Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
OSMAN Thomas
| 1809 | 21 Jan. ‘Monday died in Bridge Street, in the 41st year of his age, Mr Thomas Osman, late of Bath, and traveller to Messrs Carter and Ring, Bristol Pottery. His death was occasioned by sleeping in a damp bed, whilst on a journey, by which his widow and four children are left totally unprovided for’ (Bristol Mercury). |
OVEREND George
| 1819 | 25 Feb. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1827-32 | St James’s parish (JaPR, PPR). |
| 1830 | Whittington Court, Horsefair, St James’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Whittington Court, Horsefair, St James’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| Children: Wife Sarah Maria Richards, bapt 9 Dec 1827 (JaPR), John, bapt 25 Dec 1830 (PPR), Robert, bapt 1 Jul 1832 (PPR), Ann Eliza, bapt 8 Nov 1835 (PPR) |
OWEN John
Born c1819 in Hanley, Staffordshire, the husband of Mary Ann Owen (61C).
| 1851 | He was not mentioned in the census return although his wife was recorded at 2 Colston’s Place, Temple parish (51C). |
| 1850-53 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1855 | 21 Jan. Colston’s Place, Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1856 | 28 Dec. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1861 | 8 Colston’s Place, Temple parish (42), living with his wife Mary Ann (38) an earthenware printer, born in Temple parish and children (61C). |
| 1885 | 30 Nov. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Emily (21) a servant of 36 Pennywell Road, married Henry Robert Hann (HTPR). |
| Children: Charles, bapt 8 Sep 1850 (TPR), Alfred, bapt 16 Oct 1853 (TPR), Mary Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 21 Jan 1855 (PPR), John, bapt 28 Dec 1856 (TPR), Emily, born c1864 (HTPR marriage) |
OWEN Mary Ann
Born c1819 in Temple parish, the wife of John Owen (61C).
| 1851 | Printer of earthenware, living alone at 2 Colston’s Place, Temple parish (28) (51C). |
| 1861 | Earthenware printer, 8 Colston’s Place, Temple parish (38) living with her husband John Owen and children (61C). |
OWEN William
Born c1885 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Labourer pottery, 9 Park Street, St Lawrence parish (16) (01C). |
PACK John
| 1726 | 26 Nov. George, son of John Pack, potter, baptised (RPR). |
| 1727 | 2 Jan. ‘Susannah, wife of John Pack, potter, is convicted of profanely swearing one oath in parish of St Mary Redcliff – on the oath of Sarah Nightingale, widow’ (SP). |
| 1729 | 10 Mar. Anne, daughter of John Pack, potter, baptised (RPR). |
PACKER John
Born c1852 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 37 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (39), living with his wife Eliza (38), born in Bristol and children John (19), Eliza (15), Selina (15), William (11) and Emmanuel (6), all born in Bristol (91C). |
PAGE Benjamin
| 1841 | Temple Backs, Temple parish (P). |
PAGE Charles I
Born c1795 in Bristol (51C).
| 1847 | 21 Nov. Noted as a potter when his son Charles Page, a smith, of St Philip’s parish, married Ellen Evans (PPR). |
| 1851 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (56) living with his wife Mary (45) born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1861 | Boarding at 4 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (60), married but living alone (61C). |
PAGE Charles II
| 1848 | 20 Sep. St Peter’s Hospital on the baptism of his daughter Caroline. Wife Ann. (PePR). |
PAGE Edward I
| 1827 | 2 Dec. St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Edward. Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
PAGE Edward II
Born c1826 in Bristol (61C).
| 1858 | 2 May. Tiley Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Labourer, 42 Charles Street, Bedwellty, Tredegar, Monmouthshire (23), liv with his wife Jane (28), born in Temple parish and daughter Ellen (2 mths), born in Tredegar and father-in-, John Macey (51). |
| 1861 | 2 Commercial Road, Temple Backs, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Jane (35), a pipe maker, born in Bristol, and children (51C). |
| 1871 | His wife was a widow (71C). |
| 1891 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth Passmore (39) a widow of 5 Colston Street married William Tovey (RPR). |
| Children: Ellen, born c1851 in Tredegar (51C), Thomas, born c1854 in Bristol (61C), Elizabeth, born c1856 in Bristol (61C), Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 2 May 1858 (PPR) |
PAGE Thomas I
The son of Peter Page of Bristol, a labourer, he was the father of Thomas Page II.
