Pollitt Family
   With the Pollitt Family tree, I will start as far back as my husband's sister and I have been able to research. Much of this information has been verified and we are in possession of many birth and marriage certificates.
   
    Thomas Pollitt was born 19 Feb 1797 in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 11 May 1825 he married Alice Dean, b. 26 Feb 1797 
    also of Manchester.
       Children:

       1) James Pollitt b 18 Jun 1826, Newton Heath, Lancashire, England died after 1907 in England
           married Margaret Edge 28 Oct 1855 at St. John's, Manchester, Lancs. she was b. abt 1831 in Four Lane Ends, Failsworth, 
           Lancs. and was chr. 13 Feb 1832
                1) Nicholas Thomas Pollitt b. Oct Quarter 1856, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
                    married Mary Ann Stones 2 Sept 1882 in Lancs., Mary Ann was b. 1 Jul 1857 in Lancashire, d. 2 Jul 1922, Medicine
                    Hat, Alberta.
                       a) Eva Pollitt b. 16 Jul 1884, Southport, Lancashire d. 6 May 1878 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
                       b) Ernest Pollitt b. 30 Nov 1888 in Lancs. d. 1965 Coburg, Victoria, Australia
                       c) Hubert Pollitt b. Sept 1889, Southport, Lancs., d. Calgary, Alberta
                       d) Winnifred Pollitt b 1892 in England d. as a child in England
                       e) Marion Pollitt b. 21 Aug 1895, Hyde, Cheshire, England d. 4 Apr 1977, Bow Island, Alberta. she married
                           Walter Nathan Wallwork on 7 Apr 1915 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Walter was born 12 May 1892
                           in Lethbridge, Alberta. ( see Wallwork Tree )
                              i) Dorothy Rachael Wallwork b. 10 Nov 1916, Medicine Hat, Alberta
                             ii) Ernest James Wallwork b .17 Nov 1919, Bow Island, Alberta
                            iii) Lucille Mary Wallwork b. 4 Oct 1921, Bow Island, Alberta

                2) Alice Pollitt b. 1858, Newton Heath. Lancs. d. 7 Jul 1933, Medicine Hat, Alberta
                    married Thomas Pendlebury abt 1898 in Lancashire

                3) John Pollitt b. 6 May 1861, Accrington, Lancs., d. 20 Dec 1941, Medicine Hat, Alberta
                    married Harriet Lock 12 May 1888 in Lancashire, Harriet was b. 16 Nov 1863, Aston Manor, Birmingham,
                    Warwickshire, England, she died 4 Sept 1943 in Bow Island, Alberta
                         a) James Bertram Pollitt b. 17 May 1889, Newton Heath, Lancs., d. 29 Sept 1973, Vancouver, B. C. Canada
                             married Elizabeth May Caswell 14 May 1915, Bow Island, Alberta, born 25 Mar 1894, Walsall, Staffordshire,
                             England, d. 8 Mar 1970, Kelown, B.C. Canada, both are buried at the Kelowna Municipal Cemetery, Kelowna
                             B.C. see ( Caswell tree )
                                 i) Winnifred Pollitt b. 25 Feb 1916, Bow Isand, Alberta d. 21 Jun 1864, Cranbrook, B.C. Canada
                                    married Edward Arthur MacDonald 9 Sept 1935, Grassy Lake, Alberta. Ed was b. 1911, d. 25 Aug 1976,
                                    Cranbrook, B.C. Canada
                                     1a) Beth Eunice MacDonald
                                     1b) Elsie Iona MacDonald
                                     1c) Nellie Leona MacDonald
                                     1d) Terri Ann MacDonald

                                ii) James Ernest Pollitt b. 26 Jun 1919, Bow Island, Alberta, d. 1 Dec 1998, Penticton, B. C. Canada
                                    married Minna Zimmer 2 Jun 1945, Regina, Saskatchewan, Minna was born 22 Oct 1921,
                                    Regina, Sask., d. 27 Apr 1976, Penticton, B.C. both are buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, B.C.
                                      1a) Linda Eve Pollitt married Colin Anthony Merrigan
                                      1b) Kenneth James Pollitt married Lynda Joyce MacIntosh

                               iii) Rosa Margaret Pollitt b. 2 Jan 1926, d. 28 Feb 2002, London, Ontario, Canada
                                    married Herbert Charles Reynett 17 May 1947, Wesrbank, B.C. Canada  Herbert was born 8 May 1926,
                                    Ottawa, Ontario, d. 21 May 1999, Odessa, Ontario, both are buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Veteran's
                                    Section, London, Ontario.
                                       1a) Lawrence Reynett
                                       1b) Margaret Catherine Reynett

                         b) Ida Pollitt b. 1890, Newton Heath, Lancs., d. 1983, Kelowna, B.C. Canada
                         c) Margaret Edge Politt b. 12 Apr 1897, Newton Heath, Lancs., d. 7 Mar 1986, Bow Island, Alberta
                            married Walter Caswell 14 May 1915, Bow Island, Alberta. Walter was born 8 May 1887, Walsall,
                            Staffordshire, England, d. 9 Sept 1954, Medicine Hat, Alberta. see ( Caswell Tree )
                                       1a) Ernest Walter Caswell
                                       1b) Margaret  (Peggy  )Caswell
                                       1c) Albert Edward  (Ted )Caswell
                                       1d) John ( Jack ) Thomas Caswell
                                       1e) Robert Victor ( Bob ) Caswell
                                        

                4) Annie Pollitt b. 1866, Failsworth, Lancs., d. 30 Jan 1953, Medicine Hat, AB

                5) Ellen Pollitt b. 1870, Failsworth, Lancs., d. 10 Jan 1945, Medicine Hat, Alberta

       2) John Pollitt b. 24 Aug 1828, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       3) Ellen Pollitt b. 3 Apr 1831, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       4) Anne Pollitt b. 23 Sept 1832, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       5) Sarah Pollitt b. 18 Jan 1835, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       6) Mary Pollitt b. 5 Mar 1837, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       7) Henry Pollitt b. 27 Oct 1839, Newton Heath, Lancs.,
       8) Alice Pollitt b. 16 Nov 1843, Newton Heath, Lancs., d. Bow Island, Alberta

      
Last Updated 24 Oct 2005
Copyright 2005
Sources:

" Silver Sage" Bow Island 1900-1920 page 485, 488, 491,published by the Bow Island Lions Club
Public Records Office, England
FreeBMD online
Cemetery Transcriptions and photos from Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Some Information provided courtesy of Ted and Edna Caswell of Bow Island, Alberta
Birth, Marriage certificates courtesy of Linda Eve ( Pollitt ) Merrigan
An unusual connection has recently been found that may link the Rhode Island Pollitts' with our family.  Pictures of three well dresses and groomed ladies was found in the Old Pollitt Family Album taken at 2 seperate photo studios in Rhode Island, I hope to have this photo shown on this site in the near future, so if any one can identify these ladies, our family would be most appreciative.
Pollitt Family Pictures