George James Mather

George was born in March 1866 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1866
  MATHER    George J    WOLSENCROFT    Western Bolton    WB/49/457
  
  MATHER, GEORGE  JAMES      WOLSENCROFT 
  GRO Reference: 1866  M Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C  Page 365

George's father was Simon Mather and his mother was Jane Wolstencroft.  His paternal grandparents were Simon Mather and Ellen Brooks Unsworth. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Robert, Frederick, Alphonso, Ellen, Henrietta and Margaret. He had an adopted sister named Martha. He had a half-brother named Robert.