Sophia Bolland
Abt 1794 - 1852 (~ 58 years)
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Name Sophia Bolland Relationship 
with Marion Murdoch Johnson Gender Female Born Abt 1794 Clapham, Wandsworth 
Baptism 15 Apr 1794 Holy Trinity, Clapham, Wandsworth [1] Census 1841 King's College, Southwark, London [2] Census 1851 Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom [3] Died 16 Oct 1852 Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom [4] Siblings6 Siblings Last Modified 14 Mar 2021
Father John Bolland
b. 1742, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
d. 7 Jun 1829, Fetcham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (Age 87 years) Mother Elizabeth Gipps
b. Abt Oct 1758
d. 1837, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 78 years) Married 4 Jan 1779 St Margaret's, Canterbury, Kent, England, Kingdom of Great Britain [5, 6]
Husband Right Rev. John Lonsdale
b. 17 Jan 1788, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
d. 19 Oct 1867 (Age 79 years)Married 25 Nov 1815 Holy Trinity, Clapham, Wandsworth [7] Age at Marriage She was 21, he was 27 Children 1. Rev. James Gylby Lonsdale
b. 1816
d. 1892 (Age 76 years)2. Rev. John Gylby Lonsdale
b. 28 Jan 1818
d. 8 Apr 1907, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 89 years)3. Lucy Maria Lonsdale
b. Abt 1820
d. 9 Mar 1915, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 95 years)4. Fanny Catherine Lonsdale
b. 23 Feb 1823
d. 8 Dec 1901 (Age 78 years)5. Sophia Anna Lonsdale
b. 10 Jan 1825, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
d. 8 May 1907 (Age 82 years)Last Modified 22 Aug 2021
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Notes - Early Life
Sophia Bolland was born in 1794 toJohn Bolland andElizabeth Gipps ; Sophia was baptised on the 15th of April that year atHoly Trinity in Clapham, London.
Of her early life, her daugher writes the following1:
My mother [Sophia Bolland], unlike my father, often talked of early days. The Simeonite or Evangelical movement was making a great impression at Clapham when she was a girl. She remembered going to bed in a fright at Hythe, where a relation lived, expecting they should hear in the morning that the French had landed . The Martello towers were built about that time to defend the coast. I remember them, but I think they are demolished now. My mother said “Few of us girls thought anything of men who were not officers.”. During the long great war simplicity and economy reigned in England, at any rate, in such homes as my Grandfathers. My mother said they had no carpets in their bedrooms and used to break the ice in their jugs to wash. They dressed very plainly and did not go much beyond their garden and field, running about with shawls over their heads. When peace came many French caricatures of the English appeared in England, which led to dress being more thought of.
However, though it was after the war was ended, my mother’s wedding was a much simpler affair than would now be suitable. She said she had a white frock on, and a bonnet, and in the vestry she put on a coloured shawl and went away with her husband from the church. She and her sisters had each £30,000 though not so much as this till after their one brother’s death. This money I suppose came from the hop trade.
Family Life
Sophia married theRight Rev. John Bolland atHoly Trinity in Clapham, London on the 25th of November 1815. See his profile for details on their children.
Death
Sophia died on the 16th of October 1852 atHastings in Sussex.
Bolland Surname
In theHistory and Antiquities of Masham2 it is mentioned that the Bolland family originated from the Craven district, originally part of Yorkshire West Riding, now North Yorkshire. This isn't too far from the village of Bolton by Bowland (which was once known as Bolton by Bolland), in Lancashire, so it's possible that the Bolland surname is a toponymic for Bowland, perhaps the forest of the same name east of Lancaster.
An alternative is that the name, like Bullen, originates from the Norman French toponym Boulogne. I rate this as less likely because the Bollands seem to be of relatively humble stock, with no evidence of a Norman past.
Footnotes
[1] Family archive:F_Unknown_SophiaLonsdale_Reminiscences
[2] John Fisher, London, 1865
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Event Map 
Born - Abt 1794 - Clapham, Wandsworth 
Baptism - 15 Apr 1794 - Holy Trinity, Clapham, Wandsworth Married - 25 Nov 1815 - Holy Trinity, Clapham, Wandsworth 
Census - 1841 - King's College, Southwark, London 
Census - 1851 - Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom 
Died - 16 Oct 1852 - Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Sophia Bolland
Photo of portrait
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Sources - [S0133] London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Sophia Bolland, 15 Apr 1794.
- [S0130] 1841 England Census, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), John Lonsdale; Piece 741; Book 2; Folio 42; Page 1, 1841.
- [S0129] 1851 England Census, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Class: HO107; Piece: 2000; Folio: 344; Page: 28; GSU roll: 87402, 1851.
- [S0128] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Sophia Bolland; Hastings, Sussex; Volume 2b; Page 13, 1852.
- [S0309] England Marriages, 1538–1973, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Bolland/Gipps;(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNW5-FPY : 10 February 2018), John Bolland and Elizabeth Gipps, 04 Jan 1779; citing St Margaret'S, Canterbury, Kent, England, reference item 4, index based upon data collected by the Genealogic, 4 Jan 1779.
- [S0323] Kent Marriages And Banns, FindMyPast, (findmypast.co.uk), Bolland/Gipps; Canterbury Cathedral Archives; U3/6; Page 33, 4 Jan 1779.
- [S0309] England Marriages, 1538–1973, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Sophia Bolland / John Lonsdale;(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVZJ-FMF : 10 February 2018), John Lonsdale and Sophia Bolland, 25 Nov 1815; citing Holy Trinity,Clapham,Surrey,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Gene, 25 Nov 1815.
- [S0133] London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Sophia Bolland, 15 Apr 1794.