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Utah Pottery Project Potters Roster |
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 help support the development of this site and other UPP research? Click here for information. |
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Bethelson, Sorenb. 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. |
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Known Affiliated Sites:Enumerated in Provo, 1870 Working in Fountain Green, 1878-1880. Specific site unidentified. |
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Known Primary Documents (Diary, Account Books, etc.):None Known. |
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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. |
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Known Affiliated Sites:Enumerated in Logan, 1880 Working in Logan, 1888. Specific site unidentified. |
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Known Primary Documents (Diary, Account Books, etc.):None Known. |
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Davenport, Thomasb. 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 |
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. |
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Known Affiliated Sites:Enumerated in Parowan, 1860-1880 Working in Parowan, 1852-1888. Property located, Phase I testing complete. View archaeological reports here. |
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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. |
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| 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. | |
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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