Louisa Cecilia Bolton (abt. 1837)

Born about 1837 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the St Helens, Lancashire One Place Study.

Louisa Cecilia Bolton was born in about 1837 in Liverpool, Lancashire. She was probably the daughter of Elizabeth Bolton, who was in the same household in 1841. Louisa was the niece of Roman Catholic priest Richard Bolton. She was probably the granddaughter of Henry Bolton (1776-1860) who was buried in the same grave as Louisa.

By June 6th 1841, Louisa and and her presumed mother Elizabeth were living in Liverpool Road, Eccleston, Lancashire. Her mother's occupation was recorded as "P.D." but unfortunately this is not one of the abbreviations the enumerators were meant to use, so its meaning is unclear. Private domestic? Provision dealer? Priest's something? Also in the household (and a separate family unit, demarcated by the "//" between Lousia and Peter) were Peter Bolton (aged 25-9 and an organist), Catherine Bolton (25-29) and Mary Ann Bolton (3). There's a good chance Peter was Elizabeth's brother-in-law and Louisa's uncle.

By March 30th 1851, Louisa was living in Grove Square, Leyburn, Yorkshire with her uncle Richard Bolton, who was the Catholic priest of St Peter and St Paul in Leyburn, and her spinster aunt Martha M Bolton, his housekeeper. They had one servant, 32-year-old Fanny Hasker, and a lodger, 28-year-old Richard Foss, who was the organist, a professor of music, and also schoolmaster (of the Catholic school - he died of tuberculosis in Chester in 1855.^[1])

In about 1853-4, when she was 16 or 17 years old, Louisa designed the one stained glass window of St Peter and St Paul's Church, the east window.^[2]

By April 7th 1861, Louisa was in Leyburn with her uncle Richard Bolton and aunt Martha M Bolton. Richard was still the Catholic priest; Martha and Louisa were independent by income from money. Frances Harker (now 42) was still their house servant.

Louisa died in about May 1861 at St Peter's RC Chapel House, Leyburn, Yorkshire; her death notice was published on 4 May 1861, and she was buried on 6 May 1861 in Wigan Cemetery, Lower Ince, Lancashire.

Research Notes

Census

1841: Lpool Road, Eccleston

  Elizebath Bolton 30 P D Y

  Lousia Bolton 4 Y //

  Peter Bolton 25 Orgenist Y

  Catherine Bolton 25 Y

  Mary Ann Bolton 3 Y

Burial

Buried together in grave E304 (RC):

  Henry Bolton, 12 Jul 1860, aged 84, died Great George St

  Louisa Cacilia Bolton, 6 May 1861, aged 25, died Chapel House, Bedale, Yorkshire

  Martha Bolton, 15 Mar 1876, aged 59, died 35 Clayton St Wallgate

Sources

1. ↑ St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic School, Leyburn, North Yorkshire. The Early Years 1836-1872
2. ↑ https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101130906-roman-catholic-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-leyburn

• Death notice: "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ7-M2M4 : 18 April 2019), Miss Louisa Cecilia Bolton, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 4 May 1861, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

• Burial: Wigan Cemetery Index on WiganWorld

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2G-YW4 : 22 May 2019), Lousia Bolton in household of Elizebath Bolton, Prescot, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Piece 516-07 folio 5 page 2 & Piece 516-07 folio 5 page 3

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG11-HCJ : 12 September 2019), Louisa Bolton in household of Richard Bolton, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (North Riding), England; citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (North Riding), England, p. 6, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M74R-LVR : 3 March 2021), Louisa C Bolton in household of Frances Harker, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.