Ellen (Maria) Bolton (born Laflin) 1849-?

She was the daughter of Philip Laflin and his wife Mary Palmer of Ringshall. Ellen Laflin was born in the last quarter of 1849. On 10th October, when all the children were baptised in Ringshall, the register listed "Maria aged 3". Ellen was 3 years old at the time and was probably the child to which the record refers. In all other records, she uses the name "Ellen". 

Ellen Laflin 1849-?        |-Philip Bolton 1876-?
mar 1872 ------------------|-Sophia Bolton 1891-?
William Bolton c1848-?     |-Elizabeth Bolton
                           |-Eliza Bolton 1879-?
                           |-Frank W. Bolton 1882-?
                           |-Charles John Bolton 1886-?
In 1851, Ellen Laflin (aged 1) was living with her parents in Ringshall.
In 1861, Ellen Laflin (aged 11) was living with her brothers and her widowed mother in Ringshall. She was probably attending the village school, but this was not recorded in the census entry.
In 1871, Ellen Laflin (unmarried and aged 21) was living with her widowed mother and her brother Charles in Ringshall.

In the first quarter of 1872, Ellen Laflin and William Bolton were married. On 21st March 1872, after banns, a marriage was held in the parish church in Ringshall. The bride was Ellen Laflin, aged 22, daughter of Philip Laflin. The groom was William Bolton, a labourer aged 24. One of the witnesses was Ellen's brother Charles Laflin and both Charles and Ellen made their marks instead of signing their names.

David Squirrel says that William had been born about 1848 in Nedging and was the son of Abraham Bolton and Eliza (born Welham).

In 1881, William and Ellen Bolton were living in Stowmarket Road, Ringshall and William was working as a labourer. With them were four children - Philip (aged 8), Sophia (aged 7), and Elizabeth (aged 5), who were at school, and Eliza (aged 2).

In 1891, William and Ellen Bolton were living at Pot Kiln Farm, Hadleugh Road, Combs and William was working as an agricultural labourer. Their son Philip Bolton (now aged 15 and working as an agricultural labourer) was living with them. So were their children Eliza (aged 12), Frank (aged 9 and at school) and Charlie (aged 7). The final member of the household was their niece Mary Robinson (aged 12).
Their daughter Elizabeth Bolton (aged 15) was living at Beulah Cottages, Rose Hill Road, Ipswich and working as a laundress, along with her cousins Emily and Amelia Laflin

Sources for this section.

Parish registers for Ringshall - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast
Private Communication from David Squirrel.

Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in December 2007.