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.3
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.4
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.
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.
Joseph and Annie were married in a religious ceremony on January 12th, 1887 in Birkdale.5 They had two sons and a daughter, named Joseph, James and Annie. There are no more children.