Mary Ann GRIFFITHS (1847

Mary Ann GRIFFITHS (1847 - 1923)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Charles BOLTON (1864 - 1866) Henry BOLTON (1867 - 1949) Sarah Jane BOLTON (1869 - 1938) Anne Maria BOLTON (1871 - ) Amelia Alma (Millie) BOLTON (1873 - ) William George (Phil) BOLTON (1875 - 1938) Elizabeth BOLTON (1877 - ) John Hulbert BOLTON (1879 - 1949) Alice Mary BOLTON (1881 - ) Joseph Ernest BOLTON (1883 - 1945) Francis James BOLTON (1885 - 1885) Edward BOLTON (1887 - ) Arthur Glenville BOLTON (1890 - 1969) Eric Thomas BOLTON (1892 - ) Florence BOLTON (1895 - )	Mary Ann GRIFFITHS (1847 - 1923) + Joseph BOLTON (1833 - 1917)	William GRIFFITHS (1817 - 1895)	Thomas GRIFFITHS

			Elizabeth (GRIFFITHS)

		Mary Ann SEWARD (1818 - 1880)	John SEWARD

			Mary Ann PROCTOR

b. 1847 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England

m. 1865 Joseph BOLTON (1833 - 1917) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 02 Feb 1923 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 76

Near Relatives of Mary Ann GRIFFITHS (1847 - 1923)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas GRIFFITHS
Grandmother	Elizabeth (GRIFFITHS)
Grandfather	John SEWARD
Grandmother	Mary Ann PROCTOR

Father in Law	George Henry BOLTON
Mother in Law	Ann MUTTON

Father	William GRIFFITHS	abt 1817	Tilston, Cheshire, England	12 Apr 1895	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia	78
Mother	Mary Ann SEWARD	abt 1818	Ulverston, Lancashire, England	25 Nov 1880	Foxlow, New South Wales, Australia	62

Self	Mary Ann GRIFFITHS	1847	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	02 Feb 1923	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	76

Husband	Joseph BOLTON	1833	Redditch, Worcestershire, England	20 Dec 1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	84

Son	Charles BOLTON	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	2
Son	Henry BOLTON	1867	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	82
Daughter	Sarah Jane BOLTON	1869	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21 Aug 1938	Kingston, ACT, Australia	69
Daughter	Anne Maria BOLTON	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Amelia Alma (Millie) BOLTON	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	William George (Phil) BOLTON	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1938	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	63
Daughter	Elizabeth BOLTON	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	John Hulbert BOLTON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	70
Daughter	Alice Mary BOLTON	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Joseph Ernest BOLTON	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29 Nov 1945	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	62
Son	Francis James BOLTON	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Son	Edward BOLTON	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Arthur Glenville BOLTON	1890	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	24 Jun 1969	Canberra, ACT, Australia	79
Son	Eric Thomas BOLTON	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Florence BOLTON	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Brother	Thomas GRIFFITHS	abt 1844	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	17 Oct 1911	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother	William GRIFFITHS	1849	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jul 1926	Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother	John GRIFFITHS	28 Sep 1851	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1914	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	63
Brother	James GRIFFITHS	1854	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Stephen GRIFFITHS	1856	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Elizabeth GRIFFITHS	1860	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	08 Jun 1944	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia	84
Brother	Richard Napoleon GRIFFITHS	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jun 1919	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	55

Son in Law	Thomas MAYO	1858	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	03 Oct 1924	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Maria Jospehine SIMPSON	1888	Picton, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Sarah Isabel Rosalene Rosileen Margaret FISHER	1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 May 1988	Canberra, ACT, Australia	81
Daughter in Law	Annie Lilian MUNDAY	1898	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia

