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William Bolshaw

William was born in October 1815 in Brereton cum Smethwick and his baptism took place there on October 21st, 1815.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 46 in 1861 (at Highfield Road)
  Aged 47 in Feb 1863 (when died)
  
  Name:    William Bolshaw
  Gender:    Male
  Record Type:    Christening (Baptism)
  Baptism Date:    21 Oct 1815
  Baptism Place:    Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England
  Residence Place:    Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England
  Father:    Thomas Bolshaw
  Mother:    Mary Bolshaw

William's father was Thomas Bolshaw and his mother was Mary Clayton. He had two brothers and a sister, named Thomas, Joseph and Emma. William and Joseph were twins. He died at the age of 47 in December 1862 in West Derby. His burial was on December 17th, 1862 at St. Mary (Deane).³

Death Notes
- Name:    William Balshaw
  Age:    40
  Birth Date:    abt 1822
  Burial Date:    17 Dec 1862
  Burial Place:    Deane, St Mary, Lancashire, England
  Reference Number:    GB127.L85/1/4/8
  NOTE: This is another William BALSHAW, with death registered in Bolton.
  
  BOLSHAW, WILLIAM        47
  GRO Reference: 1863 M Quarter in WEST DERBY AND TOXTETH PARK Volume 08B Page 407
  or
  BALSHAW, WILLIAM        48
  GRO Reference: 1863 J Quarter in WEST DERBY AND TOXTETH PARK
  Volume 08B Page 354

General Notes
- Balshaw or Bolshaw, was the son of Thomas, a farmer.
  
  Feb 1861, William was a Grocer at Wilde Street, Liverpool when he married Ann Grace, the daughter of Thomas Grace, a miner.
  
  April 1861 (census) William and Ann (46 and 35), just married and Mary Grace with them (5) at Highfield Road, West Derby, Lancashire. William was born at Brereton.
  
  Died 1863 in West Dervy, aged 47 (not Deane, Bolton)

Occupation Details
- From 1861 William's occupation was Grocer's Assistant in sales in West Derby.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Grocer when married Ann, although a Grocer's Assistant on the 1861 West Derby census

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Bolshaw
  - b.~ 1780 d.< 1841
  
  William Bolshaw
  - b.Oct 1815 in Brereton cum Smethwick d.Dec 1862 in West Derby
  
  Mary Clayton
  - b.~ 1780 d.> 1841

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of William's family with Ann (Nancy) Grace

¹ 1861 UK Census
² Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
³ Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials