Family of Reuben Finn Handford & Sarah Alice Mather

Reuben and Sarah were married in a civil ceremony in June 1880 in Bolton.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- MATHER Sarah A FINN Reuben Finn
  Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/67/155

They had a son and two daughters, named Reuben, Ethel and Esther. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Marriages Jun 1880 (>99%)
  Sarah Alice Mather married Reuben Fynn Handford
  Bolton 8c, 485
  
  I have looked at all marriages of Sarah Mather between 1871 and 1881 in Bolton, and only this Sarah A matched the 1881 census records for being born in Bolton 1850-52.

Personal Details
- Reuben Finn Handford
  Reuben was born in December 1852 in Nottingham.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Ruben Frine was aged 58 in 1911 and living in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
      
      Name: Reubin Tinn Handford
      Year of Registration: 1852
      Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
      District: Radford
      County: Nottinghamshire
      Volume: 7b
      Page: 161
  He died at the age of 71 in September 1924 in Loughborough.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Name: Reuben F Handford
      Death Registration Month/Year: 1924
      Age at death (estimated): 71
      Registration district: Loughborough
      Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
      Volume: 7a
      Page: 130
  Sarah Alice Mather
  Sarah was born in September 1850 in Little Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    - Born Little Bolton (1851), but recorded only as Bolton in 1861.
      
      Births Sep 1850   (>99%)
      Mather Sarah Alice    Bolton 21 128
      
      Sarah was 8 months old in 1851
      Sarah was 10 in 1861
      Sarah Alice was 60 in 1911.
      
      Was she christened Sarah Ann, or is this another?
      Sarah Ann Mather
      Event(s):
      Birth: 18 SEP 1849
      Christening: 18 NOV 1849   Stand, Lancashire, England
      Parents:
      Father: John Mather
      Mother: Elizabeth
      Note: Stand is 0.5 miles SE of Radclidde, and about 6 miles ESE of Bolton.
  She died at the age of 64 in September 1914 in Leicester.¹
  - Death Notes
    - At least later than 1871
      
      Deaths Sep 1914 (>99%)
      Handford Sarah 63 Leicester 7a 262

Children
- Ethel Handford
  Ethel was born in March 1881 in Bishop Auckland.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    under 1m old in 1881
    
    Name: Ethel Handford
    Year of Registration: 1881
    Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
    District: Auckland
    County: Durham
    Volume: 10a
    Page: 198
  Esther Maud Handford
  Esther was born in June 1884 in Bishop Auckland.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Name: Esther Maud Handford
    Year of Registration: 1884
    Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
    District: Auckland
    County: Durham
    Volume: 10a
    Page: 243
  Reuben Ernest Handford
  Reuben was born in 1890 in Gorton.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Reuben Ernest was aged 21 in 1911 and living in Loughborough, Leicestershire with both parents.

Reuben Finn Handford & Sarah Alice Mather

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