46.2 Siblings of Matilda MacDonald (née Bolton)

James and Mary Anne Bolton had three children:

• 45.2.1 - Matilda Bolton (1829-1859)
• See Chapter 45

• 45.2.2 - James Bolton (1832-1922)
• Moved back to Kent, England and confused the census collectors, some of whom thought he was from the West Indies, others just wrote "foreign parts"
• Agricultural labourer
• Staying with grandparents Morgan in  Lenham nr Maidstone
• Maidstone is the county town of Kent. My photos are here.

Archbishop's Stables, Maidstone - a C14 tithe barn,
now a museum full of carriages of types which would have been familiar to James

• Married Sarah E Thomas (1842) in Hollingbourn nr Maidstone in 1861
• Moved to Snodland nr Tonbridge (my photos of Tonbridge are here), and Ryarsh nr West Malling
• Children:
• Mary Elizabeth Bolton (1862)
• Louisa Bolton (1863)
• Ellen Bolton (1866)
• Frances Pamela Bolton (1876)
• Alice Bolton (1879)
• William H Bolton (1882)
• Kate Bolton (1887)

More information on these individuals in Chapter 55.

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