Mary was born on December 13th, 1863 in Blackburn.1
Birth Notes
Aged 17 in 1881, born Blackburn Aged 21 in 1883 when married
Name Mary Jane Mather Birth Date 13 Dec 1863 Baptism Date 1 Jan 1864 Parish Blackburn, Lancashire, England Father Thomas Mather Mother Jane Mather Register Type Parish Registers Reference Number PR 3073/1/22
Mary's father was Thomas Mather and her mother was Jane Bamber. She had a brother and a sister, named Thomas and Ellen. She was the youngest of the three children. She died at the age of 73 on May 28th, 1937 in California (CA).
General Notes
In 1881, Mary Jane was living at 5 George Street Woodman Arms.
1 July 1883, Mary Jane Mather of 74 Darwen Street, daughter of Thomas Mather a Publican married John Robert Cooper, a butcher.
Mary and John were married in a religious ceremony on July 1st, 1883 at St. Peter (Blackburn).2 They had a son and two daughters, named Arthur, Nelly and Jane. The family line is yet to be completed.