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
James Archibald
William Cairns
David Dewar
James Dewar
Alexander Donnovan
William Drysdale
Michael Gallacher
James Gardner
* Alexander Grant
Thomas Haldane
Enoch Hall
Stephen Hall
John Henderson
Thomas Henderson
Adam Hetherington
** James Jamieson
Janet Jamieson
*** Adam Mackie
Alexander Mackie
James Mackie
John Mackie
William Mackie
Robert McLahlan
Daniel McLean
Jean Paterson
John Peat
William Reid
Robert Robertson
Margaret Ross
Andrew Shaw
James Shaw
James Shaw
John Simpson
James Smith
Richard Smith
William Smith
James Steele
Robert Syme
Hamilton Symons
Robert Thomson
Robert Thomson
George Wilson
Alexander Young
Janet Young
NAME
AGE
OCCUPATION
PLACE OF BIRTH
ADDRESS AND PARISH
OF RESIDENCE
~
BO'NESS: B
CARRIDEN: C
10
15
20
20
20
20
40
25
20
15
23
20
12
15
35
14
45
20
25
35
15
13
25
30
60
44
24
16
45
17
80
50
30
26
35
24
30
56
50
35
15
15
35
50
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Dealer in Earthen Ware
Potter
Warehouseman
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Clerk
Merchant
Warehouseman
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Dealer in Earthen Wares
Potter Journeyman
Potter
China Merchant
Dealer in Earthen Wares
Apprentice Potter
Pottery Proprietor
Pottery Proprietor
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Potter
Earthen Ware Manufacturer
Potter
Potter
Apprentice Potter
Potter
Potter
Works at Pottery
North Street
Grangepans
Kinglass Cottages
Kinglass Cottages
South Street
South Street
Sliddery Stane
North Street
South Street
South Street
North Street
North Street
South Street
North Street
North Street
South Street
South Street
South Street
South Street
North Street
North Street
North Street
North Street
South Street
North Street
Grangepans
North Street
Bridgeness Village
North Street
South Street
Sliddery Stane
Sliddery Stane
North Street
South Street
North Street
Grangepans
South Street
Grange House
South Street
South Street
South Street
North Street
North Street
North Street
B
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
B
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
B
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
Ireland
West Lothian
West Lothian
Outside County
Outside County
England
West Lothian
West Lothian
Outside County
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
West Lothian
West Lothian
Outside County
West Lothian
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
West Lothian
West Lothian
Outside County
West Lothian
Outside County
West Lothian
Outside County
Outside County
Outside County
West Lothian
Outside County
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
Potter Journeyman
Apprentice Potter
Works at Pottery
29
1
2
1