Born in Trewellard, Cornwall, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Bolitho
and Margaret (Mayn) Bolitho
Sister of
Jenifer (Bolitho) Eddy, Thomas Bolitho, William Bolitho, Mary Mayn (Bolitho) Johns, Nanny (Bolitho) Fenn, Elizabeth Bolitho and Emily (Bolitho) Richards
Wife of
William Henry Bone
— married
8 Jan 1865 in Pendeen, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Mother of
Margaret (Bone) Temby and William Henry Bone
Died
at about age 100
in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Biography
Amelia Bolitho was born in Trewellard St Just Cornwall in 1840. She was the daughter of Thomas Bolitho and his wife Margaret Mayn.[1]
1841 Census
Address: Trewellard St Just in Penwith Cornwall England
| Surname First name(s) | Sex | Age | Occupation | Where Born |
| BOLITHO Thomas | M | 47 | Miner-Copper | Cornwall |
| BOLITHO Margaret | F | 45 | Cornwall | |
| BOLITHO William | M | 15 | Miner-Copper | Cornwall |
| BOLITHO Mary | F | 14 | Cornwall | |
| BOLITHO Nanny | F | 10 | Cornwall | |
| BOLITHO Betsy | F | 8 | Cornwall | |
| BOLITHO Emily | F | 6 | Cornwall | |
| BOLITHO Amelia | F | 1 | Cornwall |
1851 Census
Address: Trewellard St Just in Penwith Cornwall
| Householder | Role | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Where Born |
| BOLITHO Thomas | Head | M | M | 58 | Working Engineer | Cornwall - St Just |
| BOLITHO Margaret | Wife | M | F | 57 | Cornwall - St Just | |
| BOLITHO Nanny | Dau | U | F | 19 | Milliner | Cornwall - St Just |
| BOLITHO Elizabeth | Dau | U | F | 18 | Cornwall - St Just | |
| BOLITHO Emily | Dau | U | F | 16 | Cornwall - St Just | |
| BOLITHO Amelia | Dau | U | F | 11 | Scholar | Cornwall - St Just |
1861 census
Address: Higher Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall
| Householder | Role | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Where Born |
| BOLITHO Margaret | Head | W | F | 63 | Cornwall - St Just | |
| BOLITHO Emily | Dau | U | F | 26 | Cornwall - St Just | |
| BOLITHO Amelia | Dau | U | F | 21 | Dressmaker | Cornwall - St Just |
| BROWN Mary | Aunt | W | F | 69 | Cornwall - St Just |
Amelia Bolitho a spinster aged 25 married William Henry Bone a bachelor aged 28 on the 8th of January 1865 in Pendeen Cornwall.[5] William was the son of William Bone and was a Miner like his father. John Bennetts and John Johns were witnesses.
They migrated to the USA after the birth of two children, Margaret (1865) and William Henry (1867) in 1871[6].
Amelia died in Sacramento in 1940[7]
Sources
- ↑ Cornwall OPC Database Baptisms 3274051
- ↑ Piece: HO107/144/8 Place: Penwith -Cornwall Enumeration District: 3 Civil Parish: St. Just Ecclesiastical Parish: - Folio: 39 Page: 19 Address: Trewallard
- ↑ Piece: HO107/1919 Place: Scilly Islands -Cornwall Enumeration District: 3c Civil Parish: St. Just Ecclesiastical Parish: Pendeen Folio: 147 Page: 46 Schedule: 145
- ↑ Piece: RG9/1597 Place: Penzance -Cornwall Enumeration District: 7 Civil Parish: St. Just In Penwith Ecclesiastical Parish: Pendeen Folio: 5 Page: 4 Schedule: 19
- ↑ Cornwall OPC Database Marriages tel:1606390
- ↑ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Q-DV3X : 11 March 2018), Amelia Bone, 1871; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,704
- ↑ California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFL-1G7 : 26 November 2014), Amelia Bone, 19 Dec 1940; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Family oral history tells of migration to the USA
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amelia:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Ken Davies 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kenvyndavies
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~1.56%
Dee (Thomson) Baker :
23andMe, GEDmatch M713621 [compare]
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~1.56%
Edward Thomas Hunt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YR5684731 [compare], Ancestry member eddiesblkdorpers
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