Family of Samuel Mather & Ellen Morris

Samuel and Ellen were married in a civil ceremony in 1869 in Bolton.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- MATHER Samuel MORRIS Ellen
  Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/30/55

They had a son and two daughters, named John, Elizabeth and Maude. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Three possible Bolton Marriages:
  Marriages Sep 1867   (>99%)
  MORRIS Ellen    Bolton 8c 430
  
  Marriages Mar 1869   (>99%)
  FORD Ellen     Bolton 8c 412, but no match for b 1847±1 in Bolton
  Wood Ellen     Bolton 8c 412, two possibles in 1861, but born 1846 and 1848.

Personal Details
- Samuel Mather
  Samuel was born in April 1846 in Little Bolton.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Born: Little Bolton, Lancashire
      
      Name: Samuel Mather
      Year of Registration: 1846
      Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
      District: Bolton
      County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 21
      Page: 146
      
      Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1846
      MATHER Samuel Little Bolton Bolton KAY LB/13/163
  He died at the age of 41 in March 1888 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Died aged 42 in March 1888
      District: Bolton, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c Page: 296
  Ellen Morris
  Ellen was born in 1846 in Little Bolton and her christening took place on September 13th, 1846 in Bolton.³⁴
  - Birth Notes
    - Born: Little Bolton, Lancashire
      
      Ellen Mather:
      Aged 14 in 1861 (when single)
      Aged 24 in 1871, so born 1847
      Aged 34 in 1881, so born 1847
      Aged 43 in 1891, so born 1848
      Aged 52 in 1901, so born 1849
      
      Ellen Morris
      Christening: 13 SEP 1846 Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
      Parents:
      Father: James Morris
      Mother: Elizth. Morris
      
      Note: Too early, and cant find other siblings with same parents, so assumed to be another Ellen.
  She died at the age of 60 in June 1906 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Name: Ellen Mather
      Estimated birth year: abt 1846
      Year of Registration: 1906
      Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
      Age at Death: 60
      District: Bolton
      County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c
      Page: 257
      
      This may not be the correct Ellen, as another Ellen Mather of about the correct age was recorded in an Institution in 1911.

Children
- Elizabeth Mather
  Elizabeth was born in December 1869 in Little Bolton.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Born: Little Bolton, Lancashire
    
    Aged 1 in 1871
    Aged 11 in 1881
    
    Births Dec 1869   (>99%)
    Mather Elizabeth     Bolton 8c 312
    
    or
    
    Births Jun 1870   (>99%)
    Mather Elizabeth     Bolton 8c 314
  - Death Notes
    
    6 Elizabeth Mathers died in Bolton between 1891 and 1901, but none of the correct age, so she probably married.
  John Mather
  John was born in 1877 in Bolton.⁵
  - Birth Notes
    
    Born: 1876-1877
    
    Aged 4 in 1881
    Aged 14 in 1891
    Aged 24 in 1901
  Maude Mather
  Maude was born in March 1880 in Bolton.⁵
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 1 in 1881
    Aged 11 in 1891
    Aged 21 in 1901
    
    Births Mar 1880   (>99%)
    Mather Maude    Bolton 8c 356
    MATHER Maude     Bolton 8c 366

Samuel Mather & Ellen Morris

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