Bertha Jane (Sell) Bolton (1879 - 1969)

Born 22 Jul 1879 in Otham, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of George William Bolton — married 20 May 1899 in Birling, Kent, England

Died 1969 at about age 89 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England

Biography

Bertha Jane Sell was baptised in Otham, Kent on 31 August 1879, she was the daughter of Richard Sell and Lavinia Smith^[1]

She married George William Bolton in Birling on 20 May 1899. Their fathers were recorded as George William Bolton and Richard Sell, deceased, and the marriage witnesses were James and Lavinia Farnfield. ^[2]

Bertha passed away in Ware, Hertfordshire in 1969. ^[3]

Census

1881 census: Hale Cottage, Otham, Maidstone, Kent ^[4]

• Richard Sales Head Married Male 41 1840 Ag Labour Langley, Kent, England
• Levina Sales Wife Married Female 33 1848 - Detling, Kent, England
• Charles A Sales Son Single Male 15 1866 Farm Servant Langley, Kent, England
• Albert H Sales Son Single Male 13 1868 Schoolar Langley, Kent, England
• Thomas W Sales Son Single Male 11 1870 Schoolar Otham, Kent, England
• John Sales Son Single Male 9 1872 Schoolar Otham, Kent, England
• Alice E Sales Daughter Single Female 4 1877 - Otham, Kent, England
• Richard Sales Son Single Male 2 1879 - Otham, Kent, England
• Bertha J Sales Daughter Single Female 1 1880 - Otham, Kent, England

1891 census: Selling, Kent ^[5]

• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Richard Sell Head Male 52 Kent, England
• Lavina Sell Wife Female 44 Kent, England
• Thomas W Sell Son Male 21 Kent, England
• Richard Sell Son Male 12 Kent, England
• Arthur J Sell Son Male 11 Kent, England
• Cyrus J Sell Son Male 6 Kent, England
• Bertha J Sell Daughter Female 11 Kent, England
• Lavina E Sell Daughter Female 2 Kent, England

1901 census: Halling, Kent ^[6]

• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• George W Bolton Head Male 25 Lenham, Kent
• Bertha J Bolton Wife Female 21 Otham, Kent
• Ethel M Bolton Daughter Female 1 Snodland, Kent

1939 Register

The Vicarage Wadesmill Road, Ware U.D., Hertfordshire ^[7]

• Arthur Phillips 1877 19 Jan 1877 Male Vicar Of Ware Clerk In Holy God Married 2 1
• Florence E Phillips 1873 12 ? 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 2 2
• Emily R Devitt 1866 ? ? 1866 Female None Single 2 3
• Dorothy L Maskell (Logsdail,Pearce) 1915 01 Jul 1915 Female Domestic Servant Single 2 4
• Bertha J Bolton 1879 22 Jul 1879 Female Domestic Servant Married 2 5
• George William Bolton 1875 27 Nov 1875 Male Gardener Married 2 6

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY6J-2X4 : 11 February 2018, Bertha Jane Sell, 31 Aug 1879); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,835,536.
2. ↑ Findmypast Kent Marriages And Banns [1]
3. ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q4 1969 Ware vol 4b page 846
4. ↑ Findmypast 1881 census [2]
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNR-GT2 : 3 May 2019),
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XY-HV5 : 20 May 2019),
7. ↑ Findmypast 1939 Register [3]