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May Mather

May was born in December 1897 in Astley Bridge.¹

Birth Notes
- 2 possible matches, but as Mary was 3 on 1901 census, then second is the more likely as ages match. However Lan-BMD shows it was the 1897 birth.
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1897
  MATHER May GUEST Sharples Bolton SH/22/287
  
  MATHER, MAY GUEST
  GRO Reference: 1897 D Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C Page 461
  
  Recorded as May in 1911, but should probably be Mary, as no Birth record for May. "May" was aged 13 in 1911

May's father was George Alfred Mather and her mother was Ellen Guest. Her paternal grandparents were George Mather and Mary Marsh; her maternal grandparents were Guest Guest and Martha Ann Eckersley. She had three brothers and five sisters, named George, Harry, Fred, Eleanor, Emily, Martha, Lilly and Ethel. She was the sixth oldest of the nine children.

General Notes
- May was born in Q4 1897
  
  In 1901, living in Bolton, Lancashire with parents George and Ellen
  
  Aged 13 in 1911

Occupancy & Contact Details
- May lived at 141 Holland Street for ten years from 1891 to 1901.²
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of George and Ellen Mather, and their first two children (Eleanor, Emily) and Brother Frederick in 1891.
      Home of George and Ellen Mather, and children in 1901

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Richard Mather ^*
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  James Mather
  - b.28 Sep 1761 in Turton d.Oct 1811 in Little Bolton
  
  Ann Howarth ^*
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Samuel Mather
  - b.Apr 1791 in Bolton d.01 May 1854 at 4 Simpson Street
  
  James Lomax ^*
  - b.1735 in Bolton d.1831 in Bolton
  
  Happy Lomax
  - b.08 Feb 1768 in Bolton d.23 Jun 1843 in Bolton
  
  Mary Taylor
  - b.~ 1731 in Deane d.1796 in Bury
  
  George Mather
  - b.1829 in Little Bolton d.02 Jun 1906 in Bolton
  
  William Mather
  - b.1750 in Turton d.16 Apr 1830 in Little Bolton
  
  Alice Mather
  - b.26 Mar 1792 at Goose Cote Hill d.16 Nov 1879 in Sharples
  
  Peter Holt ^*
  - b.1723 in Bolton
  
  Betty Holt
  - b.1759 in Deane d.May 1837 in Bolton
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Howarth ^*
  - b.1725 in Lostock
  
  George Alfred Mather
  - b.Dec 1861 in Little Bolton d.03 Dec 1930 in Bolton
  
  Mary Marsh
  - b.1826 in Hope d.29 Sep 1865 in Little Bolton
  
  May Mather
  - b.Dec 1897 in Astley Bridge
  
  Guest Guest
  - b.Dec 1845 in Sharples d.Mar 1921 in Fylde
  
  Ellen Guest
  - b.Jan 1866 in Astley Bridge d.21 May 1933 in Astley Bridge
  
  Martha Ann Eckersley
  - b.1846 in Sharples d.Mar 1915 in Fylde
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

¹ 1901 UK Census
² 1881 UK Census
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