Mary Jane Smith

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Smith was born on 14 November 1848, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Smith, was 26 and her mother, Mary Ann Mole, was 25. She married Henry Bolton on 11 December 1866, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in St John the Baptist's Church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 21 February 1920, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Bolton
1845–1919
Mary Jane Smith
1848–1920
Marriage: 11 December 1866
Frank Bolton
1867–1957
Amelia Bolton
1870–1932
Alice Bolton
1872–1875
Henry Thomas Bolton
1874–1946
Mary Estella Bolton
1877–1957
Walter Hodge Bolton
1880–1943
Joseph Smith Bolton
1882–1930
Ella Jane Bolton
1884–1973
David LeRoy Bolton
1886–1950
Beatrice Lorraine Bolton
1889–1983
Marguerite Bolton
1893–1984

Sources (54)

  • Mary J Bolton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary Jane Bolton, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • M J Smith in entry for Amelia Bolton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1853

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Thomas Humpherys BIRTH 20 Apr 1812 DEATH 20 Nov 1853 (aged 41) Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Paris Cemetery Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA MEMORIAL ID 73623967

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .

English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .

Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .

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

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Brief History of Henry Bolton and Mary Jane Smith

MY PARENTS In the year of 1866 a company of 500 saints set sail from England on the "American Congress" a sailing vessel. In this company were William Smith, his wife and family. Traveling w …

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