Rachel Mather
Rachel was born in 1819 in
Ramsbottom.
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Birth Notes
Aged 8 in 1827 (when travelled to USA)
No Baptism (others baptised at Accrington Non-Conformist)
There is a Rachel Mather born and baptised in 1816 at Bury, daughter of James and Mary, but that James is a weaver from Redvales.
Rachel's father was
James Mather and her mother was
Mary (Nancy) Stott. She had two brothers and five sisters, named
John,
James,
Eliza,
Hannah,
Martha,
Sarah and
Mary. She was the fourth oldest of the eight children.