Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Myrtle House
Off license

1881 – 92. Benjamin Pearce
1892 – 95. Miss Eliza Pearce
1901. Charlotte Evans
1911 – 14. Olive Leat

Bristol Museum collections

Census 1881.
Champion House

Benjamin Pearce 60, head married, haulier grocer & beer seller, Somerset Wrington
Elizabeth Pearce 57, wife married, Somerset Wrington
Eliza Pearce 25, daughter unmarried, grocer’s assistant, Somerset Portbury
Benjamin J. Pearce 21, son unmarried, haulier, Somerset St.George
William G. Pearce 12, son scholar, Somerset St.George

Census 1891.

Benjamin Pearce 70, head married, shop keeper haulier (cart), Somerset Wrington
Eliza Pearce 68, wife married, shop, Somerset Wrington
William Pearce 23, son single, labourer, Somerset Pill

Census 1901.

Charlotte Evans 47, head widow, shop keeper beer house & grocery, Somerset Portishead
Maude Evans 18, daughter single, Bristol
Gwendoline Evans 13, daughter, Somerset Pill
Basil Evans 11, son, Bristol

Census 1911.
Myrtle House

Olive Leat 33, wife married, grocer, Pill Somerset
William Leat 11, son, Pill Somerset
Herbert Leat 9, son, Avonmouth Gloucestershire
Ethel Leat 7, daughter, Liverpool Lancashire
Edna Leat 5, daughter, Liverpool Lancashire