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Betty Mather

Betty was born in May 1815 in Worsley and her baptism took place on May 7th, 1815 in Eccles.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 25 in 1841
  Aged 36 in 1851, born Worsley (with all her children born Little Hulton)
  Aged 48 in 1861 (if same person)
  Aged 52 in 1871
  
  Name:    Betty Mather
  Baptism Date:    7 May 1815
  Parish:    Eccles , Lancashire, England
  Father:    James Mather
  Mother:    Margaret Mather
  Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
  Reference Number:    Drm/2/92
  
  Abode Worsley, Labourer

Betty's father was James Thornley (Mather) and her mother was Margaret (Peggy) Mather. Her paternal grandparents were Ellis Mather and Ann Thornley. She had three brothers and two sisters, named John, Thomas, Ellis, Caroline and Harriet. She was the oldest of the six children. She died at the age of 63 in 1878 in Little Hulton. Her burial was in May 1878 in Little Hulton.³⁴

Death Notes
- Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1878
  THORNLEY Betty 63 Little Hulton LH/13/470

General Notes
- Betty was the daughter of James Thornley, the illegitimate son of Ellis Mather. This caused confusion as to what her name should be. She was brought up as a "Mather", and used that name for the 1851 census and recording her childrens births, later changed to use the name "Thornley" after 1859 and on the 1861 census.
  
  In 1841, Betty Mather (25) was in Little Hulton with Ann (6), James (4) and Joseph (11 months).
  
  In 1851, Joshua Grundy (head, 42) was with Betty Mather (36, Servant) and 6 children shown as lodgers at Dunkirk, Hittle Hulton: Ann (15), Thomas (12), Joshua (10), Sarah (8), Mary (3) and Ellen Mather (1), all born Little Hulton.
  
  In 1861, Betty was named Betty Thornby and all the children were named Thornby, not Mather or Grundy. However, all births between 1851 and 1861 are mother (and father) named Mather, so all are illegitimate, probably Joshua Grundy's who Betty is still living with.
  
  In 1871, Betty (52) is now named Betty Thomley. She is still with her 5 youngest: Mailce (19), Martha (18), Robert (16), William (14) and Sarah Jane (12).
  
  Betty died, May 1878, aged 63 and buried as Joshua Grundy's wife in the same grave.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- 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

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² Lancashire CoE Births & Baptisms (1813-1911)
³ Headstone
⁴ BMD-Lancashire