Alice Tomlinson
Alice was born in June 1829 in
Bolton and her christening took place there on June 14th, 1829 conducted by Curate S Fogg.
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Birth Notes
Alice Tomlinson
Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 14 JUN 1829 Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
Parents:
Father: Richard Tomlinson
Mother: Mrs. Ann Tomlinson
Abode: Great Bolton
Occupation: Weaver
Name: Alice Tomkinson
Baptism Date: 14 Jun 1829
Parish: Bolton le Moors, St Peter
Parish as it Appears: Bolton-le-Moors
Father's Name: Richd Tomkinson
Mother's name: Ann Tomkinson
Reference Number: GB127.L243/1/3/8
Alice was born in May or June 1829 (to be 12 on 1841 census and 21 on 1851 census).
Alice's father was
Richard Tomlinson and her mother was
Ann Bolton. Her paternal grandparents were
Richard Tomlinson and
Alice Allen; her maternal grandparents were
Thomas Bolton and
Mary Whitaker. She had four brothers and three sisters, named
Thomas,
Richard,
William,
Joshua,
Mary,
Polly and
Ellen. She was the second oldest of the eight children. She died at the age of 79 on May 21st, 1909 in
Bolton.
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Death Notes
Still alive for probate of John Ward in Feb 1905
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1909
WARD Alice 80 South West Bolton Bolton SWB/9/483
Deaths Jun 1909 (>99%)
WARD Alice 80 Bolton 8c, 241
Alice died in 1909, and there are two possible probate records. THe following seems possible, as her estate is left to a grocer:
Probate:
WARD Alice of Roslyn House, Bamber Bridge (near Preston), Lancashire widow died 4 Apr 1909. Probate Lancaster 21 May 20. John Aloysius Wilson grocer and Wilfred Syms solicitor's clerk. Effects £350.
General Notes
This is not the Alice Tomlinson from Haslingden born 1830. Aged 12 on the 1841 census with John and Alice McRay at Back Shaw Street, not with parents Richard and Ann.
In 1851, living in Great Bolton (aged 21).
In 1861, living at 19 Shaw Street, Great Bolton with mother and siblings.
Living at 17 Commission St, Great Bolton, Lancashire (1881) with mother Ann Tomlinson and sister Mary.
Alice Ward died at Roslyn House, Bamber Bridge (near Preston) in 1909, leving £350 to John Aloysius Wilson, a grocer (b.1875). He was in Walton-le-Dale in 1911 and Preston in 1917 (listed in the 1917 Preston directory). He was married to Mary Ellen Wilson (b.1880), and has a brother Edward Wilson (b.1880), non of whom seem to be related to Alice.
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Occupation Details
From 1851 Alice's occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
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From 1861 her occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
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From 1871 her occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
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From 1881 her occupation was Machinist in manufacturing.
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Whereabouts
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Alice lived at
8 Shaw Street from 1841.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Connections & Relationships
Alice lived with
Mary (Polly) Tomlinson.
Relationship Notes
Mary Morris was described as sister of John Ward in 1901, and living together with Alice Ward (nee Tomlinson)
Alice and
John were married in a religious ceremony on June 17th, 1861 in
Bolton by Vicar Henry Powell and witnessed by Richard, Mary and Ellen Tomlinson, David Bellis.
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Mary. There are no more children.
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Children
Mary Bellis
Mary was born in 1866 in
Bolton and her baptism took place on February 10th, 1867 at
St. Peter's (Bolton).
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Birth Notes
Aged 1 when died, so born 1866
Name: Mary Bellis
Baptism Date: 10 Feb 1867
Parish: Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
Father: John Bellis (a spinner)
Mother: Alice Bellis
Register Type: Bishop's Transcripts
Reference Number: Drm/2/32
She died at the age of 1 in December 1867 in
Bolton. She was buried on December 25th, 1867 at
Tonge-with-Haulgh Cemetery.
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Death Notes
Deaths Dec 1867 (>99%)
Bellis Mary 1 Bolton 8c, 263
Buried at Tonge Cemetare in the same grave as Richars and Ann Tomlinson.
Alice and
John were married in a religious ceremony in September 1879 in
Bolton.
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Marriage/Union Notes
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1879
BELLIS Alice WARD John Bolton, Christ Church Bolton 65/3/357
There are no children.
Family Notes
Bellis, Alice
Bolton 8c 287