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Mr Bolton [18??-19??]
Albert Cropley Bolton [1855-1947]
Ann Bolton [1866-19??]
Betty Bolton [1???-18??]
Clement Bolton [1897-1917]
Edmund Bolton [1893-1917]
Edwin Bolton [1821-1???]
Edwin Bolton [1853-19??]
Elizabeth Bolton [17??-18??]
Miss Ellen A. Bolton [1868-19??]
Rev Francis Bolton [1839-1898]
Francis Bolton [1875-1942]
Frederick Bolton [18??-1???]
George Bolton [1896-1918]
James Bolton [1735-1799]
John Bolton [17??-17??]
John Bolton [1884-1918]
Jonas Bolton [17??-1???]
Jonathan Bolton [17??-17??]
Laurence Bolton [1???-1???]
Lewis Bolton [1862-19??]
Mary Ann Bolton [1???-18??]
Michael Bolton [16??-16??]
Philip Bolton [1865-1931]
Robert Bolton [15??-1632]
Samuel Bolton [1886-1917]
Stuart Bolton [18??-19??]
Thomas Bolton [17??-18??]
Thomas Bolton [1722-1778]
Thomas Mitchell Bolton [1853-1924]
William Bolton [1???-17??]
William Bolton [18??-18??]
William Bolton [18??-18??]
William Bolton [1853-1925]


Bolton, Mr
[18??-19??] A carrier with business at Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge. He hired out horses which might be needed to help pull heavy loads up the hills in the area

Bolton, Albert Cropley
[1855-1947] He was proprietor of Willow Hall Laundry, Halifax [1905].

In [Q2] 1881, he married Sarah Ann Whiteley in Halifax.

Children:

  1. George

The family lived at Willow House, Cote Hill, Halifax

Bolton, Ann
[1866-19??] Born in Halifax.

She was head teacher at (possibly) Ovenden Board School.

She lived at 4 Woodville Street, Ovenden [1901].

Living with her in 1901 was her sister Lizzie [aged 27] (assistant board school teacher) 

Bolton, Betty
[1???-18??] She ran a school in Halifax

Bolton, Clement
[1897-1917] Son of Lewis Bolton.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [1st October 1897]

He was a frame doffer [1911] / a warehouseman.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He was killed in action [9th October 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [125-128]

Bolton, Edmund
[1893-1917] Son of Philip Bolton.

Born in Halifax [11th November 1893].

He was a bobbin setter [1911] / employed by Hollingrake & Clegg Limited.

During World War I, he enlisted [9th October 1916] with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then with the 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, before he served as a Private with the Labour Corps.

He was severely wounded in the body & legs as he was helping to unload ammunition near a battery when an enemy shell burst near him. He died a few days later [26th October 1917].

He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XXII C 13A].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Bolton, Edwin
[1821-1???] Born in Warley.

He was beer house keeper at an unidentified beerhouse in Pellon Lane [1851].


Question: Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?

 

In [Q4] 1842, he married Hannah Fielding [1809-18??] in Halifax

Bolton, Edwin
[1853-19??] Born in Ovenden.

He was landlord of the Malt Shovel, Elland [1901, 1905, 1911].

In [Q2] 1878, he married Ellen Walton [1848-19??] from Brighouse.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1879]
  2. Eleanor [b 1886]

Bolton, Elizabeth
[17??-18??] Straw hat manufacturers at Woolshops, Halifax [1822]

Bolton, Miss Ellen A.
[1868-19??] Born in Preston.

She was headmistress of Halifax High School for Girls [1898, 1905]. Her sister, Ethel A. Bolton, was assistant mistress at the school [1901]

Bolton, Rev Francis
[1839-1898] BA.

Born in Luton. He was educated in Berlin and Leipzig and trained at Springhill College before becoming Minister at Providence Congregational Church, Elland [1865]. In August 1872, he moved to Lancashire. He subsequently worked in Birmingham and Brixton. In 1897, he retired to Lancaster

Bolton, Francis
[1875-1942] Born in Triangle.

He was a worsted spinning overlooker [1900].

On 7th July 1900, he married Mary Sophia Barrett in Halifax


Mary Sophia was the daughter of
William Barrett
 

Children:

  1. Reginald [1904-1978]

The couple died in Bradford

Bolton, Frederick
[18??-1???] Theatre manager. He worked in London, America and Canada. On returning to England, he worked at theatres in Halifax, Dewsbury and Wakefield.

In May 1870, he was declared bankrupt

Bolton, George
[1896-1918] Son of Albert C. Bolton.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914], and served with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 49th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He was wounded several times.

He died 12th April 1918 (aged 22), and was last seen at Armentières, still firing with the enemy only 5 yards away.

He was awarded the Croix De Guerre (Belgium).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [154-159 & 163A], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley

Bolton, James
[1735-1799] Son of William Bolton and younger brother of Thomas Bolton.

Mycologist, naturalist and botanical artist who produced several volumes of water-colours of plants and fungi from the Halifax district

He was one of the most influential figures in 18th-century botany and mycology

Bolton, John
[17??-17??] Coiner of Erringden. In 1779, he and his son Jonathan were convicted at York Assizes on charges of counterfeiting copper coins

Bolton, John
[1884-1918] Son of Thomas Mitchell Bolton.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [16th August 1884].

He was a farmer [1913].

On 25th January 1913, he married Annie Bloomer [1883-1952] at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.


