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Joshua (Joseph) Mather

Joshua, known as Joseph, was born in 1840 in Little Hulton and his baptism took place on April 5th, 1842 in Horwich.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 10 in 1851
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
  MATHER    Joshua    MATHER    Little Hulton    LH/2/164
  
  Name:    Joshua Mather
  Registration Year:    1840
  Registration Quarter:    Jul-Aug-Sep
  Registration district:    Bolton, Lancashire
  Volume:    21
  Page:    142
  
  Name:    Joshua Mather
  Baptism Date:    5 Apr 1842
  Parish:    Horwich , Lancashire, England
  Mother:    Betty Mather
  Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
  Reference Number:    Drm/2/79
  
  Abode: Little Hulton

Joseph's father was Joshua Grundy and his mother was Betty Mather. His maternal grandparents were James Thornley (Mather) and Margaret (Peggy) Mather. He had four brothers and seven sisters, named James, Thomas, Robert, William, Ann, Sarah, Mary, Ellen, Alice, Martha and Sarah. He was the fourth oldest of the twelve children.

General Notes
- In 1841, listed as Joseph, aged 11mo at Little Hulton with mother Betty (25)
  
  Birth registered as James Mather, and living with mother Betty Mather in 1851

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Joshua Grundy
  - b.1809 in Little Hulton d.Nov 1877 in Little Bolton
  
  Joshua (Joseph) Mather
  - b.1840 in Little Hulton
  
  Edmund (Edwin) Mather
  - b.~  1750 in Worsley
  
  Ellis Mather
  - b.1772 in Little Hulton d.1844 in Little Hulton
  
  Mary
  - b.~  1750
  
  James Thornley (Mather)
  - b.1792 in Worsley
  
  Ann Thornley
  - b.1774 in Eccles d.23 Sep 1836 in Little Hulton
  
  Betty Mather
  - b.May 1815 in Worsley d.1878 in Little Hulton
  
  Margaret (Peggy) Mather
  - b.~  1795 in Little Hulton

¹ 1851 UK Census
² Lancashire CoE Births & Baptisms (1813-1911)