Pottery Workers (and a few others)
living in the parishes of Bo’ness & Carriden
and recorded in the 1841 Census
In 1841 only Bo'ness Pottery was operating in Bo'ness & Carriden parishes
| NAME | AGE | OCCUPATION | ADDRESS AND PARISH OF RESIDENCE ~
BO'NESS: B CARRIDEN: C | PLACE OF BIRTH |
|
| James Archibald | 10 | Potter | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| William Cairns | 15 | Potter | Grangepans | C | West Lothian |
| David Dewar | 20 | Potter | Kinglass Cottages | B | West Lothian |
| James Dewar | 20 | Potter | Kinglass Cottages | B | West Lothian |
| Alexander Donnovan | 20 | Potter | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| William Drysdale | 20 | Potter | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Michael Gallacher | 40 | Dealer in Earthen Ware | Sliddery Stane | B | Ireland |
| James Gardner | 25 | Potter | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| * Alexander Grant | 20 | Warehouseman | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Thomas Haldane | 15 | Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| Enoch Hall | 23 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Stephen Hall | 20 | Potter | North Street | B | England |
| John Henderson | 12 | Potter | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Thomas Henderson | 15 | Potter | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| Adam Hetherington | 35 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| ** James Jamieson | 14 | Clerk | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Janet Jamieson | 45 | Merchant | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| *** Adam Mackie | 20 | Warehouseman | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Alexander Mackie | 25 | Potter | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| James Mackie | 35 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| John Mackie | 15 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| William Mackie | 13 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Robert McLahlan | 25 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Daniel McLean | 30 | Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| Jean Paterson | 60 | Dealer in Earthen Wares | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| John Peat | 44 | Potter Journeyman | Grangepans | C | West Lothian |
| William Reid | 24 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Robert Robertson | 16 | China Merchant | Bridgeness Village | C | West Lothian |
| Margaret Ross | 45 | Dealer in Earthen Wares | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Andrew Shaw | 17 | Apprentice Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| James Shaw | 80 | Pottery Proprietor | Sliddery Stane | B | Outside County |
| James Shaw | 50 | Pottery Proprietor | Sliddery Stane | B | Outside County |
| John Simpson | 30 | Potter | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| James Smith | 26 | Potter | South Street | B | West Lothian |
| Richard Smith | 35 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| William Smith | 24 | Potter | Grangepans | C | West Lothian |
| James Steele | 30 | Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| Robert Syme | 56 | Earthen Ware Manufacturer | Grange House | C | West Lothian |
| Hamilton Symons | 50 | Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| Robert Thomson | 35 | Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| Robert Thomson | 15 | Apprentice Potter | South Street | B | Outside County |
| George Wilson | 15 | Potter | North Street | B | West Lothian |
| Alexander Young | 35 | Potter | North Street | B | Outside County |
| Janet Young | 50 | Works at Pottery | North Street | B | West Lothian |
* Alexander Grant may have been a Warehouseman in the Pottery
** James Jamieson’s occupation is Clerk (with no mention of Pottery). However, he may have been a Clerk in the Pottery,
after all, it was his Pottery!
*** Adam Mackie may have been a Warehouseman in the Pottery. 10 years later, in the 1851 Census, his occupation was
Pottery Warehouseman.
Summary:
Earthenware Manufacturer: Robert Syme
Pottery Proprietors: James Shaw (senior) and James Shaw (junior).
Excluding the management named above and counting only those entries in the census that specifically mention
the pottery industry in the occupation …
A total of 33 people were employed in the pottery, 32 men and 1 woman.
Potter 29
Potter Journeyman 1
Apprentice Potter 2
Works at Pottery 1