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Luke Bowden (Mather)

Luke was born in 1827 in Radcliffe.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 13 in 1841 at Radcliffe
  Aged 21 in 1851, born Radcliffe
  Aged 26 in 1851
  Aged 53 in 1882 when died

Luke's father was Thomas Bowden and his mother was Elizabeth (Betsy) Lord (Pendlebury). He had two brothers named Thomas and Charles. He was the youngest of the three children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named James and Mary. He died at the age of 55 in March 1882 in Bury.²

Death Notes
- Name:    Luke Mather
  Age:    53
  Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1829
  Registration Quarter:    Jan-Feb-Mar
  Death Registration Place:    Bury, Lancashire, United Kingdom
  Death Date:    Mar 1882
  Volume:    8c
  Page:    349

General Notes
- Luke Mather must have been born about the time his father died, in Jan 1827 as he was 13, a working coal miner in 1841. He was names Mather, not Boden (like Thomas and Charles), so may be the son of Thomas Mather (but was Boden in 1851).
  
  In 1841, Luke Mather aged only 13 was a coal miner. There was another younger Luke, aged 10 at Middleton (son of Richard and Sarah). Both married Elizabeths at Manchester (1849 & 1851).
  
  In 1851, Luke "Boden" (21) is with his parents Thomas and Betsy Mather and family at Pilkington.
  
  20 May 1861, Luke Mather a Collier of Stand Lane, son of Thomas Mather a Barber married Betty Wood daughter of Edmund Wood, a painter at All Saints, Stand.
  
  In 1881, Luke, a Farmer and Margeret (53 & 54) were at 7 Hermitage, North Bury with son Joseph (15).

Occupation Details
- From 1841 to 1851 Luke's occupation was Coal Miner in Radcliffe.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Bowden
  - b.1791 in Radcliffe d.Jan 1827 in Radcliffe
  
  Luke Bowden (Mather)
  - b.1827 in Radcliffe d.Mar 1882 in Bury
  
  Elizabeth (Betsy) Lord (Pendlebury)
  - b.1789 in Radcliffe d.May 1867

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1841 UK Census
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