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Joseph Ashton

Joseph was born in 1870 in Little Hulton.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 1 in 1871, born Little Hulton
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1869
  ASHTON Joseph THORNLEY Little Hulton LH/16/253
  
  Note: Ann's mother was Betty Mather and her father James Thornley, and Ann's maiden name seems to switch from Mather to Thornley for the births of Jacob, Ellen and Joseoh, and then back again.

Joseph's father was William Ashton and his mother was Ann Mather. His maternal grandparents were Joshua Grundy and Betty Mather. He had four brothers and four sisters, named James, Joshua, Jacob, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Alice and Ellen. He was the eighth oldest of the nine children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Ashton
  - b.1832 in Little Hulton
  
  Joseph Ashton
  - b.1870 in Little Hulton
  
  Joshua Grundy
  - b.1809 in Little Hulton d.Nov 1877 in Little Bolton
  
  Ann Mather
  - b.1835 in Little Hulton
  
  Edmund (Edwin) Mather
  - b.~  1750 in Worsley
  
  Ellis Mather
  - b.1772 in Little Hulton d.1844 in Little Hulton
  
  Mary
  - b.~  1750
  
  James Thornley (Mather)
  - b.1792 in Worsley
  
  Ann Thornley
  - b.1774 in Eccles d.23 Sep 1836 in Little Hulton
  
  Betty Mather
  - b.May 1815 in Worsley d.1878 in Little Hulton
  
  Margaret (Peggy) Mather
  - b.~  1795 in Little Hulton

¹ 1871 UK Census