Samuel (aka James) Boler

[steve62]

Hi,
Grateful if someone could look up the following for me:-
Samuel Boler (aka  James Boler and Samuel James Boler)  born 1853 Mansfield.  Date of death unknown.  Left his wife and disappeared,

1.  Uk City and County Directories  1766-1946
2.  Uk Poll and Electoral Roll Recisters 1838-1893

Thank you.

Steve62

[*Sandra*]

UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946

Samuel Baler
Publication Year   1864
Address   1 Leeming street - Residence Place   Nottinghamshire, England.

UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893

Samuel Boler - Poll Year   1872
District   Mansfield - Parish or Rectory   Mansfield.

Sandra

[Annie65115]

How sure are you of the 1853 birthdate?

The only baptism I can see is this one, a year earlier, which gives another possible middle name for Samuel

1852 07 08      
Samuel Sadler Boler
Father John BOLER   (farmer)
Mother Anne   
Abode High Oakham   
Church MANSFIELD St Peter and St Paul   

Alternatively there's also an 1858 birth for a Samuel Sadler in the Mansfield region, but no baptism for this one on my disc.

When and where did Samuel marry, and under what name?

[Annie65115]

The 1852 Samuel is in Leicester in 1891; he says he's married, but there's no wife to be seen on the census. Is this your man?

[steve62]

Many thanks to you all.

Samuel Boler b. 1854 Mansfield
Parents:  John Boler 1790-1879  b. Clipstone d. Mansfield & Ann  Cotes  1812-1879 b.  Shirland, Derbyshire d. Mansfield.
1861 - High Oakham, Mansfield  -  Think this one states "James"
1871 - High Oakham, Mansfield  - Samuel Wheelwright

Marriage Samuel Boler and Mary Byrne 1852-1934  b. Rep, Ireland.  d. Salford, Lancashire
06/11/1873 at Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire
Marriage Cerificate states Samuel Bowler.

1881 - Pendleton, Manchester -  Mary (widow)
1891 - Pendleton, Manchester -  Mary (Widow)
1891 - St. Margarets, Leicester  - Samuel Boler (wheelwright)  living alone.
1901 - Pendleton, Manchester -  Mary (Widow)
1911 - Pendleton, Manchester -  Mary (Widow)

Samuel left his wife after 1878 on discovering she was having an affair with neighbour baker John Featherstone. The  9 children from 1878 to 1895 have father as "John Boler)

Sorry don't have copies anymore of the Census.

Thanking you all.

Steve62

[Annie65115]

It's helpful if you can give as much info as you have, as it saves us searching for stuff that you already know.

I can see Samuel (Bowler) and Mary (Burn) marriage cert online; Nov 6 1873, at the parish church of Eccles, Lancs.

I can see a large number of Boler children with mmn Byrne subsequently born in the Salford district, and I can see that the first two (Alice, 1873/4 and James, 1875/6) were baptised with the father's name as Samuel. I can't see any other infant baptisms until Herbert (1889) in which the father's name is given as John Boler. Do you have birth certificates for any of the other children? How do you know that the marriage broke up around the time that you state and for the reason that you give?

Given that the last positive siting of Samuel Boler was in Leicester, I've checked the main municipal graveyards serving the town centre (Welford Rd and Gilroes), and he's not there under the name of Boler, Bowler or Bouler. Neither is he in the Leic workhouse records.

I see that he was listed as James in the 1861 census, when he was with his parents; what other instances of his using this name have you come across and how can you be sure that it's the same man, if it's a different name?

Is there any more info that you've got that might be useful?

[steve62]

Annie6515
Alice Ann Boler 1874-1972  m. Joseph L. Christian
James Matthew Boler 1876-1918
Jane Boler 18781961  N/M
Charles Matthew Boler  1881-1881
John Frederick Boler1881-1968  m. Emma Hamer
Edith Alice Boler  1884-1981  m. William Hopwood
John Henry Boler  1886-             m. Mary E. Jones
Louise Alice Boler  1887-1969  m. John Cheatle (died) m. Thomas Gannon
Herbert Featherstone Boler  1890-1952  m. Elizabeth C. Whelwell (died) m. Sarah Ann Evans
Annie Boler  1892-1988  N/M.
Norah Boler  1895-1990  m.  Alexander Russell

John Frederick Boler was baptised at St. Pauls, Pendleton in 1883  (Father John Boler)

Although John Henry Boler left his wife he turned up at her funeral  in 1920 and to disappear again and never to be found. He was Merchant Seaman.

My uncle Eric Boler, the son of J.F. Boler and Emma Hamer told me the story of the Featherstone connection and presume his father must have told him at some time.
Further someone with a connection to John Henry Boler told me a similar story and that the wife of Featherstone had a fight with Mary Byrne and left her husband.   Uncle Eric said all this happened in or after 1878.

So where Samuel Boler went after that is a mystery and the 1891 could be correct or a coincidence.

Thank you  steve62

[Ladyhawk]

Has Samuel Boler been listed twice on 1871 census 

Samuel Boler Age 18
Relation   Apprentice (wheelwright)
Where born   Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish   Blidworth Nottinghamshire
Piece   3475 Folio   8 Page number   9

Saml Boler Age   18
Relation   Son occ wheelwright
Where born   Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish   Mansfield Ecclesiastical parish   St Peter
Piece   3472 Folio   33 Page number   38

1873 marriage to Mary Burn, Samuel Boler’s occjoiner abode Church Road Eccles

Is this Samuel on 1881 census? Maritial status I think reads unmarr? 

Samuel Boales Age   28
Relationship to Head   Lodger
Where born   Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish   Leicester St Margaret
Street Address   25 Gladstone St
Occupation   Carpenter
Piece   3165 Folio   21 Page number   36

The 1852 Samuel is in Leicester in 1891; he says he's married, but there's no wife to be seen on the census. Is this your man?

1891 could be correct or a coincidence.

Samuel Boler Age 40 occ wheelwright
Relationship   Head
Birth Place   Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish   St Margaret Leicester
1891 Piece   2535 Folio   16

[Annie65115]

I had an ancestor in Victorian Leicester who had done an apprenticeship as a wheelwright but who was often, as an adult, listed as carpenter.