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Utah
Pottery Project Potters Roster
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Below is a
roster of individuals who immigrated to Utah and worked as potters
between 1848 and 1930.
This
is a DRAFT page. The sample entries provide examples
of what will eventually be on the site. Would you like to
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Bethelson,
Soren
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Family Members:
Mary (Wife)
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Historical Sources:
1870
US Federal Census, Provo, 2nd Ward
McKenney’s
Pacific Coast Directory for 1878
L.
M. McKenney & Co.’s Business Directory and Railroad Gazetteer
of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Dakota for 1879.
McKenney’s
Pacific Coast Directory for 1880-1
Academic References:
Henrichsen
1988
Scarlett
2002 |
Pictures:
None on File. |
Examples of Known Ware:
None Known. |
Known Affiliated Sites:
Enumerated in Provo, 1870
Working in Fountain
Green, 1878-1880. Specific site unidentified. |
Known Primary Documents
(Diary, Account Books, etc.):
None Known. |
Birch,
Frank P.
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Family Members:
Annie M. Birch (Wife)
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Frank(?) Birch (Son)
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Peter M. Birch
(Brother)
b.
date, place
d.
date, place
Historical Sources:
1880
Census, Cache County, Logan Precinct
Stenhouse’s
Utah Gazetteer and Directory for 1888
Stenhouse's
Gazetteer and Directory of Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and Logan Cities,
for 1888.
Academic References:
Scarlett
2002 |
Pictures:
None on File. |
Examples of Known Ware:
None Known. |
Known Affiliated Sites:
Enumerated in Logan,
1880
Working in Logan,
1888. Specific site unidentified. |
Known Primary Documents
(Diary, Account Books, etc.):
None Known. |
Davenport,
Thomas
b.
April 1, 1815; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England
d.
January 22, 1888; Parowan, Iron County, Utah
Family Members:
Sarah Burrows Davenport.
(1st Wife)
b.
July 24, 1811; Eckington Parish, Derby County, England.
d.
May 10, 1882; Parowan, Iron County, Utah
Martha Harrell Warren
Davenport. (2nd Wife)
b.
date; place
d.
July 1897; place
William Davenport (Son)
b.
May 28, 1837; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England
d.
date; place
Thomas Davenport (Son)
b.
April 7, 1839; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England
d.
February 16, 1840; Brampton, Derbyshire
John Davenport (Son)
b.
December 17, 1844; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England
d.
date; place
Sarah Ann Davenport (Son)
b.
February 14, 1847; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England
d.
date; place
James Burrows Davenport
(Son)
b.
date; place
d.
date; place
Orsen Valentine Davenport
(Son)
b.
February 14, 1854; Parowan, Iron County, Utah
d.
August 26, 1854; Parowan, Iron County, Utah
Historical Sources:
1874-1889
Iron County Tax Assessment Rolls
1860,
1870, 1880 US Census, Parowan Precinct, Iron County, Utah.
Academic References:
Scarlett
2002
Henrichsen
1988
TDFO
1981
Dalton, Luella Adams n.d.
Jensen,
Andrew 1955
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Pictures:
None on File.

Thomas
Davenport's claybed in Parowan Canyon

Detail
of Davenport's raw clay

Davenport's
pottery on display at Parowan's Old Rock Church Museum (DUP)

Portraits
of Thomas and Martha Davenport, inset portrait of Sarah.

Profile
of an excavation unit at Davenport Pottery Site showing stratigraphy. |
Examples of Known Ware:
Rock Church Museum
(DUP) Parowan, Utah.
Personal Collection, Carol
A. Wright, Parowan, Utah. |
Known Affiliated Sites:
Enumerated in Parowan,
1860-1880
Working in Parowan,
1852-1888.
Property located, Phase
I testing complete. View archaeological reports here. |
Known Primary Documents
(Diary, Account Books, etc.):
Diary recorded emigration
and early period in Utah. Diary location is unknown, but citations
and quotes appear in many sources.
No account books or photographs
known to exist. |
| Names to be added: Allwood, Milan; Attwood,
Millen; Behrman, Wilhelm R. O.; Bethelson, Niels; Blake, Benjamin;
Blake, William; Bourne, John; Bowen, Albert; Box, William; Bucher,
Louis J.; Carpenter, William H.; Carruthers, J. H.; Cartwright, John;
Christiansen, Theo; Clapp, Elisha and Bros; Clark, Alva E; Cordon,
Alfred; Croxall, Jonah; Eardley, Bedson, Eardley, John, Eardley, Josiah;
Eardley, James; Erickson, Anton; Fuller, Elija K.; Gourley, Robert
M; Gren, Axel W.; Hansen, Ferdinand F.; Hanson, Fred; Harris, James
M.; Henrichsen Eric Christian; Hewitt, Richard; Hill, George; Hoyer,
Niels P.; Hunter, Ralph P.; Hurloison, John; Jansen, Niels; Jensen,
Geger; Johansen, Andrew M.; Kemp, Charles; Kennedy, Olin A.; Kimball,
Heber C.; Lattimer, Thomas; Lewis, Robert B.; Lowell, Simon; Martin,
Moses; McCloskey, John; McWilliams, J. W.; Moore, Matthew; Neilson,
Elija; Nordeen, Lars; Petersen, Erick; Presswood, William; Pullin,
Francis; Ralphs, Thomas; Ramsey, B.; Rassmussen, Theo J.; Reese, William;
Roberts, Ephraim H.; Rowley, Ralph; Rowley, James; Russell, Milan;
Sargent, John A.; Sawyer, Henry; Smith, George; Snell, John W.; Sorrensen,
Jans; Staur, C. G.; Stecher, Paul W.; Stevens, Sidney; Tompkinson,
Ephraim; Toronto, Joseph; Tyrrell, Joseph; |
| Corporate: Ogden Sewer Pipe and Clay Company,
Enterprise Clay Works, Ogden Pottery Company, Pioneer Stoneware Company,
Ogden Clay Company, City Pottery, Provo Pottery, Deseret Pottery,
Cooperative Pottery. etc. |
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Contact
Details:
Utah Pottery Project
Timothy James
Scarlett, Director
Department of
Social Sciences
Michigan Technological
University
1400 Townsend
Ave
Houghton, MI 49931
Phone: (906)487-2359
Fax: (906)487-2468
email: scarlett@mtu.edu
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