Born c1824 in St Philip’s parish, the husband of Maria Tanner I and the father of James Tanner II and Jane Tanner I (51C, 71C, PPR).
| 1842 & 45 | Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Journeyman potter, 7 Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (27), living with his wife Maria (30) born in Bristol and children (51C). |
| 1861 | Henry Row, Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Maria (40), a potter’s assistant and children (61C). |
| 1863 | 23 Nov. Noted as a potter when his son James II (21) a potter of Unity Street, St Philip’s parish married Eleanor Dunn (PPR). |
| 1864 | 2 May. Noted as a potter when his daughter Jane (19) of Passage Street, St Philip’s parish married James Wiltshire (PPR). |
| 1866 | 9 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Emma (22) of Gladstone Street married William Henry Millman (HTPR). |
| 1871 | 1 White’s Cottages, Pottery, Baptist Mills (47), living with his wife Maria (50), born in St Philip’s parish, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | 1 White Cottage, Ashley Road, St Philip’s parish (57), living with his wife Maria (61) a potter and daughter Matilda (22) a laundress (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, Yate Road, Yate, Gloucestershire (67), living with his wife Maria (70) (91C). |
| 1901 | Retired potter, 13 Banner Street, Battersea, London (77), living with his wife and their widowed daughter Matilda Woodcock (01C). |
| Children: James Robert (aged 3 wks), bapt 18 Sep 1842 (PPR); Emma, born c1844 in Bristol (51C); Jane (aged 19 days), bapt 25 dec 1845 (PPR); Eliza, born c1847 in Bristol (51C); George, born c1853 in St Philip’s parish (71C); Matilda, born c1857 in Bristol (61C) |