John Mather

1928 John Mather (death)

This picture was taken on February 23rd, 1928 in Birkenhead and sourced from Certificate - Death.

• Individual Picture Notes

• Birth Notes
  • The GRO has 6 John Mather births registered in Bolton in 1852 and another 7 in 1853.  John is so common !
    
    MATHER, JOHN        KAY 
    GRO Reference: 1852  D Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
    Volume 08C  Page 218
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1852
    MATHER    John    KAY    Little Bolton    LB/23/197
    
    The Birkenhead death, aged 74 is correct, which suggests he was born after Feb 1853, but that's not possible as his birth was registered in Q4 1852.

• Death Notes
  • It is reported (in both Birkenhead newspapers) that John attended Joseph Mather's funeral, so was still alive in 1918.
    
    There is a John Mather who died in Little Bolton in 1922, aged 74  but this is another.  John died at 45 Church Steet, in Tranmere, Birkenhead, 23 Fev 1824, aged 74 (actually 75).
    
    Deaths Mar 1928   (>99%)
    Mather  John  74  Birkenhead  8a 708
    
    

• General Notes
  • In 1861, John was aged 8, at school, living with his parents at 114 Chorley Street.
    
    In 1871, John was an Iron Turner, aged 18, still at 114 Chorley Street.
    
    In 1881, John was still unmarried, aged 28, and living with mother and sister Hannah at 114 Chorley St., Little Bolton. 
    
    In 1891, single, living as a lodger at 409 Brook Street, Birkenhead.
    
    Single and living as a Boarder in Barrow-in-Furnaess in 1901. (A different John H Mather died in Barrow-in-Furnace 26-Nov-1920, aged 40, leaving £100 to Elizabeth Mather, widow).
    
    In 1907, on Christmas Eve John , aged 55 (born 1852) was admitted to the Farnworth, Bolton Workhouse. He was destitute and had fractured ribs. His older sister Hannah, also destitute was admitted two day later.
    
    In 1911 John was in the Bolton Workhouse, 54, shown as "deaf", working as a clamper at the bleach works.
    
    In 1918, John was still alive, attending his brother Joseph's funeral in Birkenhead (news clip).
    
    In his old age maybe to be closer to his family in Thompson Street, Tranmere, John moved to 10 Monk Street, Birkenhead (near the old market).  At the time of his death he was an Engineer's Turner (Journeyman), so he may have moved for the purposes of work.  My uncle Albert once recalled how a black sheep of the family used to hang out around the market asking him for money.
    
    In Feb 1922, John died aged 75 (recorded as 74) at 56 Church Road, Tranmere (this was the Birkenhead Workhouse which later became St Catherine's Hospital).  The cause of death was Cerebral Haemorrhage (cerebral bleed).
    
    Note: Don't confuse with another John Mather from Bolton of same age who married Isabella!.  He was a general labourer.  Also not John aged 22 (a year too young), son of John who married  Eliza Horrobin in Bolton 1854.