Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1858 MATHER Mary A POWELL Little Bolton LB/35/1
MATHER, MARY ANN POWELL GRO Reference: 1858 D Quarter in BOLTON Volume 08C Page 240
Adult baptism:
Name: Mary Ann Mather Baptism Date: 7 Apr 1878 Baptism Place: Halliwell, St Paul, Lancashire, England Father: Wright Mather Mother: Sarah Mather Reference Number: GB127.L134/1/1/1
There is no Birth registered for Wright and Sarah in 1878, so this must be an adult baptism before Mary Ann married Edwin in 1884.
Mary and Edwin were married in a religious ceremony on December 6th, 1884 at St. Thomas the Apostle (Halliwell) witnessed by George Grimshaw & Emma Elizabeth Mather.3
Marriage/Union Notes
Marriage: 6 Dec 1884 St Thomas the Apostle, Halliwell, Lancashire, England Edwin Lomax - 22, Mason, Bachelor, 3 Boundary St. Mary Ann Mather - 26, Spinster, 31 Horace St Groom's Father: William Lomax, (Deceased), Mason Bride's Father: Wright Mather, Finisher Witness: George Grimshaw; Emma S Mather Married by Banns by: A. Glen Bott Register: Marriages 1875 - 1899, Page 40, Entry 79 Source: LDS Film 2113163