Margaret (Peggy) Mather

Margaret, known as Peggy, was born in January 1825 in Adlington and her baptism took place on March 13th, 1825 in Blackrod.^1 2 

• Birth Notes

  A minor when Margared married in 1843
  Aged 37 in 1861, born Adlington
  Aged 46 in 1871
  
  Marg't was 15 (rounded) in 1841, living in Adlington (Rivington)
  
  Name:    Peggy Mather
  Baptism Date:    13 Mar 1825
  Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
  Father:    Thomas Mather
  Mother:    Emy Mather
  Register Type:    Parish Registers
  Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/6
  Fathers Occupation: Weaver
  Abode: Adlington

Peggy's father was Thomas Mather and her mother was Amy (Amey or Emy) Worsley.  Her paternal grandparents were Edward (Nedde) Mather and Mary Hough. She had five brothers and three sisters, named George, James, Isaac, Nathan, Thomas, Esther, Lucy and Ellen.  She was the second oldest of the nine children. She had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named John, Edward, Thomas, William, Mary, Alice, Ellen and Catherine.  She died at the age of 63 in 1888 in Adlington.³ 

• Death Notes

  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1888
  HANSON    Margaret    63    Adlington        ADL/8/58