John James Mather

John was born in June 1882 in Accrington.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1882
  MATHER    John James    LEE    Accrington, Preston    ACC/59/19
  
  MATHER, JOHN  JAMES      LEE 
  GRO Reference: 1882  J Quarter in HASLINGDEN 
  Volume 08E  Page 172

John's father was George Henry Washington Mathers and his mother was Jane Lee.  His paternal grandparents were James Mathers and Mary Ann Harding(?). He had seven brothers and two sisters, named Charles, James, George, Herbert, George, Joseph, Albert, Jane and Alice.  He was the third youngest of the ten children.