one Samuel Holloway …’ (T). |
| 1766 | 19 Mar. ‘William Jones Potter £40, James Powell accountant, John Saul Potter £20 each, for the appearance of the said William Jones at the next sessions to prosecute Traverse on a Bill of Indictment found agt him for a Misdemeanor …’ (T; BRO Wooden Box 1765, Bundle 10 No.1). |
JOSHAM Joseph
| 1830 | 10 Oct. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1833 | 13 Oct. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1848 | 17 Jan. Noted as a potter when his daughter Hannah of St Philip’s parish married Isaac Wood (PPR). |
| 1848 | 25 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Jane of St Philip’s parish married Henry Tovey (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Nancy: Hannah, married 17 Dec 1848 (PPR) born c1827?, Eliza, bapt 10 Oct 1830 (PPR), William, bapt 10 Oct 1830 (PPR), Jane, bapt 10 Oct 1830 (PPR). Wife Ann: Samuel, bapt 13 Oct 1833 (PPR) |
JOYNES William
Born c1850 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Potter earthenware, 11/12 Sargeant Street, Bedminster (31), living with his wife Martha (28), a shopkeeper, born in Bristol (81C). |
JUKES James
Born c1827 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Potter earthenware, 11/12 Sargeant Street, Bedminster (31), living with his wife Sarah (24) and son George (1), both born in Bristol (51C). |
JUSTICE Joseph I
Born c1813 in Temple parish, the father of William Justice and Joseph Justice II (51C, 61C)
| 1841 | Water Lane, Temple parish (27) living with his wife Mary (31) born in Temple and children (41C). |
| 1844 | 18 Feb. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer and greengrocer, 6 Tower Street, Temple parish (38) living with his wife Mary (44) and children (51C). |
| 1859 | 11 May. Noted as a potter when his daughter Louisa (22) of Mill Lane, Bedminster married Joseph Millars (JBPR). |
| 1861 | Kiln burner, 1 Glasshouse Court, Temple parish (46), living with his wife Mary Ann (50) and children (61C). |
| 1867 | 2 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son William (29) of Colston Street married Ellen Smith (28) a widow (JBPR). |
| 1868 | 1 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son George Somerton Justice (22) of Russ Street married Caroline Jane Hodge (PPR). |
| Children: Louisa, born c1837 in Temple parish (41C), William, born c1838 in Temple parish (41C), Joseph, born c1841 in Temple parish (41C), James, bapt 18 Feb 1844 (TPR), George Somerton, born c1847 in Temple parish (51C) |
JUSTICE Joseph II
Born c1841 in Temple parish, the son of Joseph Justice I (71C).
| 1861 | Apprentice white ware potter, 1 Glasshouse Court, Temple parish (20), living with his parents and siblings (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter, Elm Cottage, Bedminster (30), living with his wife Jane (23), born in Longport, Staffordshire, and children William (2), born in Bristol (or Mexbro, Yorkshire in 1881 census) and Thomas (1), born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter, 40 Manchester Road, Poplar, London (46), living with his wife Jane (33) and children including Mary A. (8), born in Burslem, Jane (6), born in Burslem, Louisa (3), born in Burslem and Joseph (1), born in Poplar (81C). |
| 1911 | He was still working as a potter in Poplar, aged 70 (11C). |
JUSTICE William
Born c1838 in Temple parish, the son of Joseph Justice I and the brother of Joseph Justice II (51C, 61C).
| 1851 | Potter’s boy, 6 Tower Street, Temple parish (12) living with his parents and siblings (51C). |
KANE Avis Margaret
Born c1874 in Normacot, Longton, Staffordshire, the daughter of Thomas Kane and the sister of Vincent Kane (81C, 91C).
| 1891 | Earthenware gilder, 108 Greenway Bush lane, Bedminster (17), living with her parents and siblings (91C). |
KANE Thomas
Born c1847 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the father of Avis and Vincent Kane and the father-in-law of Enoch Staddon (91C, 01C).
