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Alice Mather

1792 Alice Mather

This picture was taken on March 26th, 1792 at Goose Cote Hill and sourced from Bolton Parish Records.

Individual Picture Notes
- Year 1792, record 127 (film ref: RG4/1622):
  Parents Names: Wile'm & Betty Mather
  Mothers Maiden Name: Holt
  Child's Name: Alice
  By whom Baptized: Thomas Davies
  Of what congrigation: Walmrley Chapel
  When Born:Mar 26
  When Baptized: July 14
  Place, Township, Parish, County: Gore Cole Hill, Turton, Bolton, Lancashire

Alice was born on March 26th, 1792 at Goose Cote Hill and her baptism took place on July 14th, 1792 at Walmsley Presbyterian conducted by minister Thomas Davies.¹²

Birth Notes
- The Marriage Banns confirm that Alice is from the Parish of St Peter, Bolton and already a Mather before she married Samuel.
  
  Born 26 Mar 1792 according to christening records
  Born about 1791 (age 50) according to 1841 census.
  Born about 1791 (age 60), Turton, according to 1851 census.
  Born about 1789 (age 72), Turton, according to 1861 census.
  Born about 1789 (age 82), Turton, according to 1871 census.
  Born about 1788 (age 91) in 1879, headstone and Death Cert.
  
  It's therefore reasonable to assume Alice was born between 1787 and 1792. One record from Bolton or Turton is at Walmsley. See image for further details.
  
  Baptisms: 14 Jul 1792 Walmsley Meeting House, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
  Alice Mather - Child of Willm. Mather & Betty (formerly Holt)
      Born: 26 Mar 1792
      Abode: Goose Cote Hill, Turton, Bolton, Lancaster
      Notes: [Congregation: Walmsley Meeting]
      Baptised by: Tho Davies
      Register: Baptisms 1783-1793, Page 19, Entry 127
      Source: LDS Film 560904
  Note: Goose Colt Hill was the location of the Turton workhouse.
  
  Another possibility is Alice, D of John and Nancy of G.B., bap 1786 or Alice from Westhaughton born 1785

Alice's father was William Mather and her mother was Betty Holt. Her maternal grandparents were Peter Holt and Elizabeth (Betty) Howarth. She had four brothers, and also a sibling of unknown gender named Joshua, James, William, Holt and <unknown>. She was the third oldest of the six known children. She died due to natural causes or old age, Natural Decay, at the age of 87 on November 16th, 1879 in Sharples. Her burial was on November 20th, 1879 at Tonge-with-Haulgh Cemetery.³⁴

Death Notes
- By 1861 and 1871, Alice was a widow and living with her daughter, Happy and family. She died after 1871 census and before 1881, probably while she was living with her daughter, Happy Shuttleworth.
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1879
  MATHER Alice 91 Sharples Bolton SH/9/213
  
  For the last 20+ years of her life she recorded her birth as about 3 years older (i.e. 1789, not 26-Mar-1792), so its not surprising that this age is also 3 or 4 years out.
  
  Alice Mather died in Bolton on 16th November 1879 at 5 Nell Street, Bolton (she was living here with Phineas, Happy and Jesse Collins) and her certified cause of death was Natural Decay. Her death was registered by her son Samuel Mather who was in attendance at the death and who also lived in Nell Street (probably No. 9)
  
  She is buried with her son George and his family. The headstone records her death as Nov 16th 1879.
  
  Name: Alice Mather
  Estimated birth year: abt 1788
  Year of Registration: 1879
  Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
  Age at Death: 91
  District: Bolton
  County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c
  Page: 252

General Notes
- Alice appears to be born about 1788, although only Turton baptism is for 1792, so parents are unconfirmed..
  
  9 Sep 1810, Alice MATHER, a spinster married James Mather at St Peter's, Bolton.
  
  This is the only Alice found born in Bolton of similar age. She appears to have no (baptised) brothers or sisters, which is strange as she was born 13 years after her parents marriage (so could be wrong birth record or records lost, or a widow).
  
