John Mather

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 55 in 1841 (rounded)
    
    Must have been born around Feb or March as was 66 when he died.
    
    Name:    John Mather
    Event Type:    Baptism
    Baptism Date:    31 Mar 1782
    Parish:    Bolton le Moors, St Peter
    Parish as it Appears:    Bradshaw Chapel
    Father's name:    John Mather
    Mother's name:    Ann Mather
    Reference Number:    L243/1/2/1
    Item Number:    3
    Archive Roll:    854
    
    John son of John & Ann Mather of G.B.

• Death Notes
  • John Mather, aged 66, of Kay Street died 27 Feb 1849
    
    Probate:
    John Mather of Bolton, Yeoman
    Executor James Mather
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1849
    MATHER    John    66    Little Bolton    LB/12/5
    
    
    Another possible burial is as follows:
    Name:    John Mather
    Gender:    Male
    Age:    73
    Birth Date:    1782
    Burial Date:    11 May 1855
    Burial Place:    Emmanuel, Bolton, Lancaster, England
    FHL Film Number:    1538134
    Reference ID:    cn 1855

• General Notes
  • John probably had a brother Thomas, as they had their children (Alice) baptised on the same day.  Early, when the children were being baptised, John was a weaver, but later became a shopkeeper. 
    
    In 1841, John is 55 on the census, living at Water Street, Little Bolton. A year earlier, James Mather of Water St, his brother married Martha Bently.  His father John was shown as a shopkeeper.
    
    In 1841, after James had married, John (55) was with presumably his son John, aged 20.
    
    John is recorded as a shopkeeper on son Joseph's second marriage of 1845 (and on a probate record).