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William Tootell & Margaret Sherlock
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Genealogical DetailsWilliam Tootell III (photo at left [7]), born in Bolton, Lancashire [10] in 1864 [7], son of [7] William Tootell II and Jane Jackson. Died April 2, 1949, Wigan [8] or April 6, 1949 [16], age 84. Buried at Ince cemetery, Wigan, plot D7 [16].
Margaret (Maggie) Alice Sherlock (photo at left [1]), born circa 1863 [10] in Bolton, Lancashire [10], daughter of [10] John Sherlock and Alice Grundy. Died December 18, 1941 [16] at Wigan. Buried at Ince cemetery, Wigan, plot D7 [16].
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William Tootell III 
Margaret A. Sherlock Children of William and Margaret were [1][3] :
- William Clifford Tootell Sr., born June 22, 1890 [18], married Angelina Bagguley.
- Alice Tootell, born circa 1893 at Bolton, Lancashire, died December 3, 1910 (typhoid) [16].
- Ellen (Nellie) Tootell, died age 3 (drowned) [7].
- Stanley Tootell, born circa 1896 Bolton, married Eleanor (Nellie) [1] .
- Norman Tootell, born circa 1900 Wigan, Lancashire, married (first) Ellen, married (second) Winnie. No issue. [1] [7].
Family History Details
This family lived at 29 Shaw Street, Great Bolton, Lancashire at the time in 1890 when William Clifford was born [18]. However the following year (1891 census) they were at 28 Laburnum Street, Bolton, Lancs. Laburnum Street no longer exists [7].
In 1901 (census), the family lived at 2 Diggle Street, Wigan.
As a young man, William was on the stage as an entertainer, and later in life was employed as an iron turner [10] [18]. He worked for Walker Bros. (Wigan) Pagefield Iron Works, Wigan, a major general engineering firm that built steam locomotives and mining machinery.
On William Clifford's reissued birth certificate, the family name is spelled "Tootill" [18].
Margaret and William were known to grandchildren as "grandma and grandpa shop". Margaret was a shopkeeper before marriage [10], like her father, presumably in his shop. After William retired from the mill, he and Margaret opened a grocery and candy shop. At this point they lived at 30 Ratcliffe Street, Wigan [1].
William's listed primary cause of death was acute bronchitis (secondary: senility), at 75 Frog Lane UD. At the time of his death, he resided at 23 Margaret Street, Wigan [8].