Ohio Families

Her 1851 census said she was 3, born about 1847
Her 1880 census said she was 34 years old, born about 1845.
Her 1900 Census said she was born in December 1850.
Her son Jack's death record (daughter Ann as informant) said Susan was born in Bellshill, Scotland.

1851 Census, Bellshill, Scotland, Bothwell Civil Parish, parish number 625, Lanarkshire, ED 7, page 2, household schedule number 8
30 March 1851

on Edinburgh Road East Of Bellshill

[note: from ancestry.com's transcription only]

George Gibb, 28, born in New Monkland, Lanark, coal miner
Susanna Gibb, 22, born in Bothwell, Lanark
Susanna Gibb, 3, born in Bothwell, Lanark
Thomas Gibb, 1, born in Bothwell, Lanark

[note: it looks like they were not too far from her parents, who were in Bellshill on "Shotts Road to Edinburgh and Glasgow"]

1861 Census, Scotland, Bothwell Registration District, Bothwell Civil Parish, registration number 625/1, Lanarkshire, ED 9, household schedule number 86
7 April 1861
address: Crossgates

[note: from ancestry.com's transcription only]

George Gibb, 39, born Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, coal miner
Susan Gibb, 32, born Broomhouse, Lanarkshire
Susan Gibb, 13, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire
Racheal Gibb, 7, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire
George Gibb, 5, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire
Lachlan Gibb, 3, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire
Barbrie Gibb, 1, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire

New York Passenger Lists
Thos Boleyn, 29, male, occupation: puddler,
Susan Boleyn, 23, female
Peter Boleyn, 11m, male
all "belong to" Scotland and intend to become inhabitants of the US

aboard the SS Anglia, which sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, and Moville, Ireland, and arrived in New York on March 29, 1872
[this information is on the image at the beginning of the manifest]

"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR3-D1KD : accessed 6 March 2016), Peter Boleyn, 1872; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .

1880 Census, Cleveland, ED 52, sheet 269C, census page 31
June 7, 1880
at 2005 Booth

Thomas Bowlan, 40, working in an iron mill, out of work 3 months in past year, cannot write, born in Scotland, parents in Ireland
Susan Bowlan, 34, cannot read or write, born in Scotland, parents also
Peter Bowlan, 9, born in Scotland, parents also
John Bowlan, 5, born in Ohio
Susan A Bowlan, 3, born in Ohio

3 boarders: William Reid, Charles O'Neil, and James Moffatt

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8M9-BH9 : accessed 6 March 2016), Susan A Bowlan in household of Thomas Bowlan, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 52, sheet 269C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1008; FHL microfilm 1,255,008.

living on Booth Street on February 25, 1883, when their son Thomas was born

living at 2005 Booth when a daughter was born

living at 2007 Booth when a son was born

1900 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 27th Ward of Cleveland.
Series T623, Roll 1257, page 309, ED 144, Sheet 1B, family 13
June 2, 1900
owns the home at 1626 Harvard

[Note: this is the old street number. this corresponds to about 86th and Harvard after 1906.]

Thomas Bolen, 52, head, born March 1848, married 30 years, born in Scotland, parents in Ireland, arr 1872, naturalized, laborer
Thomas Bolen, 17, son, February 1883, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, laborer
Susan Bolen, 49, wife, December 1850, married 30 years, 10 children, 4 alive born in Scotland, parents also, arrived 1872
Peter Bolen, 29, son, single, Nov 1870, born in Scotland, parents also, arrived 1872, clerk, out of work all last year
John Bolen, 25, son, single, March 1875, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, laborer

Anna Meara, 23, daughter, May 1877, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, no occupation
James Meara, 3, grandson, July 1896, born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Iowa

John Coughlin, 60, boarder, Jun 1839, married 22 years, born in Ireland, parents also, married 22 yrs, arrived 1871, naturalized, laborer
William O'Rourke, 23, boarder, Jan 1877, single, born in Ireland parents also, arrived in 1899, been here 1 year, laborer

[The initial "O" in William's name was written over by a "W". He was indexed as Rourke at heritageQuestOnline.com and at familysearch.org.]

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZF-J2R : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Wm Rourke in household of Thos Bolen, Precinct G Cleveland City Ward 27, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 13, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241257.

Ohio Deaths, #76585
Susan Boland
December 22, 1917, at her residence, 9018 Harvard
female, white, widowed
born 1851 in Scotland
father: George Gibbs, born in Scotland
mother: Susan McShirinon, born in Scotland
informant: Mrs Ann Flynn, 9018 Harvard
Buried: Calvary, December 27, 1917

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8VZ-TZ1 : accessed 5 March 2016), Susan Boland, 22 Dec 1917; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 76585; FHL microfilm 1,984,224.

Name: Bolan, Susan
Date: December 26, 1917
Source: unknown, Reel #8
Notes: Bolan-Susan, beloved wife of the late Thomas Bolan, mother of Peter, John and Thomas Bolan and Mrs. John Flynn, grandmother of James T. Meara, at her residence, 9018 Harvard ave. Funeral Thursday, Dec. 27. Services at Holy Name church at 8:30 a. m. Auto funeral.