| 1881 | China decorator, Weir Road, Stone, Staffordshire (34), living with his wife Avis (34), born in Market Drayton, Shropshire, and children Bernard (9), born in Longton, Staffordshire, Avis Margaret (7), born in Normacot, Longton, James Robert (2), born in Longton and Florence (3 wks), born on Normacot, Longton (81C). |
| 1891 | Earthenware decorator, 108 Greenway Bush Lane, Bedminster (44), living with his wife Avis (39) and children including Henry (8), imbecile, born in Fenton, Staffordshire and Vincent (4), born in Bristol (91C). |
KANE Vincent
Born c1887 in Totterdown, the son of Thomas Kane and the brother of Avis Margaret Kane (91C, 01C).
| 1901 | Potter (china), visiting 3 Bush Street, Bedminster (15) (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter, Hele Cross Pottery, boarding at Albion Cottage, St Mary Church, Devon (25) (11C). |
KEATING Ann
Born c1798 in Temple parish (51C).
| 1841 | ‘Pottery’, Crown Court, Temple parish (40) (41C). |
| 1851 | Works at the pottery, 7 Ship Court, generally called Jones Court, Temple parish (53), widow (51C). |
KEATING Thomas
Born c1825 in Temple parish (51C).
| 1848 | 9 Apr. Browns Row, Bedminster, the son of William Keating, a mariner, he married Maria Rogers of Browns Row, the daughter of John Rogers, tailor (JBPR). |
| 1851 | Earthenware printer, 22 Avon Street, Temple parish (26) living with his wife Maria (21) tailoress, born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset (51C). |
| 1861 | Earthenware printer, 3 Pottery Cottage, West Ferry Road, Poplar, London (35), living with his wife Maria (30), an earthenware transferer (61C). |
| 1871 | Printer on earthenware, 7 Nicholas Street, Middlesbrough (44), living with his wife Maria (42), earthenware printer (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter painter, 4 Richmond Street, Middlesbrough (55), living with his wife Maria (50) (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter printer, 4 Entry off Welsh Street, Stoke-on-Trent (65), living with his wife Maria (61) (91C). |
KEBBY William
| 1878 | 29 Oct. Described as a packer at Messrs Price Brothers potteries, when he gave evidence at the inquest into the death of James Withey (Bristol Mercury). |
KEELING Charles
| 1803 | 20 Aug. Noted as a Bristol potter, deceased, when his son Charles was apprenticed to Brooke Smith, gentleman (A). |
KEELING Thomas Calloway
The son of Thomas Trust Keeling, born in 1783 in St Philip’s parish (PPR).
| 1783 | 29 Sep. He was baptised the son of Thomas Trust and Ann Keeling, potter, of Carey’s Lane, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1801 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (MD). |
| 1804 | 31 Dec. He obtained his freedom by virtue of his marriage to Mary, the daughter of William Williams, a victualler (F). |
| 1805 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (MD). |
| 1812 | Potter, St Paul’s, Deptford, Kent (P). |
KEELING Thomas Trust (or Truss, or Trees)
The father of Thomas Calloway Keeling.
| 1779 | Potter, Carey’s Lane, St Philip and Jacob parish (PPR). |
| 1782 | Ann, wife of Thomas Keeling of St John’s parish, potter, received £1 from John Whitson’s Charity for poor women in child bed (JW). |
| 1783-90 | Potter, Carey’s Lane, St Philip and Jacob parish (PPR) |
| 1799 | 21 Dec. He was described as a potter of Avon Street, St Philip and Jacob parish, when his son, George, was apprenticed to Rice Wasborough, clockmaker (A). |
| 1801-05 | Potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| Rate book entries: 25 Mar 1780-29 Sep 1786] ‘Thomas Tuskeeling/Truskalyn’ Cary’s Lane (St Philip’s-PR) |
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| Children: William Trees, bapt 1 Sep 1779 (PPR), Thomas Calloway, bapt 29 Sep 1783 (PPR), Augustus, bapt 16 Jul 1786 (PPR), Harriet Elizabeth, bapt 28 Dec 1790 (PPR), George, apprenticed 21 Dec 1799 (A) |
KEEN John
| 1739 | China man, St Nicholas parish (P). |
KEEPIN Henry
| 1896 | 2 Aug. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Florence Emily (28) of Old Market Street married William Dunn (PPR). |
KELAN John
| 1789-90 | Eugene Lane, Temple parish (Temple-W). |