Joseph (Joe) Mather

1895 Joseph Mather (col) 1840 Joseph Mather (sml) 1840 Joseph Mather 1901 Joseph Mather 1918 Joseph Mather Death 1918 Joseph Mather 1915 Joseph & Ellen's Golden Wedding

Joseph, known as Joe, was born on February 7th, 1840 in Little Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Joseph was 71 in 1911
  
  Two Joseph Mathers born in Bolton this year (Q1 and Q4). Lil's records show our John Mather's birth to be the first one, confirmed by Birth Cert.
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
  BUCKLEY, Joseph    BUCKLEY    Little Bolton    LB/4/253
  
  MATHER, JOSEPH        BUCKLEY 
  GRO Reference: 1840  M Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
  Volume 21  Page 111
  
  The birth certificate (see image) is item 253 from the Little Bolton records, so clearly, the above record is the one, and it was indexed with the wrong surname (maiden name instead).
  
  Les recalls Joseph was also known as Joe

Joe's father was John Mather and his mother was Ellen Buckley.  His paternal grandparents were Samuel Mather and Alice Mather; his maternal grandparents were John Buckley and Mary Crook. He had a brother and a sister, named Benjamin and Sarah.  He was the second oldest of the three children. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Samuel, John, Susannah, Margaret, Sarah and Ruth.  He died due to a cardiac arrest, Dilation of the heart (left & right ventricles) and Ascites, at the age of 78 on September 6th, 1918 at 282+284 St. Ann Street.  The funeral took place on September 10th, 1918 at Laird Street Baptist Church and was arranged by Messrs R Gallienne and Son, 34 Conway-street.  He was buried on September 10th, 1918 at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens.^2 3 1 

• Death Notes

  Still alive at 1901, aged 61.
  
  Burial Record:
  Folio: 507, Record 1000
  Buried 10 Sept 1918, aged 78
  Occupation: Iron Moulder
  Living at 282 St Annes Street, Birkenhead U.D.
  Buried in a Private Grave, Section NC6, grave 234
  Ceremony performed by Ben Evans
  
  Joseph and Ellen Mather, and Alfred James and Mary Nugent are buried together at Flaybrick Cemetary (see reference for details and picture).
  
  See excellent reference for Birkenhead News Obituary.
  
  Name: Joseph Mather
  Death Registration Month/Year: 1918
  Age at death (estimated): 78
  Registration district: Birkenhead
  Inferred County: Cheshire
  Volume: 8a
  Page: 522
  
  Cause of death on certificate is:
  (1) Dilation of the heart (left & right ventricles)
  (2) Ascites (which is an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity)
  Informant was R Mather (son) of 9 Seddon St, Manchester.
  
  
  

• General Notes

  Joseph (or Joe) is my great grandfather.
  
  Joseph Mather (sometimes known as Joe) was born 7 Feb 1840 in Little Bolton.  His birth is missing from the BMD index because it is indexed as Buckley, not Mather.  However the birth certificate clearly shows him born a Mather, son of John Mather and Ellen Buckley.
  
  In June 1841, Joseph was living with parents, John and Ellen Mather at Blackburn Street, Little Bolton.
  
  In 1851, Joseph (11) was living with parents at 58 Chorley St., Bolton, Lancashire.  Family moved to 114 Chorley by 1856, which is where his father John was living at the time of his  death, and were still there in 1861.
  
  In Oct 1865 there was a Joseph Mather who was alleged to have had a bastard child by Nancy Shaw (see Blackburn Burrough Petty Sessions).  This is hopefully another as our Joseph of Choirley Street, Bolton married Ellen Tomlinson in July year!
  
  in 1871 (and later) another Joseph and Ellen Mather (26 & 36) lived in Halliwell with daughters Margaret and Ellen.
  
  In 1871, Joseph Mather (31, Iron Moulder) had moved to 48 Brassey St, Birkenhead.
  
  Was living at 304 Beckwith St, Birkenhead at 1881 Census
  
  Joseph, Ellen and family (John, Richard, Mary and Elizabeth) at 342 Beckwith St., Claughton, Birkenhead in 1891.  Note: Spelled “Mathen” on Ancestory.co.uk index.
  
  In 1901, Joseph and Ellen were living at 282 & 284 St. Anne St., Birkenhead, where he died in 1918, but not there in 1881 (John & Ellen Butler were).
  
  In 1911, Joseph and Ellen (71 & 69) were still at 284 St Ann Street, Birkenhead with Elizabeth Alice Mather (24).  They had been married 24 years and had 8 children, with 6 still alive.
  
  30 Jul 1915, Joseph and Ellen celibrated their Golden Wedding at Bolton Parish Church.  It was reported in the Birkenhead News.
  
  Joseph was a well-known North-end mad, who died on Friday at his residence, 282 St Anne-street, at the age of 78 years.  He came to Birkenhead in 1870 and was an active member of the community.  He was an ardent Liberal, and Vice-president of the North End Liberal Club.  He was a Nonconformist and a member of the Laird-street Baptist Church.  He was 58 years in the Iron Moulders’ Society. A staunch follower of the Birkenhead Park Rugby Club he was also for 23 years a member of the Birkenhead Park Bowling Club.  He was for over 60 years a member of the Oddfellows Society.  

Details of Joe's family with Ellen Tomlinson