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Martha Mather

Martha was born in September 1888 in Sharples.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 12 in 1901, with "parents"
  
  MATHER, MARTHA ATHERTON
  GRO Reference: 1888 S Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C Page 480
  
  Possible daughter of Richard Mather & Emma Atherton, married 1883 at Bolton, St Bartholomew

She had two brothers and two sisters, named William, Samuel, Mary and Margaret. She was adopted by Samuel Mather & Sarah Ann Williams. Martha is no longer alive.

General Notes
- Martha was not on the 1891 census, but appeared on 1901, daughter, aged 12, so may have been adopted later, or a niece (unlikely a granddaughter).
  
  Martha Mather may be the daughter of Richard Mather & Emma Atherton, married 1883 at Bolton, St Bartholomew

Click here for details of Martha's family with Robert Henry Abbott

¹ GRO Reference