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Joseph Mather

Joseph was born in December 1840 in Edgworth.¹

Birth Notes
- 5 mo in 1841
  
  MATHER, JOSEPH COOPER
  GRO Reference: 1840 D Quarter in BOLTON UNION
  Volume 21 Page 126
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
  MATHER Joseph COOPER Edgworth EDG/1/339

Joseph's father was Joseph Mather and his mother was Betty (Elizabeth) Cooper. His paternal grandparents were Isaac Mather and Alice Fielding. He had four brothers and six sisters, named Charles, Andrew, John, James, Elizabeth, Sophia, Frances, Alice, Jane and Sarah. He was the nineth oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 72 on April 26th, 1913 in Birkdale.²

Death Notes
- Name:    Joseph Mather
  Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1841
  Registration Year:    1913
  Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
  Age at Death:    72
  Registration district:    Ormskirk, Lancashire
  Volume:    8b
  Page:    1004
  
  Name:    Joseph Mather
  Death Date:    26 Apr 1913
  Death Place:    Lancashire, England
  Probate Date:    2 Jul 1913
  Registry:    Lancashire, England
  
  Probate:
  MATHER Joseph of Italia, Lancaster Road, Birkdale, Southport Lancashire died 5 Oct 1913. Probate London 1 Nov to Annie Mather widow Joseph Henry Mather medical student and James Balmer Mather manufacturer. Effects £47961 11s 6d.

General Notes
- In 1861, Joseph (20) was a Grocer's Apprentice living with his married sister Sophia Isherwood
  
  Joseph and James were Wholesale Grocers in 1871 at 96 Bradford Street, Tonge with Haulgh, with sister Sarah Ann (22) also with them.
  
  Brothers Joseph and James, still single, are provision dealers in 1881 at Tonge-with-Haulgh.
  
  Joseph made his fortune and retired a gentleman in sunny Birkdale. His address was 10 Liverpool Road, so he may have still been a grocer or provision dealer. He soon married Jane Ann Balmer (Annie). Joseph was 46 and Annie 35. They had three children.
  
  In 1911 Joseph had been married 24 years to Annie and was a retired provision dealer living in Southport. They had three children.

Occupation Details
- From 1861 Joseph's occupation was Grocer's Apprentice in Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - In 1861, Joseph (20) was a Grocer's Apprentice living with his married sister Sophia Isherwood
  From 1871 to after 1881 his occupation was Wholesale Grocer in Tonge-with-Haulgh.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Joseph and James were Wholesale Grocers in 1871.
      
      Brothers Joseph and James, still single, are provision dealers in 1881 at Tonge-with-Haulgh.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Joseph and James Mather worked with each other.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Joseph and James were Wholesale Grocers in 1871 at 96 Bradford Street, Tonge with Haulgh, with sister Sarah Ann (22) living with them. Sarah Ann later married Samuel Cunliffe, another wholesale grocer. Joseph and James were still, together at Tonge-with-Haulgh in 1881.
  He lived with Margaret Isherwood.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1871, Margaret (niece, 12) was with Joseph and James (brothers, both wholesale grocers)
  He lived with Sophia Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1861, Joseph (20) was a Grocer's Apprentice living with his married sister Sophia Isherwood

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1713 in Warrington d.Apr 1768 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  Richard Blinstone ^*
  - b.Aug 1691 d.Aug 1727 in Prescot
  
  Ellen Blinstone
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Margaret (?)
  - b.~  1693 d.Aug 1755 in Warrington
  
  Isaac Mather
  - b.Jan 1760 in Turton d.19 Feb 1842 in Edgworth
  
  Giles Howarth ^*
  - b.1672 in Lower Darwen d.Jun 1739 in Lower Darwen
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Mary Yates
  - b.~  1679 d.Nov 1737 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  Joseph Mather
  - b.1798 in Turton d.27 Feb 1881 in Breightmet
  
  Alice Fielding
  - b.1764 in Rochdale
  
  Joseph Mather
  - b.Dec 1840 in Edgworth d.26 Apr 1913 in Birkdale
  
  Betty (Elizabeth) Cooper
  - b.Jun 1803 in Edgworth d.09 Apr 1873 in Turton
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1841 UK Census
² National Probate Records