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John Pollitt

John was born in July 1840 in Tonge-with-Haulgh and his baptism took place on September 20th, 1840 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 11mo in 1841, at Crow Nests, Lever
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
  POLLITT    John    GREENHALGH    Tonge with Haulgh, Bolton    TWH/2/179
  
  POLLITT, JOHN        GREENHALGH
  GRO Reference: 1840 S Quarter in BOLTON UNION
  Volume 21 Page 156
  
  Name    John Pollitt
  Baptism Date    20 Sep 1840
  Baptism Place    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears    Bolton-le-Moors
  Father    Miles Pollitt
  Mother    Betty Pollitt
  Reference Number    GB127.L243/1/3/15
  
  John son of Miles & Betty Greenhalgh of Haulgh, Weaver

John's father was Miles Pollitt and his mother was Betty (Elizabeth) Openshaw Greenhalgh. He had a brother and three sisters, named James, Ann, Ellen and Mary. He was the second oldest of the five children. He had two half-sisters named Esther and Sarah.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Miles Pollitt
  - b.1806 in Darcy Lever d.1847 in Darcy Lever
  
  John Pollitt
  - b.Jul 1840 in Tonge-with-Haulgh
  
  Betty (Elizabeth) Openshaw Greenhalgh
  - b.1816 in Darcy Lever d.Dec 1898 in Bolton

¹ 1841 UK Census
² Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms