John Mather

1840 John Mather s of Sarah

• Individual Picture Notes

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 1 at 1841 census, so born after Mar 1839.  Father had died by Sep 1838, so if concieved before Aug, must be born Apr 1839 or earlier.  Therefore, born April 1839.
    
    Aged 1 in 1841
    Aged 10 in 1851 census (born Little Bolton)
    Aged 20 in 1861 census (born Bolton)
    Aged 44 in 1881 census (born Bolton)
    
    MATHER, JOHN        - 
    GRO Reference: 1840  J Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
    Volume 21  Page 107
    
    John Mather
    Event(s):
    Birth: 
    Christening:  26 JUL 1840   Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
    Parents:
      Mother:  Sarah Mather 
      Father: (not recorded)
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
    MATHER John Little Bolton MATHER LB/4/428 

• General Notes
  • The John Mather who married Frances in 1866 had a brother Will 2 years older (born Bury ~1842) with him in 1871.  This must be another John Mather about 5 years younger, and also  there is no Will Mather on the 1861 census, and Sarah was single in 1841 (and remarried in 1844).
    
    If John was Sarah's daughter, then William cant be the father, because he died before Alice in Sep 1838.
    
    John (20) is boarding with step-parents James (46) and Sarah (66) in 1861.
    
    John may have married Margreet Fisher in 1868 ay Irlam, St John, Lancashire.  This is the only marriage of correct age where no father's name is given.