JOHN OTTO BOOLE
23rd September 1891 – 9th July 1918
John Otto Boole was born in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire in 1891, the son of George and Kate Eliza
Boole (nee Thomas) . Sadly George Boole died in 1898 in Ormskirk. For some reason the family
then moved to Penarth, to 75 Plymouth Road and were living with Edward Montgomery Swan and
his wife Maria Francis Annie Swan, and their children, Hugh Edward Montgomery Swan, age 8,
Patrick Bernard Montgomery Swan, age 6, Dorothy Gwenllian Boole, age 18 (daughter), born in
1882 in Treherbert; Philip Arthur George Boole, age 16 (son), born in Treherbert in 1884;
Llewellyn Boole, born in 1885 at Lodge Farm Rainford (not included in 1901 census), Maria
Hunter, age 73 (mother-in-law), Lorna May Francis Swan, age 13 (stepdaughter), Rosemary Boole
born in Lodge Farm 1886 (not included in 1901 census) and John Otto Boole, age 9 (son). In the
1901 census Kate Eliza Boole was in hospital at 95 Column Road, Cardiff, so it is presumed the
children were staying with the Swan family while she was hospitalised.
(George Boole)
George Bool