Joseph Mather

Joseph was born in March 1839 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged  2 in 1841
  Aged 12 in 1851
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1839
  MATHER    Joseph    WOOD    Western Bolton    Bolton    WB/3/145
  
  MATHER, JOSEPH        WOOD 
  GRO Reference: 1839  M Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
  Volume 21  Page 106

Joseph's father was James (Jacobi) Mather and his mother was Margaret Wood. He had four brothers and three sisters, named William, James, John, Thomas, Jane, Mary and Martha.  He was the fourth oldest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 27 on June 16th, 1866 in Bolton.  He was buried in June 1866 at Tonge-with-Haulgh Cemetery.^2 3