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Alice Tomlinson

1829 Alice Tomlinson

This picture was taken on June 14th, 1829.

Alice was born in June 1829 in Bolton and her christening took place there on June 14th, 1829 conducted by Curate S Fogg.¹²

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.³

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.

Occupation Details
- From 1851 Alice's occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 census
  From 1861 her occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1861 census
  From 1871 her occupation was Cotton (Twist) Winder in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1871 Census
  From 1881 her occupation was Machinist in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1881 census

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Alice lived at 8 Shaw Street from 1841.⁴
  - 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 1841.⁴
  - 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 1871.⁵
  - 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 57 John St from 1871.⁶
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of John Bellis and Alice (nee Tomlinson) in 1871
  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
- 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)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Tomlinson
  - b.~  1740
  
  Richard Tomlinson
  - b.1768 in Warrington d.Jan 1801 in Warrington
  
  Tomlinson
  - b.~  1740
  
  Richard Tomlinson
  - b.Oct 1798 in Warrington d.22 Dec 1857 at 8 Shaw Street
  
  John Allen
  - b.~  1750 in Warrington
  
  Alice Allen
  - b.1772 in Warrington d.>Apr 1841 in Warrington
  
  Ellen Welsby
  - b.~  1750 in Warrington
  
  Alice Tomlinson
  - b.Jun 1829 in Bolton d.21 May 1909 in Bolton
  
  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 National Probate Records
⁴ 1841 UK Census
⁵ 1861 UK Census
⁶ 1871 UK Census
⁷ 1881 UK Census
Sources/Citations 1901 UK Census, BMD-Lancashire