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Mary (Mariann) Ann Mather

Mary, known as Mariann, was born in 1803 in Bolton and her baptism took place on April 10th, 1803 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 40 in 1841
  Aged 48 in 1851 (Mary Ann France), born Great Bolton
  Aged 51 in 1854 when died
  
  Name:    Mary Ann Mather
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    10 Apr 1803
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Father:    Willm Mather
  Mother:    Mary Mather
  Reference Number:    GB127.L243/1/2/3
  
  Mary Ann, D. of William and Mary Mather of G.B.
  
  There is no Bolton marriage of a William and Mary. There are other births at Westhoughton from 1785 to 1808 for Alice, Ann, Joseph, Hanry, Margaret and Moses.

Mariann's father was William Mather and her mother was Mary Green. She had six brothers and three sisters, named Samuel, John, Jeffery, Joseph, Henry, Moses, Alice, Ann and Margaret. She was the eighth oldest of the ten children. She died at the age of 51 in 1854 in Bolton.²

Death Notes
- The family were in Little Bolton in 1841, so the 1854 death is most likely:
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1854
  FRANCE Mary A 51 1854 Little Bolton LB/17/394
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1855
  FRANCE Maryann 52 1855 Western Bolton WB/21/268

General Notes
- No DNA matches.
  
  MaryAnn is probably the daughter of William Mather and Mary, baptised at Bolton 10 April 1803, but there are no Bolton marriage of a William and Mary before 1803, so probably the family from Westhoughton.
  
  In 1819, MaryAnn possibly had an Illegitimate daughter Ruth Mather (who married George Hulme in 1839).
  
  1822-24, recorded as Marianne Rasthorn when Thomas and Mary baptised, and later Mary Ann. All the children's baptisms show their abode as Breightmet. In 1851, daughter Mary Ann Young recorded her birthplace as Breightmet Hill.
  
  Mary Ann France was 48 in 1851, so born about 1803. She is probably the daughter of William and Mary Mather, baptised April 1803. There are no marriages for a William and Mary at Bolton, and her parents are not William Mather and Mary Petty from Billinge, near Wigan, married 31 Oct 1802 as they had a daughter Ann baptised there 12 Dec 1802. William Mather and Mary Rosthern seems much more likely, married at Warrington 22 Aug 1976. William and Mary Green from Westhoughton is another family. William and Mary Clegg married in 1797 is another possibility.
  
  In 1821, Mary Ann Mather married James Rawsthorn at Deane St Mary.
  
  1 June 1835, Mary Ann Rostron, widow, married Richard France, widower.
  
  In 1841, Richard & Ann (both 40) were with Elizabeth (15), Sarah (13) and Ellen France (5), and Thomas (2), Mary Ann (15), William (13) and Ruth Rostron (7); also three France daughters, two from previous marriage and Ellen (5).
  
  In 1869, (trial 5 July) Mary Ann Rawsthorn (must be another) was imprisoned for larceny.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Mather
  - b.Jun 1752 in Eccles d.Feb 1827 in Westhoughton
  
  Mary (Mariann) Ann Mather
  - b.1803 in Bolton d.1854 in Bolton
  
  Mary Green
  - b.1762 in Eccles d.Feb 1838 in Westhoughton

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¹ Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms
² BMD-Lancashire
Source/Citation Lancashire CoE BMB 1538-1812

Mary (Mariann) Ann Mather

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

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