Jadwiga C (Cygnor) Bolton (1910 - 1998)

Born 12 Oct 1910 in Amsterdam, Montgomery Cty, NYS

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Roaul Bolton — married about 1945 (to 23 Nov 1998) in Phillipines

Died 23 Nov 1998 at age 88 in Sarasota, Sarasota, FL [uncertain]

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Biography

Amelia was born in Amsterdam in 1910^[1]. She was the daughter of John Cygnor and Helen Zierak.

In 1918 she was noted in the Amsterdam newspaper for perfect attendance at school ^[2].

In 1939, she was vice president of the St Theresa's Society 361 of the Polish Union of America^[3].

The 1940 US Federal Census found her living at 15 Smith Ave. with her father John (71), mother Helen (68), sister Clara (31), and nephew Thomas (13).

Emily was commissioned as an officer in the Women's Army Corps in Jul of 1942^[4] and was assigned to a position in the Phillipines Sep, 1945 where she married Captain Peter Bolton in 1947^[5].

In 1950 and 1951, her husband Peter's shipping company was listed in the Amsterdam City Directory as the owner of the Cygnor home at 15 Smith Ave.^[6].

Peter, later worked as a boat pilot in the Panama Canal Zone. After Panama achieved its independence from the United States, Peter and Emily moved to Sarasota Florida where they spent the rest of their lives and raised their family^[7].

Emily died in 1998 in Sarasota Florida ^[8][1]. She's buried in St. John's Cemetery in Amsterdam with her parents and siblings ^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=5629779&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7338
2. ↑ Amsterdam Evening Recorder Saturday June 22 1918 on FultonHistory.com. "Amsterdam NY Daily Democrat and Recorder 1918 May-Oct Grayscale - 0338.pdf"
3. ↑ Evening Recorder, Amsterdam N.Y. Saturday January 7, 1939 on FultonHistory.com "Amsterdam NY Daily Democrat and Recorder 1938 Dec-1939 Mar Grayscale - 0177.pdf"
4. ↑ U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8939&h=4354215&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442
5. ↑ Evening Recorder, Amsterdam NY, Tuesday, April 22, 1947 on FultonHistory.com. " Amsterdam NY Daily Democrat and Recorder 1947 Feb-May Grayscale - 0831.pdf"
6. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for Emily Bolton New York Amsterdam 1950 Amsterdam, New York, City Directory, 1951 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/56902196:2469?tid=&pid=&queryId=69d901eb0fbfd038a79d346c275a3eff&_phsrc=euD63&_phstart=successSource
7. ↑ Emily and Peter corresponded with my mother and father, and we have several letters and photos of their life in Florida
8. ↑ Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7338&h=4626639&tid=&pid=&queryId=06b843d472518ce0c55d95e02b92ff0d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=euD65&_phstart=successSource
9. ↑ U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3686876:8750