Richard Mather

Richard was born in 1825 in Bolton and his christening took place on April 10th, 1824 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹

Richard's father was Matthias (Mathew) Mather and his mother was Marcella Honeyford. His paternal grandparents were Matthias Mather and Mary Priestley. He had a brother and two sisters, named Matthias, Mary and Emma. He was the oldest of the four children. His burial was in Southport.

General Notes
- Richard married Anna (as shown on grave record)
  
  23 July 1845, Richard Mather married Mary Ann Newman at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton. They lived at Derby Street, Bolton, ans later, also at Dukinfield and Wigan and Southport and Farnworth. They divorced 1873 after Richard threw his boots at his wife, and on another occasion hit her with a four pound loaf of bread and gave her a black eye, and threw a plate or porrage and other offences to his wife and daughter. He left for for another woman, Emily Henry. See divorce papers.