John Herbert Mather

John was born in 1886 in Little Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  
  MATHER, JOHN  HERBERT      MCGWIN 
  GRO Reference: 1886  M Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 428
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1886
  MATHER    John H    MCGURN    Little Bolton    LB/109/434

John's father was William Mather and his mother was Ann McGurn.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas Mather and Elizabeth Stirrup. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named William, Joseph, James, Albert, Austin, Gilbert, Aldred, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Ellen.  He was the second oldest of the twelve children.