Jessie, known as Jess, was born on September 17th, 1910 in Tranmere.1
Birth Notes
Aged 6 months on 1911 census
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1910 MATHER Jessie STOCKS Tranmere Wirral TRA/108/70
MATHER, JESSIE STOCKS GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in BIRKENHEAD Volume 08A Page 474
Death Index records Jessie Mather 17 Sep 1910 Died Nov 1999 89 Birkenhead
Jess' father was John Mather and her mother was Sarah Stocks. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph (Joe) Mather and Ellen Tomlinson; her maternal grandparents were Albert Stocks and Jane Smith. She had four brothers and three sisters, named Joe, Ab, Jack, Wal, Nellie, No and Lean. She was the third youngest of the eight children. She died due to natural causes or old age, Cerebrovascular diesease, at the age of 89 on November 8th, 1999 in Bebington. The funeral took place on November 11th, 1999 at the Bebington Cemetery and was arranged by Coop Funeral Services. She was buried on November 11th, 1999 at the Bebington Cemetery.232
Death Notes
Jessie died on November 8 1999. Aged 89 years, peacefully in her sleep at Safe Harbour Nursing Home.
Funeral service followed by internments at Bebington Cemetery on 11 November at 10:00am.
Flowers and enquiries to the Co-operative Funeral Services.
Name: Jessie Mather Birth Date: 17 Sep 1910 Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1999 Age at death (estimated): 89 Registration district: Birkenhead Inferred County: Cheshire Register number: D5C District and Subdistrict: 0371D Entry Number: 262
General Notes
Jessie never married. She lived at Thompson Street, and was often found in the big Victorian kitchen, cooking or making cups of tea. She spent many an evening knitting jumpers, which I would end up with for Christmas - Bless! When there was only Norah and Jessie (No & Jess) left at big the house, it was getting too much for them, so they sold up and moved to a retirement bungalow at 9 Reade Close, Spital, where they continued to live together until their demise.
Occupation Details
From before 1939 Jess' occupation was Domestic Duties at 45 Thompson St..4
From after 1940 her occupation was School Meals Officer in education.
Thompson Street in Tranmere District 5. There was no number 45 recorded for the 1901 census. John and Sarah were living there by 1901 (according to Norah's Birth Cert). We believe the Stocks lived there for a while during WW2 and the the Mathers returned.
In 1911, John and Sarah were living at 65 Holt Road, Tranmere. There six children Joseph (8), Albert (6), John (4), Ellen (2), Norah (1) and Jessie (6 months) were with them.