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Ann Bolton

Ann was born in 1804 in Bolton and her christening took place on March 4th, 1804 at St. Peters (Bolton).¹²

Birth Notes
- Born in Bolton Le Moors, Great Bolton, Lancashire.
  
  ANN BOLTON
  Event(s):
  Birth:
  Christening: 04 MAR 1804 Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire
  Parents:
  Father: THOS. BOLTON
  Mother: MARY

Ann's father was Thomas Bolton and her mother was Mary Whitaker. Her paternal grandparents were Isaac Bolton and Alice. She had a brother and three sisters, named John, Grace, Maria and Sarah. She was the third oldest of the five children. She died at the age of 85 in December 1889 in Bolton.³

Death Notes
- Deaths Dec 1889 (>99%)
  Tomlinson Ann 85 Bolton 8c 298
  
  TOMLINSON Ann 85 Great Bolton Bolton GB/9/203

General Notes
- Ann Tomlinson was definately a Bolton, as her brother-in-law, John Bolton, lived with the family for much of his life.
  
  Living at Shaw St. Bolton in 1841 with husband Richard, mother and family. At 8 Shaw St, Bolton, Lancashire in 1851 with family and Brother John Bolton.
  
  After 1881 the family moved form 8 to 19 Shaw Street, Great Bolton, Lancashire. In 1861 Ann was widowed. 19 Shaw St was the former home of William Aspinwall.
  
  Moved in with John and Alice Ward (daughter) by 1881, aged 77.

Occupation Details
- From 1851 Ann's occupation was Provision Dealer in sales.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 census (Grocers Shop)
  From 1853 her occupation was Shopkeeper/Provision Dealer in sales for Self-employed, at 58 Chorley Street.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1853 Bolton Directory.
  From 1861 her occupation was Shop Keeper in sales.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1861 census
  From 1871 her occupation was Provision Dealer in sales.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1871 census

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Ann lived at 8 Shaw Street from 1841.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Just recorded as Shaw Street in 1841, but were at no.8 in 1851. Home of Richard and Ann Tomlinson (nee Bolton).
      Also present in Household and Mary Bolton (snr), Son John, and John Allen and 3 others (presumed lodgers)
  She lived at 8 Shaw Street from 1851.¹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home or Richard and Ann Tomlinson and family, John Bolton (brother-in-Law) and John Allen (cousin)
      This is possibly a grocers shop, as Ann is a Provision dealer / Shop keeper
  She lived at 19 Shaw Street for ten years from 1861 to after 1871.⁵
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - 19 Shaw St, Bolton was the Tomlinson family home form 1860 to after 1871.
      1861: Ann Tomlinson (head) with Alice, Richard, Mary, Ellen, William, Joshua and John Bolton.
      1871: Ann Tomlinson (head) Richard, Mary, Joshua, and Peter B Tomlinson, and John Bolton.
  She lived at 17 Commission St for twenty years from 1881 to after 1901.⁶
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Ann Tomlinson (nee Bolton), daughter Mary and John and Alice Ward in 1881 and 1891 and 1901.
      Also Mary Morris (nee Hibbery, nee Tomlinson, sister of Alice) and Elizabeth Hibbert (Niece) in 1901.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Ann lived with John Allen.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Bolton and Tomlinson families and John Allen living together in 1841.
  Ann was associated with James Barnes.⁷
  - Relationship Notes
    - Both were Provission dealers in Bolton, so were possible associates, or maybe worked in same shop or business. Also, James's daughter Sarah married Richard, cousin of Alice Tomlinson, who was living with Ann Bolton.
  She lived with Mary Whitaker.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Mary was living with Richard & Ann Tomlinson in 1841 at Shaw St
  She lived with John Bolton.
  - Relationship Notes
    - John living with sisters family from 1841 to 1871
  She was a neighbour of John Richard Tomlinson.
  - Relationship Notes
    - John Richard Tomlinson was living as a boarder at 32 Commission Street, Bolton Lancashire in 1901 with Alice Greenhalgh and her son Adam. This would be just across the Street from his grandmother Ann Tomlinson (nee Bolton), home, where Mary and James Hibbert were living at 17 Comission St, while his father was working in Birkenhead.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Isaac Bolton
  
  Thomas Bolton
  - b.1780 in Bolton
  
  Alice
  
  Ann Bolton
  - b.1804 in Bolton d.Dec 1889 in Bolton
  
  Mary Whitaker
  - b.1781 in Lancashire

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² FamilySearch.org
³ FreeBMD.org.uk
⁴ 1841 UK Census
⁵ 1861 UK Census
⁶ 1881 UK Census
⁷ 1871 UK Census