Mary Mather

Mary was born in June 1857 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 4 in 1861, born Bolton
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1857
  MATHER    Mary    RILEY    Eastern Bolton    EB/36/196
  
  MATHER, MARY        RILEY 
  GRO Reference: 1857  J Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 282

Mary's father was James Mather and her mother was Ann Riley.  Her paternal grandparents were Robert Mather and Mary Cunliffe. She had three brothers and four sisters, named Robert, Richard, Thomas, Susannah, Mary, Sarah and Jane.  She was the fourth youngest of the eight children.