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John Mather

John was born in September 1857 in Entwistle.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 3 in 1861
  Aged 13 in 1871
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1857
  MATHER John MARSDEN Edgworth EDG/4/201
  
  MATHER, JOHN MARSDEN
  GRO Reference: 1857 S Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C Page 223

John's father was Isaac Mather and his mother was Elizabeth (Betty) Marsden. His paternal grandparents were James Mather and Rachel Hamer. He had four brothers and five sisters, named James, Simon, Luke, Joseph, Betty, Sophia, Ruth, Sarah and Esther. He was the eighth oldest of the ten children. He had a half-brother named Isaac.

General Notes
- 25 April 1875, John married Mary Jane Miller at St Peter's, Bolton. His half-sister Ruth and her future husband James Knowles were witness.
  
  From 1875 to 1880 they lived at Turton or Edgworth, where the first three childrens births were registered.
  
  In 1881 John and Mary J (both 23) were at Samlesbury with William (6), Mary E (3), Isaac (8mo) and his mother-in-law Mary Ann Garvey (54)
  
  After 1881, John and Mary Jane lived at Samlesbury and their children's births were registered at Walton-le-Dale.
  
  In 1893 Henry's death and in 1894, their last child Harold's birth were registered at Darwen, although Harolds death the following year was back at Walton-le-Dale.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Ruth Mather was a representative of John.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1875 (just before she married), James Knowles and Ruth Mather were witness to her brother John's marriage to Mary Jane Miller.

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
  
  Ellen Blinstone ^*
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Isaac Mather
  - b.Jan 1760 in Turton d.19 Feb 1842 in Edgworth
  
  Edmund Howarth ^*
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  James Mather
  - b.Aug 1787 in Entwistle d.03 Sep 1841 in Entwistle
  
  Alice Fielding
  - b.1764 in Rochdale
  
  Isaac Mather
  - b.Sep 1814 in Edgworth d.Mar 1893 in Edgworth
  
  John Hamer
  - b.1758 in Turton d.Aug 1851 in Turton
  
  Rachel Hamer
  - b.06 Mar 1788 in Entwistle d.> 1865 in Edgworth
  
  Mary (Mally) Bury
  - b.1755 in Turton d.Feb 1835 in Turton
  
  John Mather
  - b.Sep 1857 in Entwistle
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Marsden
  - b.1819 in Darwen d.1861 in Edgworth
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1871 UK Census