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Lillian Maud (Smith) Bolton (abt. 1883 - 1914)

Lillian Maud Bolton formerly Smith
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 29 Jan 1910 in York, Ontario, Canadamap
Died at about age 31 in Fleuve St-Laurent, Québecmap
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Biographie

Ce profil est un passager de l'Empress of Ireland le 29 mai 1914.

Lillian (26 ans) et George Henry Bolton se sont marries le 29 janvier 1910 a York, Ontario, Canada. [1]

Lillian, George et leurs enfants etait perdu le 29 May 1914 sur l'Empress of Ireland. [2]

Biography

This profile is a passenger of the Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914.

Lillian (age 26) married George Henry Bolton on 29 January 1910 in York, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Lillian, George and their children died on 29 May 1914 in the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.[2]

Research Notes

Find a Grave entry for Lillian Maud (Smith) Bolton[2] provides the following (unsourced) biography: ''Lillian Maud Bolton, nee Smith. She was born in September 1882 at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, England, to Benjamin Thomas, a plumber (who also had been a gas engineer and a smith), born about 1860 at Lambeth, Surrey, and Sarah Ann (nee O’Connell; she seems to have been born 1859 in the St. George Hanover Square district of London) Smith. Her parents had married 25 September 1881 in Bromley, Kent. It seems she was the Lillian Smith who was christened 3 July 1883 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England. She came to Canada in 1909. Lillian Maud Smith married George Henry Bolton on 29 January 1910 in Toronto. They both belonged to the Church of England, but were later described as Methodists. She was the mother of George Henry, Jr., and Sadie, who travelled with them on the Empress of Ireland. Sadly, all four would be lost in the sinking. According to press in 1914, her remains were identified 6 June by her sister-in-law.

Source

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marriage: "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938"
    Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 145
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7921 #3604072 (accessed 14 December 2021)
    Lillian Maud Smith (26) marriage to George Henry Bolton on 29 Jan 1910 in York, Ontario, Canada. Note: Father: Benjamin Thomas Smith, Mother: Sarah Oconnell Smith
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Burial: "Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current"
    Find A Grave: Memorial #223967634 (accessed 14 December 2021)
    Lillian Maud Bolton burial (died on 29 May 1914). Info provided: Lillian Maud Smith Bolton, BIRTH Sep 1882, Staffordshire, England, DEATH 29 May 1914 (aged 31), At Sea, BURIAL Buried or Lost at Sea, Specifically: Possibly buried in one of the Empress of Ireland mass graves., MEMORIAL ID 223967634. Lillian Maud Bolton, nee Smith. She was born in September 1882 at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, England, to Benjamin Thomas, a plumber (who also had been a gas engineer and a smith), born about 1860 at Lambeth, Surrey, and Sarah Ann (nee O’Connell; she seems to have been born 1859 in the St. George Hanover Square district of London) Smith. Her parents had married 25 September 1881 in Bromley, Kent. It seems she was the Lillian Smith who was christened 3 July 1883 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England. She came to Canada in 1909. Lillian Maud Smith married George Henry Bolton on 29 January 1910 in Toronto. They both belonged to the Church of England, but were later described as Methodists. She was the mother of George Henry, Jr., and Sadie, who travelled with them on the Empress of Ireland. Sadly, all four would be lost in the sinking. According to press in 1914, her remains were identified 6 June by her sister-in-law. Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.




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