William Benjamin "Ben" Boulton (1847 - 1910)
On February 9, 1875 Ben Boulton married Margaret "Maggie" Polly Chapman (1853 - 1934) at the home of the bride's stepfather, George Berry. Ben and Maggie lived on a farm near his family in Elizabethtown. In about 1896, they followed other family members to Manitoba where he homesteaded SE 30-5-27 W1, 2 miles straight North of Broomhill. He also aquired many other quarters in the area and also later farmed 21-6-27 W1 near Reston, Manitoba.
The backs of the following pictures all say "Boultons" and we presume they are children and spouses of Ben and Maggie. The black mountings say they were taken at Martel and Sons Studios in Brandon (1900-1904) and the white one is from Steele & Co Winnipeg and Calgary (1902-1908).
Six Children of Maggie and Ben Boulton
- Elizabeth Jane (1875 - 1951) married B.J.Smith and later William Archibald
- Edythe May (1883- 1989)
- Travers Macdonald (1891 - 1971) married Lauree Allen
On the back of the original photo is written "To Leita, Aunt Maggie Boulton's house in Winnipeg. Maggie Boulton is Grandma Sly's sister". The house is at 575 Furby Street.
The information and four last photos in this biography came from Keith Sly from Seeleys Bay, Ontario.
Ben's obituary in the Winnipeg Tribune says he came to Manitoba in 1900. He aquired 1600 acres of land in the Reston area but moved to Winnipeg in 1906 due to poor health. He had a business there called the Boulton Smith Land Company, presumedly with his son in law, BJ Smith. The address given in ads for their office is 255 1/2 Portage Avenue as well as 11 Alberta Block. At the time of his death in 1910, sons Thomas Nelson and Travers Macdonald lived in Tyvan, SK, son George Cleveland was in Reston, daughter Mrs. BJ Smith, son William and daughter Edith Boulton in Winnipeg.
Your blog has been most helpful for me this evening. While going through an old box of my mothers things, I came across a partial family tree of my grandmothers family line. Her name was Gertrude Irene Boulton, I always new her as Irene. Her parents are listed as Thomas Nelson and Annie Archibald, her grandparents are Margaret Polly Chapman b.1853 and William Benjamin Boulton. The layout of the family line is not quite clear but the paper begins with the name James Higginson with no dates or spouse listed for him. His children are listed as John, Rev. Anthony(moved to Ireland had 4 sons 1 daughter. Anthony11 (married Jane Higginson of Wales, his cousin) Anthony111 married Abigail Courtney. The right side of the paper is cut of, in the bottom right it says it was compiled by Helen Brimble 1965, aided by Edythe Boulton. I am hoping you may be able to assist in filling in some of the gaps. I would be happy to share any information I have that may be useful to you. Thank you kindly, Janine from Westbank, B.C
ReplyDeleteI am not sure that my email showed up for the above post, it is janine.lott@shaw.ca
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