Samuel France

Samuel was born in March 1847 in Little Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1847
  FRANCE    Samuel    MATHER    Little Bolton    LB/14/247
  
  FRANCE, SAMUEL        MATHER 
  GRO Reference: 1847  M Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
  Volume 21  Page 140

Samuel's father was Richard France and his mother was Mary (Mariann) Ann Mather.  His maternal grandparents were William Mather and Mary Green. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Richard, John, Ellen and Hannah.  He was the youngest of the five children. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Thomas, William, William, Mary, Mary and Ruth.