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Walter Wilkins Boswell 1808–1887 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1808

Birth Location: St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands

Death Date: 13 Oct 1887

Death Location: Durham, Ontario, Canada

Father: (Capt) Boswell

Mother: Catherine Crease

Spouse(s): Frances Boswell

Children(s): Margaret Boswell, Walter Boswell, Julia Boswell, Caroline Boswell, Henry Boswell, Emma Boswell, Albert Boswell

The story of Walter Wilkins Boswell began in 1808 in St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands. Walter Wilkins Boswell married Frances Anne Fannie Spilsbury Boswell, and had children including Albert Bell Boswell, Caroline Alberta Boswell, Emma Elisabeth Boswell, Henry George Boswell, Julia Boswell, Margaret Letitia Boswell, Walter Francis Boswell. Walter Wilkins Boswell passed away in 1887 in Durham, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Wilkins Boswell began in 1808 in St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands.
  • Walter Wilkins Boswell married Frances Anne Fannie Spilsbury Boswell, and had children including Albert Bell Boswell, Caroline Alberta Boswell, Emma Elisabeth Boswell, Henry George Boswell, Julia Boswell, Margaret Letitia Boswell, Walter Francis Boswell.
  • Walter Wilkins Boswell passed away in 1887 in Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

(Capt) Boswell
1770–1850
Birth Location: Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
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Catherine Crease
1785–1846
Birth Location: Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Frances Boswell
1820–1863
Birth Location: Colbourne, Cramahe, Ontario, Canada
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Children(s)

Margaret Boswell
1863–1890
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
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Walter Boswell
1839–1916
Birth Location: Colbourne, Cramahe, Ontario, Canada
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Julia Boswell
1850–1931
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
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Caroline Boswell
1852–1931
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
CB
Henry Boswell
1855–1929
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
HB
Emma Boswell
1859–1878
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
EB
Albert Boswell
1843–1847
Birth Location: Monaghan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
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Walter Boswell's Ancestors

Self
Walter Boswell
1808–1887
Birth Place: St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands
Parents
(Capt) Robert Walter Boswell
1770–1850
Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
Catherine Crease
1785–1846
Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter Boswell's Descendants

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Walter (Wilkins) Boswell (5 May 1808–13 Oct 1887) m. Frances (Anne 'Fannie' Spilsbury) Boswell (11 Nov 1820–18 Nov 1863)
  1. 1. Margaret (Letitia) Boswell 1863–1890 m. William Barrett-Lennard 1857–1940
    1. 1. Walter (James) BARRETT-LENNARD 1883–1954 m. Mary (Graham) Lawther 1885–1967
      1. 1. Margaret Barrett-Lennard 1911–1999
      2. 2. Lieutenant (Dacre Lowther) Barrett-Lennard 1918–1943
      3. 3. Caroline (Mary) Barrett-Lennard 1908–1992 m. Capt (Richard Walter Underhill) RCNVR 1907–1994
      4. 4. Walter (James) Barrett-Lennard 1914–2002
    2. 2. Georgina (Boswell) Barrett-Lennard 1882–1965 m. Major (D'arcy Everard) Boulton 1876–1948
      1. 1. Rhoda (Vivian) Boulton 1914–2001 m. Armin (F) Oberbeck 1904–1982 m. Leon (B Scherrer) Jr 1910–1996
      2. 2. Zaidee (Laura) Boulton 1907–1952 m. George (Frederick) Ferber 1899–1969
      3. 3. Dacre (Fynes) Boulton 1906–1984
      4. 4. Commodore (Angus George) Boulton 1911–1992 m. Fredericka (Isabel) Bradley 1916–2012
      5. 5. D'arcy (Edward) Boulton 1904–1913
      6. 6. Melfort (Lennard) Boulton 1919–2013 m. Jean (Robertson) Ross 1921–2020
    3. 3. Gladys (Dacre) Barrett-Lennard 1888–1970 m. Richard (Frederick) Jancowski 1883–1953
      1. 1. Mildred (Dacre) Jancowski 1911–1973 m. John (Alexander) MacRae 1908–1966
      2. 2. Margaret (Keppel) Jancowski 1913–1985 m. Arthur (Edward) Haigh 1910–1989
      3. 3. Frederick (Lennard) Jancowski 1918–2003
      4. 4. Charles (Hardwick) Jancowski 1924–1992
  2. 2. Walter (Francis) Boswell 1839–1916 m. Mary (Agnes Falkner) Boswell 1857–1939
    1. 1. Rhoda (Katherine Boswell) Cassan 1881–1967 m. Francis (Edwin) Cassan 1878–1962
      1. 1. Joseph (Page) Cassan 1919–2006
      2. 2. Rhoda (Agnes) Cassan 1902–1913
      3. 3. Harold (Boswell "Jim") Cassan 1906–1990
      4. 4. Frances (Priscilla) Cassan 1910–1993
    2. 2. Francis (Emily Boswell) Whitcroft 1883–1950 m. Frederick (John) Whitcroft 1883–1931
      1. 1. William (John) Whitcroft 1912–1933
  3. 3. Julia Boswell 1850–1931 m. Walter (John William) Nesbitt 1850–1930
  4. 4. Caroline (Alberta) Boswell 1852–1931 m. Joseph (Sanford) Sowden 1825–1887
    1. 1. Frances (Maria) Sowden 1871–1948
    2. 2. Charles (Neville) Sowden 1873–1937
    3. 3. Florence (Emily) Sowden 1875–1943
    4. 4. Josephine (Boswell) Sowden 1877–1955
    5. 5. Emma (Georgina) Sowden 1879–1967
    6. 6. Julia (Gertrude) Sowden 1883–1961
    7. 7. Cpl (Sanford Boswell) Sowden 1885–1951
    8. 8. Charlotte (Adelaide) Sowden 1888–1946 m. Arthur (Hagarty) Holland 1875–1954
      1. 1. Stuart (Sowden) Holland 1909–1989 m. Diana (Mary) Drabble 1916–1964
  5. 5. Henry (George) Boswell 1855–1929 m. Margaret Farr 1856–1934
    1. 1. Eva (Beatrice) Boswell 1884–1967 m. Ellwood (Coggeshall) Wilder 1886–1961
      1. 1. Florence (Emily) Wilder 1915–1989 m. Walter (Roy) Blake 1914–1973
      2. 2. Ellwood (Coggeshall Wilder) Jr 1911–1992 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Otremba 1921–2008
      3. 3. Alice (Boswell) Wilder 1913–1927
  6. 6. Emma (Elisabeth) Boswell 1859–1878
  7. 7. Albert (Bell) Boswell 1843–1847

Walter Boswell's Timeline

2 Records

1808
5 May 1808
Birth of Walter Wilkins Boswell in St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands
St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands
1887
13 Oct 1887
Age 79
Death of Walter Wilkins Boswell in Durham, Ontario, Canada
Durham, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1808
    Event Place: St Helier, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1887
    Event Place: Durham, Ontario, Canada
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