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Richard Tomlinson

1838 Richard Tomlinson

This picture was taken on March 4th, 1838 and sourced from Ancestry.co.uk.

Richard was born in January 1838 in Bolton and his christening took place there on March 4th, 1838.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 3 in 1841 at Shaw Street, Bolton
  
  Born Jan 1841 (or earlier) as 58 when he died.
  
  TOMLINSON, RICHARD        BOLTON
  GRO Reference: 1838 M Quarter in BOLTON UNION
  Volume 21 Page 81
  
  Richard Tomlinson
  Christening: 04 MAR 1838   Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
  Parents:
  Father: Richard Tomlinson
  Mother: Anne Tomlinson
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838
  TOMLINSON    Richard    BOLTON    Eastern Bolton    EB/1/396

Richard's father was Richard Tomlinson and his mother was Ann Bolton. His paternal grandparents were Richard Tomlinson and Alice Allen; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Bolton and Mary Whitaker. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, William, Joshua, Alice, Mary, Polly and Ellen. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 58 on January 22nd, 1896 in Bolton. His burial was on January 25th, 1896 at the Heaton Cemetery.³⁴

Death Notes
- Only the one match for Bolton from 1888 to 1900, and age matches perfectly.
  
  Name: Richard Tomlinson
  Estimated birth year: abt 1838
  Year of Registration: 1896
  Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
  Age at Death: 58
  District: Bolton
  County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c
  Page: 288
  
  Heaton Cemetary Burial Register @ 50465
  Richard buried with 5 others.

General Notes
- Born in and living in Great Bolton in 1851 (aged 13).
  
  Living at 19 Shaw Street, Great Bolton in 1861 with mother and siblings.
  
  28 Jan 1866, Richard Tomlinson, Iron Moulder of Shaw Street, married Sarah Bradley. They had a child Peter Bradley Tomlinson the following year.
  
  Sarah died in 1868, aged only 20, and by 1871, Richard and his son had returned to live at 19 Shaw Street with his now widowed mother Ann.
  
  Later married Sarah and in 1881, Richard and Sarah at 19 ? Street, Bolton with son Peter B (aged 13), and two new daughters: Ann (b 1878) and Ellen B (b 1880).
  
  In 1891, Sarah and Richard living at 74 Gas Street, Bolton with Ellen B (aged 11) and Richard (aged 8)

Occupation Details
- From 1851 to after 1987 Richard's occupation was Iron Moulder in manufacturing in Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 (obscured), 1861, 1871, 1881 census, living most of the time at Shaw Street, Bolton.
  From 1866 his occupation was Iron Moulder in manufacturing in Bolton. He retired before 1939.
  - Occupation Notes
    - A moulder when Peter B baptised. Retired Iron Moulder in 1939

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Richard 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)
  He 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)
  He 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.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Richard was a representative of William Tomlinson.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1870, Richard was witness to his brother William's marriage to Mary Ann Barnes

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
  
  Richard Tomlinson
  - b.Jan 1838 in Bolton d.22 Jan 1896 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 Deceased Online
⁴ FreeBMD.org.uk
⁵ 1841 UK Census
⁶ 1861 UK Census
Sources/Citations 1871 UK Census, 1881 UK Census, Individual - David Lewin