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In [Q2] 1881, he married Sarah Ann Whiteley in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Willow House, Cote Hill, 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)
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]
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
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
He was landlord of the Malt Shovel, Elland [1901, 1905, 1911].
In [Q2] 1878, he married Ellen Walton [1848-19??] from
Brighouse.
Children:
She was headmistress of Halifax High School for Girls [1898, 1905].
Her sister, Ethel A. Bolton, was assistant mistress at the
school [1901]
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
He was a worsted spinning overlooker [1900].
On 7th July 1900, he married Mary Sophia Barrett in Halifax
Children:
The couple died in Bradford
In May 1870, he was declared bankrupt
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
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
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.
Children:
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
He was the first occupant of Cawsey House.
Bolton Brow is named for him
He was
a farmer /
a carrier.
On 17th July 1884, he married Lydia Haigh [1862-1901] in Halifax.
Children:
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
On 2nd January 1841, the Halifax Guardian reported that
He was a labourer.
On 4th April 1885, he married Mary Fitton [1866-1909] in
Halifax
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at 14 Stoodley Terrace, Warley Road [1911]
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
Physician and surgeon with a surgery at 12 Park Road, Halifax [1937]
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
Naturalist.
He lived at
Pye Nest.
He probably worked at Edwards cloth-finishing works
there
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.
Children:
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
He married Unknown.
Children:
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
He was sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude
Mary Sophia was the daughter of William Barrett
Annie was the
daughter of Annice (née Horsfall) [1856-1921] & Greenwood Bloomer [1859-1927],
nursery gardener
Lydia was born in Sowerby Bridge
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
Mary was born in Oldham
Jane was born in Sowerby Bridge
one of the worst men in Halifax
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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:
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