Rev Edward Lushing Mather
Edward was born in 1826 in
Everton.
1 Edward's father was
<unknown> and his mother was
<unknown>. He had three brothers named
Federick,
Frank and
Herbert. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 88 in 1914.
Death Notes
Edward wrote a letter to Horace Mather in 1877, so must have been alive then.
General Notes
Reverend of Christ Church, Bootle, Liverpool.
Edward married Mary Chesters Grice (1849-1926) in the summer of 1882 at Northwich, Cheshire. Census returns identify two daughters.
In 1881 Edward L Mather was living with his brother at Bridgenorth. He gave his occupation as "Clergyman Without Cure of Souls"
In 1881 Edward (another, possinly his son, or nephew b.1852 Manchester) was a Minister (Primitive Meth Chapel Northwich). He had a son Edward (28) and daughter Elizabeth (15), presumably from an earlier marriage.
Evelyne Radcliffe (b1885) – elementary schoolteacher (1911)
Iza Helen (b abt1888) - assistant schoolmistress (1911)
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Connections & Relationships
Edward was a relative of
Sir Christopher Mather.
Relationship Notes
The Horace Mather book reports that "Rev E. L. Mather is a decendant of Sir Christopher Mather of Yorkshire. It must be several generations back!
Edward and
Rev Cotton Mather never met.
Relationship Notes
The Mass. Mather families are probably not entitled to use the Mather crest of Sir Christopher Mather
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1826 in Everton d.1914