Grandson	Jack Gordon Majura MAYO	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Lexie Winifred BOLTON	1913	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	30 Mar 1992	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	79
Granddaughter	Iris Mary BOLTON	1915	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia	1987	New South Wales, Australia	72
Grandson	George BOLTON	1917	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia	1978	New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Patricia M BOLTON	abt 1923		1923	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Basil BOLTON	abt 1928	New South Wales, Australia	07 Nov 2006	Morundah, New South Wales, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Niece	Mary Ann E GRIFFITHS	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	William T GRIFFITHS	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Margaret Jane GRIFFITHS	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David GRIFFITHS	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Emily GRIFFITHS	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Albert GRIFFITHS	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James Samuel GRIFFITHS	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Samuel James GRIFFITHS	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Amelia (Millie) GRIFFITHS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23 May 1923	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	38
Nephew	Edward GRIFFITHS	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Jane GRIFFITHS	1888	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1888	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Darcy J GRIFFITHS	1890	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Henry GRIFFITHS	1893	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John William GRIFFITHS	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Seward Stephen GRIFFITHS	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1943	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	64
Niece	Mary Ann GRIFFITHS	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Eva Martha GRIFFITHS	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Charles GRIFFITHS	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Richard Edward GRIFFITHS	27 Feb 1888	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	20 Apr 1971	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Frederick Thomas GRIFFITHS	1890	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Grace Caroline GRIFFITHS	1892	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David Alexander GRIFFITHS	1894	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Jane Elizabeth GRIFFITHS	1896	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Henry GRIFFITHS	18 Mar 1874	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia	19 Sep 1961	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia	87
Niece	Martha Elizabeth GRIFFITHS	1876	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas George GRIFFITHS	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1940	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Mary Ann GRIFFITHS	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	37
Nephew	John James GRIFFITHS	1881	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1938	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	57
Nephew	Henry Herbert GRIFFITHS	1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	71
Nephew	Albert Edward GRIFFITHS	1885	Loftus, New South Wales, Australia	28 Aug 1962	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	George Daniel GRIFFITHS	1887	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	13 Nov 1967	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Sarah Joyce GRIFFITHS	1891	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Gladys May GRIFFITHS	1894	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jan 1960		66
Niece	Elena Harriet GRIFFITHS	1896	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary A EDMONDS	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Ellen J EDMONDS	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sarah EDMONDS	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Henry EDMONDS	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth EDMONDS	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Florence EDMONDS	1888	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1908	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	20
Nephew	Arthur A EDMONDS	1890	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John Thomas GRIFFITHS	1890	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	36
Niece	Amelia E M GRIFFITHS	1893	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Allan GRIFFITHS	1898	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1898	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia	0

Sister in Law	Elizabeth DANIEL	1850	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1935	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Ann COLE	1850	Hoskinstown, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia	94
Sister in Law	Mary Anne DANIEL	abt 1854	Goodrich, Herefordshire, England	12 Nov 1921	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother in Law	John Appleton EDMONDS	1855	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia	17 Aug 1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	49
Brother in Law	Ambrose Darby MCGUIGAN	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1942	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Alice Louise WARK	1869	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Mary Ann GRIFFITHS (1847 - 1923)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1847		Mary Ann GRIFFITHS was born	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	Walton-on-the-Hill	6
03 Aug 1848	1	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per "Emperor"	6
1864	17	Birth of son Charles BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	14080/1864	6
1865	18	Married Joseph BOLTON (aged 32)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	30741/1865, Molonglo	6
1866	19	Death of son Charles BOLTON (aged 2)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	6326/1866	6
1867	20	Birth of son Henry BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15280/1867	6
1869	22	Birth of daughter Sarah Jane BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17208/1869	6
1871	24	Birth of daughter Anne Maria BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16568/1871	6
1873	26	Birth of daughter Amelia Alma (Millie) BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17542/1873	6
1875	28	Birth of son William George (Phil) BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18486/1875	6
1877	30	Birth of daughter Elizabeth BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
1879	32	Birth of son John Hulbert BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22040/1879	6
25 Nov 1880	33	Death of mother Mary Ann SEWARD (aged 62)	Foxlow, New South Wales, Australia		6
1881	34	Birth of daughter Alice Mary BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25879/1881	6
1883	36	Birth of son Joseph Ernest BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29146/1883	6
1885	38	Birth of son Francis James BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31406/1885	6
1885	38	Death of son Francis James BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	14099/1885	6
1887	40	Birth of son Edward BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	33385/1887	6
1890	43	Birth of son Arthur Glenville BOLTON	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	29078/1890	6
1892	45	Birth of son Eric Thomas BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	30022/1892	6
1895	48	Birth of daughter Florence BOLTON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
12 Apr 1895	48	Death of father William GRIFFITHS (aged 78)	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia		6
20 Dec 1917	70	Death of husband Joseph BOLTON (aged 84)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15148/1917	6
02 Feb 1923	76	Mary Ann GRIFFITHS died	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 127 (Birth)

- Reference = 128 (Death)

- Reference = 20 (Marriage)

- Reference = 20 (Name, Notes)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2063/mary-ann-bolton.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Mary Ann Bolton

Born: c. 1845; Died: 1923; Married: Joseph Bolton

Related Places
Rockwood
Lyall Gillespie records that Joseph Bolton took up a selection, 'Rockwood', in the early 1870's...