| 1792 | 28 Sep. He was apprenticed to Robert Ring (A). |
| 1812 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1814 | 25 Dec. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1821 | 14 Jan. New Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1823 | 16 Apr. noted as a potter when his son Thomas was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| 1827 & 31 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth Thomas, born c1809, apprenticed 1823 (A), Eliza, bapt 25 Dec 1814 (TPR), Joanna, bapt 25 Dec 1814 (TPR), Elizabeth (aged 4 yrs 6 mths), bapt 14 Jan 1821 (PPR), Peter (aged 16 mths), bapt 14 Jan 1821 (PPR), Edward, bapt 2 Dec 1827 (PPR), William, bapt 22 May 1831 (PPR) |
PAGE Thomas II
The son of Thomas Page I.
| 1823 | 16 Apr. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| 1837 | Thomas Page, jnr, New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | Thomas Page, jnr, Great Ann Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1867 | 18 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son Perry Page, a labourer of Maryport Street, married Mary Ann Palling (MLPPR). |
PAGE William
Born c1836 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | 6 Great Ann Street, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Ann (22) born in Bristol and daughter Mary Ann (61C). |
| Children: Elizabeth Webb, born 14 Oct 1861, bapt 3 Nov 1861 (PPR), Mary Ann, born 27 Feb 1859, bapt 3 Nov 1861 (PPR) |
PALIN Harry
Born c1882 in Burslem, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Potter plate maker, 32 Forster Street, Burslem (19), living with his widowed mother and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Plate maker, 14 Balaclava Road, Fishponds (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (28) and children Kate (6), Clara (2) and William (10 mths), all born in Burslem (11C). |
PALMER Charles
Born c1846 in Bristol, the son of William Palmer (61C).
| 1861 | Potter’s labourer, 7 Weavers Arms Court, Temple Street, Temple parish (59) living with his parents William(?) and Mary Palmer, his father being a potter’s labourer (61C). |
| 1871 | Porter, Kingsland Road, St Philip’s (26), living with his wife Eliza (23), born in Wells, Somerset (71C). |
PALMER Daniel I
Born c1829 in Temple parish, the father of William Hodgson Palmer and Daniel Palmer II (51C, 61C, EPR).
| 1844 | 12 Mar. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney ‘to learn the art of a saucer maker’. Aged 15 years (Ao). |
| 1851 | 4 Rings Buildings, Temple parish (22), living with his wife Mary Ann (22), born in Bristol, and son Daniel (2), born in Bristol (51C) |
| 1852 | 12 Dec. Temple parish on the baptism of his son William Hodgson (born 21 Apr 1852). Wife Mary Ann (TPR). |
| 1861 | Labourer, 4 Squires Court, Temple parish (32), living with his wife Mary A. (31), born in St Stephen’s parish, and children Charles (7), George (3) and Frederick (1), all born in Temple parish (61C). |
| 1869 | He died in Bristol, aged 40 (Ancestry website). |
| 1870 | 30 May. Noted as a potter when his son William Hodgson Palmer (19) a potter, of 14 Avon Square, married Sarah Rushmore (EPR). |
| 1871 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son William Hodgson Palmer (22), a potter of 4 Bethal Place, married Mary Ann Firnevell (EPR). |
PALMER Daniel II
Born c1849, the son of Daniel Palmer I and brother of William Hodgson Palmer (EPR).
| 1871 | 24 Dec. 4 Bethal Place (22), the son of Daniel Palmer I, he married Mary Ann Firnevell (19) of 40 Tyler Street, the daughter of John Firnevell, labourer (EPR). |
| 1873 | 20 Apr. Union Road, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Ellen Elizabeth (born 31 Mar 1873) (PPR). |
| 1881 | 1 Hammersmith Place, Kingsland Road, St Philip’s parish (32), living with his wife Mary Ann (28), born in Bristol, and children (81C). |
| 1884 | 22 Jun. He was buried at Holy Trinity, St Philip’s, aged 35 (Ancestry website) |
| 1890 | 18 May. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his son Joseph Palmer, a labourer, of Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish married Sarah Jane Turner (PPR). |
| Children:
Ellen, born 31 Mar 1873, bapt 20 Apr 1873 (PPR), Matilda, born c1875 in Bristol (81C), John, born c1876 in Bristol (81C), Florence, born c1878 in Bristol (81C) |
PALMER Edward
Born c1849 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 5 Teague Place, St Philip’s parish (22), living with his wife Martha (23), born in Bristol (71C). |