John Mather

John was born in September 1872 in Mellor.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1872
  MATHER    John    EARNSHAW    Mellor, Preston    M/8/60
  
  MATHER, JOHN        EARNSHAW 
  GRO Reference: 1872  S Quarter in BLACKBURN 
  Volume 08E  Page 318

John's father was Nicholas Mather and his mother was Alice Earnshaw.  His paternal grandparents were William Mather and Margaret Pomfret. He had two brothers and four sisters, named William, James, Sarah, Margaret, Jane and Nancy.  He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He had a half-sister named Mary.