Joseph Mather

Joseph was born on January 19th, 1863 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1863
  MATHER    Joseph    WOODS    Western Bolton    WB/44/238
  
  MATHER, JOSEPH        WOODS 
  GRO Reference: 1863  M Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 345

Joseph's father was James Mather and his mother was Elizabeth Woods.  His paternal grandparents were James (Jacobi) Mather and Margaret Wood. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named John, William, James, John, Thomas, Edmund, George, Margaret, Mary and Jane.  He was the second oldest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 18 on December 19th, 1881.