22 May 1869, Charles Mather, Stripper & Grinder, son of Thomas Mather a Gas Maker, married Ann Dewhust, Daughter of William, a Quarryman Married 41 years in 1911 and all births show Ann's maiden name as Dewhurst.
Thomas and Charles had left home by 1871. Charles (27) was married to Ann (23), and had a baby daughter Mary A (1) in Egerton.
In 1901, Charles and Ann (both 55) were at Farnworth with Mary A (30), Elizabeth (28), Henry (25), Edmund (19), Robert (16) and Samuel Finner, a boarer.
In 1911, Charles (65, Wid) at 34 Rishton, Great Lever with Mary Ann (40), Margaret Elizabeth (38) and William Henry (35, married). Charles had 5 children (all alive)
Charles probably retired to Blackpol where he died in 1932, aged 88 (or earlier in Bolton)