Charles Gilbert Bolton

11 February 1849–17 September 1912 (Age 63)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Charles Gilbert

When Charles Gilbert Bolton was born on 11 February 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Curtis Edwin Bolton, was 36 and his mother, Ellen Coil Merritt, was 19. He married Priscilla Miranda Osguthorpe on 5 February 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1889 and lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 17 September 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Gilbert Bolton
1849–1912
Priscilla Miranda Osguthorpe
1852–1929
Marriage: 5 February 1873
Horace Bolton
1875–1875
John Gilbert Bolton
1876–1961
Lydia Roper Bolton
1879–1943
Mabel Bolton
1881–1883
Charles Merritt Bolton
1884–1962
Rufus Gerald Bolton
1890–1918
Mervin Curtis Bolton
1895–1973

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 February 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1851
    Age 2
    Per Find a Grave Memorials, the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1851. Mary Susan Johnson BIRTH\t27 Nov 1850 Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA DEATH\t10 Mar 1851 (aged 3 months) Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA BURIAL\t Elysian Burial Gardens Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID\t65119048
    1863
    Age 14
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
    Age 17
    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern England named Bolton (Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire) or from Boulton in Derbyshire and East Lothian in Scotland, from Old English bothl ‘dwelling, house’ (see Bold 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Boulton
    Bold

    Story Highlight

    Charles Gilbert Bolton - History - 1849

    This history was found in the genealogical records of granddaughter, Helen Claire Bolton (Gustaveson). Charles Gilbert Bolton was born 11 February 1849 in Salt Lake City, Utah, His father …

    Sources (41)

    • Chas M Bolton in household of Priscilla Bolton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Chas L. in entry for Charles Merritt Bolton and Evelyn Elizabeth Ellis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Charles Gilbert, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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