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William Atherton Tomlinson & Harriet Shepherd

William and Harriet were married in a religious ceremony in March 1870 in Bolton.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Vol 8c, page 297

They had two daughters named Polly and Ellen.

Family Notes
- Married Bolton, Lancashire
  Volume 8c, page 297

Personal Details
- William Atherton Tomlinson
  William was born in 1847 in Bolton.² He died at the age of 70 in 1917 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Name: William A Tomlinson
      Death Registration Month/Year: 1917
      Age at death (estimated): 71
      Registration district: Bolton
      Inferred County: Lancashire
      Volume: 8c
      Page: 280
  Harriet Shepherd
  Harriet was born in March 1850 in Bolton.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Name: Harriett Shepherd
      Year of Registration: 1850
      Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
      District: Bolton
      County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 21
      Page: 142
  She died at the age of 24 in December 1874 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Vol 8c, page 295
      Name recorded as Harriet Atherton Tomlinson, so no doubt of this record of death.
      
      Name: Harriet Atherton Tomlinson
      Estimated birth year: abt 1850
      Year of Registration: 1874
      Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
      Age at Death: 24
      District: Bolton
      County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c
      Page: 295

Children
- Mary (Polly) Alice Atherton Tomlinson
  Mary, known as Polly, was born about July 1870 in Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Born Bolton, Lancashire
    9mo old in 1871 census
    
    Name: Mary Alice Tomlinson
    Year of Registration: 1870
    Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
    District: Bolton
    County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
    Volume: 8c
    Page: 364
  She died in 1914 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    
    Name: Mary Halliwell
    Estimated birth year: abt 1869
    Year of Registration: 1914
    Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Age at Death: 45
    District: Bolton
    County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
    Volume: 8c
    Page: 498
    
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    Name: Mary Halliwell
    Estimated birth year: abt 1869
    Year of Registration: 1914
    Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Age at Death: 45
    District: Bolton
    County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
    Volume: 8c
    Page: 498
  Ellen Tomlinson
  Ellen was born in 1873 in Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    This christening record is for Lancaster, so probably another Tomlinson family. They also had a daughter henrietta, christened in Spe 1871, but no Mary Alice.
    
    Ellen <Tomlinson>
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 28 DEC 1873 Saint Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire.
    Parents:
    Father: William Tomlinson
    Mother: Harriet

Family Timeline

¹ FreeBMD.org.uk
² 1871 UK Census
³ 1881 UK Census

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