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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.¹²

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

General Notes
- Baptised Peggy, but known as Margaret (1841 census)
  
  Shown as Margaet Mather daughter of Thomas Mather, a Husbandman on marriage record.
  
  Margaret had 13 children, but of the first 9, only one survived. Harriot, born in 1862 is possibly adopted.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Mather
  - b.~  1680 in Anglezarke d.1740 in Rivington
  
  John Mather
  - b.16 Nov 1697 in Turton d.Nov 1777 in Anglezarke
  
  Margaret Kellett
  - b.~  1680 in Anglezarke
  
  John Mather
  - b.1722 in Heath Charnock d.Jun 1789 in Anderton
  
  Ann Knowles
  - b.~  1700
  
  Edward (Nedde) Mather
  - b.1756 in Adlington d.Jul 1809 in Adlington
  
  - b. in Heath Charnock
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.1781 in Heath Charnock d.Jan 1850 in Adlington
  
  Mary Hough
  - b.1758 in Heath Charnock d.Feb 1847 in Heath Charnock
  
  Margaret (Peggy) Mather
  - b.Jan 1825 in Adlington d.1888 in Adlington
  
  Amy (Amey or Emy) Worsley
  - b.1798 in Adlington d.Mar 1873 in Chorley

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1861 UK Census
² Lancashire CoE Births & Baptisms (1813-1911)
³ BMD-Lancashire