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Ann Bolton

1804 Ann Bolton

This picture was taken on March 4th, 1804 and sourced from Ancestry.co.uk.

Individual Picture Notes
- Ann d. of Thomas and Mary Bolton of GB

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

Birth Notes
- Aged 35 in 1841 (at Shaw Street, Bolton)
  Aged 47 in 1851, Gt. Bolton (and Richard born Warrington)
  
  Name    Ann Bolton
  Event Type    Baptism
  Baptism Date    4 Mar 1804
  Baptism Place    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Father    Thomas Bolton
  Mother    Mary Bolton
  Reference Number    GB127.L243/1/2/3
  
  Ann d of Thomas & Mary Bolton of G.B.

Ann's father was Thomas Bolton and her mother was Mary Whitaker. She had three brothers and five sisters, named John, Richard, Abraham, Grace, Maria, Sarah, Mary and Maria. She was the third oldest of the nine children. She died at the age of 85 in December 1889 in Bolton. Her burial was on December 25th, 1889 at Tonge-with-Haulgh Cemetery.³⁴

Death Notes
- TOMLINSON, ANN 85
  GRO Reference: 1889 D Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C Page 298
  
  TOMLINSON Ann 85 Great Bolton Bolton GB/9/203
  
  burial register summary
  last name Tomlinson
  first names Ann
  burial date 25 December 1889
  authority Bolton Council
  location Tonge Cemetery (Lancashire)
  Richard and Ann were buried at Tonge in a grave with 8 others.

General Notes
- Ann Tomlinson was definately a Bolton, as her brother-in-law, John Bolton, lived with the family for much of his life.
  
  In 1825, Richard Tomlinson and Ann Bolton were married at St Peter's, Bolton.
  
  In 1841, Richard and Ann (40 & 35) are living at Shaw St. Bolton with Thomas (15), Richard (3) and Mary (10mo) mother Mary Bolton (60) and family. There daughter Alice (12) was living nearby at Back Shaw Street, possibly as a servant.
  
  In 1851 at 8 Shaw St, Bolton with family and Brother John Bolton.
  
  In 1871, Ann (67, Wid) was a provision dealer at 19 Shaw Street. With her were Richard (son, 33, Wid), Mary (29), John (23), grandson Peter B (4) and Jophn Bolton (63, boarder).
  
  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. She died in 1889, and was buried on Christmas Day. Richard and Ann were buried at Tonge Cemetery in a grave with 9 other family members (see reference).

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 in Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1861 census
  From 1871 her occupation was Provision Dealer in sales in Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1871 census, at Shaw Street.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Ann lived at 8 Shaw Street from 1841.⁵
  - 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 1841.⁵
  - 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 19 Shaw Street for ten years from 1861 to after 1871.⁶
  - 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 1901.⁷
  - 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.⁸
  - 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
    - In 1841, Mary Bolton (60) was living with Richard & Ann Tomlinson and son John Bolton 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's (nee Bolton) home, where Mary and James Hibbert were living at 17 Commission St, while his father was working in Birkenhead.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Bolton
  - b.~ 1776 in Bolton d.< 1837 in Bolton
  
  Ann Bolton
  - b.1804 in Bolton d.Dec 1889 in Bolton
  
  Mary Whitaker
  - b.1777 in Lancashire d.Dec 1855 in Bolton

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² FamilySearch.org
³ Deceased Online
⁴ GRO Reference
⁵ 1841 UK Census
⁶ 1861 UK Census
⁷ 1881 UK Census
⁸ 1871 UK Census
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