John Boulter
1873-1955

John Boulter was the first child of Elizabeth Boulter of Wentworth, Cambridgeshire. He was illegitimate and his father remains a mystery.

After Elizabeth's marriage to John Freeman Dewey in 1878, he seemingly took on the Dewey surname until he left Cambridgeshire in about 1890. Having moved to a new life in Camberwell, London, he married Alice Watts of Westminster, London and together they had eight children.

John hid his illegitimacy - very much of a 'terrible' thing back then - and wrote 'John Boulter - deceased' as his father when he married Alice in 1896.

John worked for the Corporation of London as a Groom and would often ride First Postilion on the Lord Mayor of London's coach during the annual Lord Mayor's show.

Details

Born:
8th May 1873, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire.

Baptised:
15th June 1873, Wentworth church, Cambridgeshire.

Married:

• Alice Watts (1878-?) on 2nd August 1896, presumably in London.

Children:

• John Thomas Boulter (1899-?)
• Edward Mafeking Boulter (1901-?)
• Ethel Boulter (19??-?)
• Ernest Boulter (19??-?)
• Arthur Robert Boulter (19??-?)
• Sidney William Boulter (19??-?)
• Elsie Boulter (19??-?)
• Dennis Bert Boulter (19??-?)

Died:
1955, Camberwell, London.

Buried:
unknown.