Annie was the daughter of Annice (née Horsfall) [1856-1921] & Greenwood Bloomer [1859-1927], nursery gardener
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1914]
  2. Annie [b 1917]

The children were born in Luddendenfoot.

The family lived at 5 The Buttress, Luddenden.

Annie died there [1917].

During World War I, he served as a Lance Bombardier with the 298th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was killed in action [1st May 1918] (aged 33).

He was buried at the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery [I R 14].

He is remembered on the family grave at St Peter's Church, Sowerby, on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden

Bolton, Jonas
[17??-1???] Coiner of Erringden

Bolton, Jonathan
[17??-17??] Coiner of Sowerby. In 1779, he and his father, John, were convicted at York Assizes on charges of counterfeiting copper coins

Bolton, Laurence
[1???-1???] Shears maker of Sowerby Bridge.

He was the first occupant of Cawsey House.

Bolton Brow is named for him

Bolton, Lewis
[1862-19??] Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a farmer / a carrier.

On 17th July 1884, he married Lydia Haigh [1862-1901] in Halifax.


Lydia was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [1885-1957] who married [1906] Richard Henry Wray [1887-1947]; Elizabeth is buried in Sowerby
  2. Susannah [b 1895]
  3. Clement

The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.

The family lived at

Lydia died in 1901.

She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

There is no trace of Lewis after 1908.

In 1911, Clement and his sister Susannah were living with Elizabeth and her husband Richard at 1 John Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge

Bolton, Mary Ann
[1???-18??] Of Bradford.

On 2nd January 1841, the Halifax Guardian reported that


On Monday last, Mary Ann Bolton, a well-known nymph of the pave, was brought up at our court under the following circumstances. For some time she had been an inmate of the Dispensary, whence she absented herself without leave, taking with her as an addition to her own wardrobe, two shawls and a bonnet, not her own property. The bonnet she exchanged for drink, and one of the shawls for 2/6d. Mary Ann was escorted to Wakefield where she has been accommodated with standing room on the tread wheel
 

Bolton, Michael
[16??-16??] He lived at Coley Hall

Bolton, Philip
[1865-1931] Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer.

On 4th April 1885, he married Mary Fitton [1866-1909] in Halifax


Mary was born in Oldham
 

Children:

  1. Lauretta [1885-1900]
  2. Horace [1890-1923]
  3. Edmund
  4. Norman [1895-1960]
  5. Leonard [1896-1946]
  6. Phyllis [1901-1995]
  7. Winnie [1904-1989]

The children were born in Halifax.

The family lived at 14 Stoodley Terrace, Warley Road [1911]

Bolton, Robert
[15??-1632] He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1632]

Bolton, Samuel
[1886-1917] Son of William Bolton.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax & Sunday School / a member of Halifax Constitutional Club / a farmer's man [1911] / employed by Hartley Murgatroyd.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1916], and served as a Private / Batman with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by shellfire at Cambrai [26th November 1917].

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial [6 & 7], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax

Bolton, Stuart
[18??-19??] MD, FRCS.

Physician and surgeon with a surgery at 12 Park Road, Halifax [1937]

Bolton, Thomas
[17??-18??] He was Constable of Heptonstall.

In 1825, William Wadsworth and William Greenwood were charged with violently and maliciously assaulting Bolton. Wadsworth was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, Greenwood was discharged

Bolton, Thomas
[1722-1778] Son of William Bolton and older brother of James Bolton.

Naturalist. He lived at Pye Nest. He probably worked at Edwards cloth-finishing works there

Bolton, Thomas Mitchell
[1853-1924] Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a farmer [1884].

Thomas was imprisoned in HMP Wakefield for 1 month for gambling [1st August 1901].

On 13th February 1884, he married Jane Robinson [1859-1943] in Halifax.


Jane was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Alfred [b 1886]
  3. Janet Isabel [b 1889]
  4. Alice [1892-9th December 1918]
  5. Thomas [1894] who died aged 11 months
  6. Henrietta [b 1896]
  7. Annie [1898-30th March 1978]
  8. Edwin [b 1901]

The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.

The family lived at Brearley.

Thomas died 3rd April 1924 (aged 71).

Jane died 8th September 1943 (aged 84) 

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

Bolton, William
[1???-17??] Weaver in the Upper Calder Valley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. James

Bolton, William
[18??-18??] Master of Clifton Free School [1867]. He resigned in 1868. Rev James Webb took over with assistance from Ellis Wilkinson

Bolton, William
[18??-18??] Beerhouse keeper and scrap dealer of Halifax.


Question: Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?

 

On 9th January 1858, he was charged with feloniously receiving a quantity of lead, the property of George Walsh, a plumber and glazier in Halifax, after a bag of lead scraps had gone missing from Walsh's premises and was later found in Bolton's house. Bolton had been charged with several similar offences, and acquitted on each count. The Jury heard that he was well-known to the police as a receiver of stolen goods and was described by the Chief Constable as

one of the worst men in Halifax

He was sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude

Bolton, William
[1853-1925] Born in Bradford.

He was a loom tuner [1878].

In [Q2] 1878, he married Aminda Halford [1853-1925] in Halifax.


Aminda was born in Dunnington
 

Children:

  1. Samuel

The family lived at 29 Harrow Street, Mile Thorn [1911]

 

Bolton surname
Another form of the surname is Boulton.

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

There are over 30 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Bolton, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Bolton:


Marriages 1861, 1900, 1919, 1950; Deaths 1900, 1907
 




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