The Cricketers' Arms
From the 1840s until about 1858 Julia Webb (known as 'Judy the Great') operated a sly grog...

Mary Ann Griffiths was born (c. 1845) at Ulverstone, Cumberland, England. She was the second child and older daughter of William Griffith(s) and Mary Ann (nee Stewart) of Tilston, Cheshire. The family of four migrated to Australia in 1848, sailing from Liverpool on 3 August 1848 aboard the 'Emperor', arriving in Sydney on 4 November 1848 - a three month journey. They settled at first in the Gundaroo district, but by the early 1860s moved to Carwoola in the Molonglo valley. Bailliere's Post Office Directory of 1867 noted that William at that time was a shepherd, and his son Thomas a farm labourer. By that time Mary Ann had met and married Joseph Bolton, in 1865.

They were to have thirteen children together. The first was born in 1864, seven months before their wedding. The infant Charles died before his second birthday. Another three children - Henry, Sarah-Jane and Anne Maria - were born while they were living at Carwoola, and their baptisms are registered at Christ Church, Queanbeyan.

The Boltons purchased land and moved to Ginninderra around 1872 and began farming at their property 'Rockwood'. Their fourth child, Amelia Alma, was born on 13 May 1873 and she and all succeeding children were baptised at St Johns, Canberra. In 1879 they took over the licence of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, running it for eleven years until 1890. During their tenure as the local publicans, they put a new building on the hotel site to provide extra accommodation and to act as a sample room for commercial travellers. Mary Ann catered for the balls held at the hotel and many other social functions.

In 1890 they retired to their nearby selection,'Rockwood', but retained their interest and involvement in local sporting, civic, and social activities.

Mary Ann died in 1923 and is buried in St Johns, Canberra, beside Joseph.

Obituary

The death of Mrs. J. Bolton on Friday morning last, removes from our midst one of the early pioneers of the district and one of the most highly respected residents, at the ripe age of 79, the cause of death being senile decay.

The late Mrs. Bolton was a native of England, coming to Australia when quite young, and residing at Carwoola until her marriage, and for a short while afterwards, then removing to the One Tree Hill Hotel at Hall. As landlady of this old-time well known establishment for a number of years, she was well and favourably known by the travelling public, in the days of old, for generous kindness.

Her husband, on relinquishing the hotel business, took up farming and grazing pursuits on their present holding, where the late Mrs. Bolton resided for over 30 years. She was of a bright, cheerful, kindly disposition, and possessed of great energy, ever ready to assist her neighbours in trouble, and there is scarcely a home in the district but remembers with gratitude the kindly ministering hands of help, and the cheerful, comforting words of hope and sympathy administered and spoken by her during her long years of residence in the district. She bore with Christian fortitude her illness of several months, being patient and cheerful to the last. She was under the skilled care of Dr. Blackall, who did everything possible to alleviate her sufferings, and she was assiduously and gently nursed by her two daughters, Mesdames Cockburn and Mayo.

The greatest sympathy is extended to the family in their sad bereavement. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Canberra beside her late husband, the funeral being followed by a large number of sorrowing friends from all parts of the district. The Rev. F. G. Ward conducted the burial services. The following members of her family are left to mourn their loss :-Mesdames Mayo (Majura), O'Neill (Kempsey), W. Jones (North Sydney), M. Cockburn (Waratah), V. Gruber (Tallagandra), Inspector H. Bolton (Police Department, Sydney) W. Bolton (Wagga), Sergeant J. Bolton (Police Department, Tenterfield), Joe Bolton (Boree Creek), Edward, Arthur and Eric Bolton (Hall). Wreaths were received from the Police Club, Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. C. Cavanagh, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thompson, and family, Mrs. W. Moore, Matty and Edna Cockburn, and Jack Mayo. O'Rourke Bros. were the undertakers.

[Queanbeyan Age, Tuesday 6 February 1923, page 2]

Note : This entry does not yet take into account the publication by Joanna Davis (see reference below)

References
Bolton, E., A Brief History of Joseph and Mary Ann Bolton; Residents of Rockwood, Canberra, 1994
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992
Purchase, S. (ed.), Canberra's Early Hotels: a Pint-sized History, Canberra, 1999
Smith, L. R., Memories of Hall, Canberra, 1975
Davis, J., The Boltons of Ginninderra, from Joanna Davis Publishing

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