Bolton Family History
Bolton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in
northern England named Bolton, especially the one in Lancashire, from
Old English boðl ‘dwelling’, ‘house’ (see Bold 2) +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bolton
Name Distribution of Bolton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bolton families
 1,952 - 3,902  651 - 1,951 |
 1 - 650  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bolton families
|
76 - 150 26 - 75 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bolton census records
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Bolton Family Origin
Bolton Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bolton Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Bolton families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bolton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bolton census records
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Military Service by Bolton
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