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Rachel Hamer

Rachel was born on March 6th, 1788 in Entwistle and her baptism took place in March 1788 at Walmsley Presbyterian conducted by John Taylor.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 63 in 1851
  Aged 73 in 1861 (boarder, with Alice Settle in Edgworth
  
  Rachel lived at Tarkingtons, and John HAMER was residing at Tarkingtons (Poor Rate Assessment Records) a farmer with property and land. Many of John HAMER's children are also born at Tarkingtons, and Rachel's Baptism confirms this.
  
  Tarkington's, is a farm on the South side of Entwistle Reservoir and in 1802 a regular fortnightly meeting was being held there on Sunday afternoons. In 1805 it became a Methodist Sunday School.
  
  Name:    Rachel Hamor
  Birth Date:    6 Mar
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Father:    John Hamor
  Mother:    Mally Hamor
  Baptism Date:    Mar 1788
  Baptism Place:    Turton, Lancashire, England
  Denomination:    Presbyterian
  Piece Title:    Piece 1622: Turton, Walmsley Chapel (Presbyterian), 1762-1836
  Abode: Tarkington's

Rachel's father was John Hamer and her mother was Mary (Mally) Bury. She had two brothers and six sisters, named John, Benjamin, Ann, Alice, Sally, Betty, Nancy and Jenny. She was the fourth oldest of the nine children. She died after 1865 in Edgworth.

Death Notes
- Rachel, aged 63 in 1851
  Rachel, border, aged 73 in Edgworth in 1861
  
  There are three FreeBMD deaths, but none matches age:
  
  Deaths Mar 1863   (>99%)
  Mather Rachel          Chorley     8e, 273
  Adlington, Preston. Age 1
  
  Deaths Sep 1863   (>99%)
  MATHER     Rachel Ann          Bolton     8c, 171
  Turton, Aged 2
  
  Deaths Dec 1865   (>99%)
  Mather Rachel          Blackburn     8e, 290
  Darwen, Blackburn, aged 89
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1871
  MATHER    Rachel    70    Farnworth    Bolton    FTH/24/67

General Notes
- Rachel (b. 1786) is the daughter of John Hamer and Mary Berry or Mary Tongue (baptised at Bury). However, the Non-conformist Turton Baptism is more likely, daughter of John and Mally.
  
  In 1851, Rachel was a lodging house keeper, born Turton, aged 63. She has a lodger, John Baker (33, Wid) from Liverpool.
  
  In 1861, Rachel was a washerwoman living with Alice Settle, aged 73.
  
  Did the old girl remarry Haworth WATSON at Blackburn RO in 1863? A Rachel Watson of Little Boilton died in 1866, aged 81.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Rachel lived with Alice Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Rachel Mather (73) was with Alice Settle (60) at Edgworth in 1861

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Hamer
  - b.1758 in Turton d.Aug 1851 in Turton
  
  Rachel Hamer
  - b.06 Mar 1788 in Entwistle d.> 1865 in Edgworth
  
  Mary (Mally) Bury
  - b.1755 in Turton d.Feb 1835 in Turton

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1861 UK Census
² England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)