John (Mechanic) Mather 
Birth Notes
Aged 50 in 1841 (rounded), Mechanic
Aged 60 in 1842 (when died) or 58 if buried at St Peters
Aged 60 when died so born about 1782
Married in 1810 at and from the parish of Leigh (maybe)
Name: John Mather
Baptism Date: 26 Jan 1782
Parish: Leigh, Lancashire, England
Mother's name: Nathan Mather
Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
Reference Number: Drm 2/113a/5
John son of Nathan Mather of Westleigh
Name: John Mather
Baptism Date: 22 Apr 1786
Parish: Leigh, Lancashire, England
Mother's name: Alice Mather
Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
Reference Number: Drm 2/114/2a
John, son of Alice Mather of Bedford, Base
Name: John Mather
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 Nov 1786
Baptism Place: Leigh, St Mary, Lancashire, England
Mother: Ellen Mather
Reference Number: GB127.L211/1/2/1
John, son of Ellen Mather of Westleigh, Base
Death Notes
Died befoe 1851 when Ann was a Widow
John Mather, Machine Maker/Mechanic/Engineer, appears to have died 4 Aug.1842 at The Workhouse, Market St., Manchester, Mechanic, died of debility, aged 60. Ann (Thompson) Mather, born about 1791 in Runcorn, Cheshire, is listed in the Census 1841-1871 and died 22 Dec. 1875 in Manchester, aged 92 [age 70 in 1861 and 81 in the 1871 Census]. Ann and other family members are buried in Cheetham Hill Cemetery.
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1842
MATHER John 60 Market Street MST/14/95
Name: John Mather
Age: 58
Birth Date: abt 1784
Burial Date: 7 Aug 1842
Burial Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
Reference Number: GB127.L243/1/5/11
Abode Little Bolton
General Notes
WARNING: Parents are not confirmed.
In 1810, John Mather, mechanic, married Mary Taylor at Leigh. His brother Joseph and (assumed) brother James Mather were witness. (Sir William Mather was also a machine maker at Salford in 1836)
We know John and Joseph were brothers because thay both had daughters named Betsy, and in 1881 the same informant, Joseph Allen, recorded both their deaths.
13 May 1816, John Mather, Machine Maker, married Ann Thompson.
3 Jan 1819 Jane & Joseph Mather were baptised at Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter. John was a Machine Maker of Little Bolton.
In 1821, John Mather, mechanic was listed at 35 Canal Street in the Manchester Business Directory.
In 1841, John Mather (a Mechanic) and Ann (both 50) were in were living in Back Hadfield St, Ancoats, Manchester with daughters Martha and Ellen (9 & 8). John was listed at 27 Dean Street, Great Ancoats as a Mechanic in the 1841 Pigot & Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford.
In 1850, John Mather, Mechanic is listed in Slater's directory at Ordsal Lane, Salford, which must be another if he died in 1841 (or else he died later).
In 1842, John died at the Manchester Workhouse (aged 60). A burial records his abode as Little Bolton, aged 58.
Later records (after his death) also show another John as an Iron Fitter and Engineer.
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Occupation Details
Occupation Notes
In 1810, John was a Mechanic when he married Mary ThorpeOccupation Notes
Jno (John) was a Machine Maker in Little Bolton when Sarah Ann, Thomas and Joseph were baptised. He had moved to Manchester by 1821, but still a Machine Maker.Occupation Notes
Still a Machine Maker when twins Jane and Joseph and sons, John baptised in 1832Occupation Notes
In 1843, John was a Mechanic when Sarah Ann Married, later in 1849, John was an Engineer when his son John Married and on 1841 census.
Was also recorded as a mechanic when Elizabeth married in 1858 and on daughter Martha's 1849 adult baptism (when she was 66).
Thomas recorded his father as an "Iron Fitter" when his mother Ann died in 1875
From 1810 to about 1811 John's occupation was Mechanic in Leigh.4From 1810 to after 1819 his occupation was Machine Maker in Little Bolton.5From about 1920 to after 1823 his occupation was Machine Maker in Manchester.5From 1810 his occupation was Engineer & Mechanic & Iron Fitter in Manchester. He died in 1842 while still employed there.4
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Connections & Relationships
Relationship Notes
Confirmed brothers (as in 1810, John had a marriage witness Joseph (and James) Mather.
John was a relative of Joseph (Joshua) Mather.
Details of John's family with Mary Taylor
Details of John's family with Ann Thompson
1 1851 UK Census
2 Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials
3 Certificate - Death
4 Certificate - Marriage
5 Certificate - Baptism
Further source/citation:
Ancestry Family Trees
2 Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials
3 Certificate - Death
4 Certificate - Marriage
5 Certificate - Baptism
Further source/citation:
Ancestry Family Trees
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