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Happy Mather

This picture was taken on May 13th, 1889 and sourced from Certificate - Death.

Individual Picture Notes
- Died: Thirteenth May 1889, 9 Nell St
  Name: Happy Shuttleworth
  Sex Age: Female, 65 years
  Occupation: Wife of Phineas Shuttleworth, labourer at Iron Foundary
  Cause of Death: Epithelioma of Tongue
  Informant: P Shuttleworth, widower of the deceased, 9 Nell St

Happy was born on February 6th, 1823 in Little Bolton.¹

Birth Notes
- Born about 1823, so before Samuel.
  
  Aged 15 on 1841 census (rounded down)
  Aged 28 on 1851 census
  Aged 37 on 1861 census
  Aged 47 on 1871 census
  Aged 58 on 1881 census
  Aged 65 on 13 May 1889, when she died,
  
  Therefore born mid 1823 (i.e. after 13-May).
  1881 census has Happy born in 1823 at Little Bolton, Higher End.
  
  Name: Happy Shuttleworth
  Year of Registration: 1882
  Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
  District: Bolton, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c
  Page: 390

Happy's father was Samuel Mather and her mother was Alice Mather. Her paternal grandparents were James Mather and Happy Lomax; her maternal grandparents were William Mather and Betty Holt. She had eight brothers and four sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Isaac, William, James, John, Lomas, Samuel, George, James, Mary, Alice, Ellen, Maria and <child>. She was the nineth oldest of the fourteen children. She died from cancer, Epithelioma of Tongue, at the age of 66 on May 13th, 1889 in Astley Bridge. Her burial was on May 17th, 1889 at St. Paul's (Astley Bridge).²³

Death Notes
- Name: Happy Shuttleworth
  Estimated birth year: abt 1824
  Year of Registration: 1889
  Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
  Age at Death: 65
  District: Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c
  Page: 224
  
  In 1891 Phineas was recorded as a border and widowed.
  
  Cause of death was "Epithelioma of Tongue", a tumor, certified by J Robinson MD. Age 65. Wife of Phineas Shuttleworth a labourer at the Iron Foundry.
  
  Death reported by "Phineas Shuttleworth, widower of the deceased, present at the death. 9 Nell Street, Sharples".
  
  Death registered on 14 May 1889 by Robert Lever, Registrar.
  
  Happy and Phineas are buried in a grave with 4 other Shuttleworts at Astley Bridge: Albert (1); John G (0); Samuel (62) and Lois (68).

General Notes
- Living in Little Bolton in 1841, 1851
  
  Happy, was a minor (about 20) when she married John Barrow, a Chemist, on 5th Sep 1842 at Ainsworth Christ Church, Bury (parish of Middleton). No other Mathers married here, although there are several BARROW marriages.
  
  John Barrow died three years after the marriage in 1845.
  
  By 1851, Happy had lost her first husband and was living with her daughter Maria and parents, Samuel and Alice. 1851 census has her as Married, not Widowed, but she probably was.
  
  Happy's father Samuel died in 1854. It appears that Happy of Rose Hill,.was in attendance at her fathers death (but it looks like Harry Shuttleworth on the certificate).
  
  By 1861 Happy's father Samuel has died. Happy has remarried Phineas Shuttleworth, and is now living at 167 Lever Street, Little Bolton, still with her daughter Maria and mother Alice Mather.
  
  Happy, Phineas and son Samuel living at 67 Blackbank Street, Little Bolton in 1871.
  
  Happy died in 1889, followed by Phineas three years later. Happy and Phineas Shuttleworth are buried in a grave with 4 other Shuttleworts at Astley Bridge: Albert (1); John Greenhalgh (0); Samuel (62) and Lois (68).

Occupation Details
- From 1841 Happy's occupation was Factory Worker in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1841 census
  From 1851 her occupation was Piecer in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 census
  From 1861 her occupation was Operative Machiner in manufacturing.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1861 census

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Happy lived at Waterloo from 1841.⁴
  - 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 1854.¹
  - 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 1861.⁵
  - 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 1871.⁶
  - 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 1881.⁷
  - 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
- Happy was a neighbour of Samuel Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Samuel and wife Ann were living next door to Alice Mather and her daughters family Happy and Samuel Shuttleworth in 1871
  She was a representative of Samuel Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy was in attendance at the death of Samuel.
  She was named after Happy Lomax.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy Mather was named after her grandmother Happy Mather nee Lomax..
  She had some other social relationship with Samuel Shuttleworth.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy Mather is buried with her son Samuel Shuttleworth
  Happy Shuttleworth was named after Happy.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy Shutttlewoth was named after her grandmother Happy Barrow nee Mather, who in turn was named after her grandmother, Happy Lomax.
  She was a relative of George Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy Shuttleworth and George Mather had their children baptised as Bolton-le-Moors togather on the 29th Sep 1861.
      Samuel (son of Phineas and Happy)
      Frederick William (son of George and Mary)
      Clara Ann (dau of George and Mary)
  Happy Bond was named after Her.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy was named after her aunt Happy Barrow (nee Mather)
  She lived with Alice Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Alice (82) was boarding with Phineas and Happy Shuttleworth and their son Samuel and grandson Jessie Collins in 1871
  Alice Mather was a representative of Her.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1842, Alice was witness to sister Happy's marriage to John Barrow

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1713 in Warrington d.Apr 1768 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  Richard Blinstone ^*
  - b.Aug 1691 d.Aug 1727 in Prescot
  
  Ellen Blinstone
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Margaret (?)
  - b.~  1693 d.Aug 1755 in Warrington
  
  James Mather
  - b.28 Sep 1761 in Turton d.Oct 1811 in Little Bolton
  
  Giles Howarth ^*
  - b.1672 in Lower Darwen d.Jun 1739 in Lower Darwen
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Mary Yates
  - b.~  1679 d.Nov 1737 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  Samuel Mather
  - b.Apr 1791 in Bolton d.01 May 1854 at 4 Simpson Street
  
  John Lomax
  - b.~  1702 in Entwistle
  
  James Lomax
  - b.1735 in Bolton d.1831 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Cross
  - b.~  1706 in Darwen
  
  Happy Lomax
  - b.08 Feb 1768 in Bolton d.23 Jun 1843 in Bolton
  
  Mary Taylor
  - b.~  1731 in Deane d.1796 in Bury
  
  Happy Mather
  - b.06 Feb 1823 in Little Bolton d.13 May 1889 in Astley Bridge
  
  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
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² Deceased Online
³ Certificate - Death
⁴ 1841 UK Census
⁵ 1861 UK Census
⁶ 1871 UK Census
⁷ 1881 UK Census
Sources/Citations BMD (FreeBMD.org.uk), Family Tree - Waterson, Ancestry.co.uk

Happy Mather

Occupation Details

Occupancy & Contact Details

Social & Emotional Relationships

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

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