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Henry Mather

Henry was born in December 1840 in Bedford (Leigh).¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 6mo in 1841
  Aged 10 in 1851, born Bedford, Leigh
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
  MATHER    Henry    STOCKTON    Culcheth    CUL/2/382
  
  Name:    Henry Mather
  Registration Year:    1841
  Registration Quarter:    Jan-Feb-Mar
  Registration district:    Leigh, Lancashire
  Volume:    21
  Page:    505
  
  Birth registered at Culcheth (5 miles south of Bedfrod Street, Leigh) where birth shown in 1851 census

Henry's father was James Mather and his mother was Margaret Stockton (Slater). His paternal grandparents were Samuel Mather and Margaret Dawson. He had three brothers and two sisters, named John, Joseph, James, Ann and Elizabeth. He was the third oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 53 in 1893 in Halliwell. His burial was in 1893 at St. Peter (Halliwell).²

Death Notes
- Name:    Henry Mather
  Birth Year:    1840
  Burial Year:    1893
  Burial Place:    Halliwell, Lancashire, England
  Death Age:    53
  Cemetery:    St Peter
  Notes:    h of Maria
  Original URL:    http://www.gravestonephotos.co...
  
  Parents Henry and Maria Mather and three children Lottie, Ernest Joseph and Thompson James are all buried in the same grave at St. Peter's Halliwell

General Notes
- In 1861 Henry (20), Joseph, Elizabeth and James were living with their father James (47). He had no children.
  
  3 April 1863, Henry Mather of Little Bolton, son of James Mather (both spinners) married Maria Duckworth, spinster of Little Bolton, daughter of Oliver Duckworth a labourer at St. George's, Little Bolton.
  
  Between 1863 and 1885 Henry had at least 7 children, possibly by two women. Half the children have DUCKWORTH as the mother's maiden name, and the others THOMASON. It may be that Maria was widowed or illegitimate, so was using two names.
  
  In 1871 Henry and Maria (30 & 29) had three children Sarah A (5), Samuel (3) and Jesse (11mo), and also his mother Margaret (51), Sister Elizabeth (27) and brother James (19) with him.
  
  In 1881, Henry and Maria (40 & 39) were with Sarah Ann (14), Samuel (13), Jesse (10), Joseph (3) and Thompson J (3 mon) at 44 Ramwell Street, Bolton Emmanuel (West Bolton).
  
  In 1893, Henry died. Henry and Maria Mather and three children Lottie, Ernest Joseph and Thompson James are all buried in the same grave at St. Peter's Halliwell

Occupation Details
- From 1881 Henry's occupation was Cotton Spinner at Bolton Emmanuel.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Henry lived with Margaret Stockton (Slater).
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1871, Margaret Mather (Mar, 51) with Elizabeth Alice (22) and James (19) were "boarding" with her older son Henry and his family. Husband James wasn't there.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1741 in Kearsley d.Jan 1815 in Ringley
  
  Samuel Mather
  - b.1779 in Ringley
  
  Eunice Ashton
  - b.~  1740 d.Feb 1809 in Kearsley
  
  James Mather
  - b.1813 in Bolton d.>  1861
  
  Margaret Dawson
  - b.~  1776 in Outwood
  
  Henry Mather
  - b.Dec 1840 in Bedford (Leigh) d.1893 in Halliwell
  
  Margaret Stockton (Slater)
  - b.1819 in Bolton

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² GraveStonePhotos.com