  Could she be a widower, married before Samuel in 1810 (after 1804)? Cant be Alice Makinson that married Nathan Mather in 1809 or Alice Calderbank married Thomas Mather in 1805 as they had a long and fruitfull marriages. There are no other candidates for an Alice from Turton.
  
  Alice, wife is present on 1841 and 1851 census with Samuel and family.
  
  The 1851 census shows Samuel and Alice (both 60) at 4 Simpson Street, was from Turton. Her son George (21, a Collier), daughter Happy Barrow (married, 28, piecer) and grandaughter Maria Barrow (7) were living with them.
  
  In 1871, Alice (82) was a boarder at 67 Blackbank Street, living with her daughter Happy and Phioneas Shuttleworth and family. 3 doors away at No 73 was her son Samuel and Ann Mather. Between them at No 71 was James Cunliffe Hamer and his wife Happy Hamer. How is this other Happy person related?

Occupation Details
- From 1851 to after 1861 Alice's occupation was Winder at Cotton Mill in manufacturing for Cotton Mill, in Little Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 census shows Samuel and Alice at 4 Simpson Street.
      
      In 1861, Alice was a Widow (72) with her daughter Happy's family. They were all Operative Spinners

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Alice lived at Goose Cote Hill from 1792.²
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Alice and her parents were at "Goose Cote Hill, Turton, Bolton" when she was Christened.
      Today, this road still exists in Egerton, near Turton Golf Club.
  She lived at Waterloo from 1841.⁵
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Samuel and Alice Mather and family in 1841
      Waterloo, Little Bolton
  She lived at 4 Simpson Street for three years from 1851 to 1854.⁶
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Samuel and Alice Mather, Son Geroge and Daughter Happy (and her daughter) living at 4 Simpson St., Little Bolton in 1851
      Samuel died at 4 Simpson Street, on 1 May 1854
  She lived at 167 Lever Street from 1861.⁷
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Happy and Phineas Shuttleworth and family living at 167 Lever St., Great Bolton in 1861
      Happy and mother Alice were also present.
  She lived at 67 Blackbank Street from 1871.⁸
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Happy and Phineas Shuttleworth and family in 1871
      With them were Happy's Mother Alice Mather, and their son Samuel (aged 16) and grandson Jesse Colins (aged 6).
      Daughter Maria Collins had died and her husband William Collins gone!
  She lived at 5 Nell Street for two years from before 1879 to after 1881.⁹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Alice Mather died at Nell Street in 1879 with her son Samuel in Attendance.
      Happy and Pineeas Shuttleworth in 1881. His son Samuel was living two doors away at number 9.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Alice lived with Phineas Shuttleworth.
  - Relationship Notes
    - After Samuel's death in 1854, Alice lived with daughter Happy and son-in-law Phineas
  She lived with Happy Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Alice (82) was boarding with Phineas and Happy Shuttleworth and their son Samuel and grandson Jessie Collins in 1871
  She and Alice Mather distrusted each other.
  Samuel Mather was a representative of Alice.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1871, Samuel and Alice at 73 Blackbank Street were near neighbours of his mother Alice Mather (at no 67)
      In 1879, Samuel was in attendance at his mother's death
  She and Isaac Mather knew each other.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Both Mathers from Turton, and possibly Brother and Sister.
  She was a relative of Samuel Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Married 9 Sep 1810

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Mather
  - b.1750 in Turton d.16 Apr 1830 in Little Bolton
  
  Alice Mather
  - b.26 Mar 1792 at Goose Cote Hill d.16 Nov 1879 in Sharples
  
  Richard Holt
  - b.~  1700
  
  Peter Holt
  - b.1723 in Bolton
  
  Ellen
  - b.~  1700
  
  Betty Holt
  - b.1759 in Deane d.May 1837 in Bolton
  
  Adam Howarth
  - b.~  1700
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Howarth
  - b.1725 in Lostock

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