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Richard Mather

Richard was born on May 7th, 1815 in Raikes and his baptism took place on June 14th, 1815 at Walmsley Presbyterian.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 42 in 1851, Born Harwood.
  Aged 43 in 1861, Born Harwood
  
  Name:    Ruhard Mather [Richard Mather]
  Birth Date:    7 May 1815
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Father:    Richard Mather
  Mother:    Hannah Knowles
  Baptism Date:    14 Jun 1815
  Baptism Place:    Turton, Lancashire, England
  Denomination:    Presbyterian
  Piece Title:    Piece 1622: Turton, Walmsley Chapel (Presbyterian), 1762-1836
  
  Abode: Rakes, Harwood, Bolton

Richard's father was Richard Mather and his mother was Hannah Knowles. His paternal grandparents were Richard Mather and Ann Howarth; his maternal grandparents were John Knowles and Jane Thomason. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Nathan, William, Robert, John, Henry, James, Peter, Rachel, Catherine and Ann. He had an adopted brother named Thomas. He died at the age of 51 in June 1866 in Little Bolton. His burial was on June 6th, 1866 at St. Paul's (Astley Bridge).³⁴

Death Notes
- Deaths Jun 1866   (>99%)
  Mather     Richard
  Age 51
  Bolton     8c, 223
  
  Name:    Richard Mather
  Birth Year:    abt 1815
  Age:    51
  Burial Date:    6 Jun 1866
  Parish:    Astely Bridge, St Paul
  Parish as it Appears:    Astley Bridge
  Reference Number:    GB127.L83/1/3/1
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1866
  MATHER    Richard    51    Little Bolton    LB/34/111

General Notes
- Richard, was born in 7 May, baptised Ruhard 14 June 1815. Parents Richard Mather and Hannah Knowles were living at Rakes, Harwood, Bolton when he was baptised at Walmsley Presbyterian.
  
  24 July 1837, Richard married Elizabeth Roper. Elizabeth already had Robert Roper, baptised 24 April 1836, abode Halliwell, to be Richard’s step-son and also Ann, his step-daughter.
  
  In 1838, Richard, a carder, was living in Halliwell when daughter Hannah was baptised. In 1840, son John's birth was registered at Sharples. Hannah and John both died Q1 1840.
  
  In April 1841 Martha was born. The June census, Richard (25) was a Cotton Striper (?) at Club Houses, Sharples (near his father at Dandy Row, the only other Mather family in Sharples in 1841). Elizabeth was 35 and her father William Roper 65. They had Ann (10), Robert (7) and Martha (2mo).
  
  Between 1843 and 1845 Richard and Elizabeth had three more children; Alice, Mary and William. Alice and William died as infants and Mary disappeared (assumed also died). Ellen was born in 1847 and she survived infancy but disappeared (possibly adopted) after 1851.
  
  In 1851, Richard (42, Carder) born Harwood was married to Jane (54, born Tomlin Fold) and had Robert (17, step-son) as well as two daughters Martha (10) and Ellen (4).
  
  After wife Elizabeth died, Richard, still a carder, moved to Little Bolton
  
  11 Sep 1854 Richard Mather, widower, carder son of Richard married Betsy Lee. Their daughter Elizabeth was born there the following year.
  
  In 1860, Richard's brother Robert died. Richard and Betsy took on his daughter Elizabeth.
  
  By 1861, There was only Richard, born Harwood, and Betsy (43 & 38) at Cunliffe Court, Little Bolton with their daughter Elizabeth (only 8), and Robert's Elizabeth (9, niece). Lucy Dobogan (70) was with them (TBC)
  
  Richard died June 1866, aged 51, Little Bolton, and was buried 6 June at St Paul’s, Astley Bridge.

Occupation Details
- From 1841 Richard's occupation was Cotton Stripper in Sharples.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Cotton Stripper (i.e. a Carder) at Club Houses, Sharples
  From 1847 to after 1859 his occupation was Carder in Harwood.
  - Occupation Notes
    - A Carder at Rakes in 1851 and a carder when Ellen and Elizabeth were baptised and a Carder when Ann married James Barlow.
  From 1861 his occupation was Cotton Carder in Little Bolton.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Richard lived in Astley Bridge from 1841.⁵
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - In 1839, after Hannah died, Richard Mather Snr. went to live at Dandy Row, Astley Bridge. In 1841, his son Richard was living close by at Club Houses.
  He lived in 23 Back Handley Street from before 1851.¹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Richard (42) and Jane (54) with children Martha (10), Ellen (4) and Stepson Robert Mather (17) were living at 23 Back Handley Street in 1851

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Richard and Charlotte Mather knew each other.
  He was a relative of James Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Both sons, William Mather's were baptised together 28 Sep 1845, the sons and brothers Richard and James Mather at Sharples
  Richard lived with Elizabeth Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - After her father died, Elizabeth lived with her uncle Richard and Betsy.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1713 in Warrington d.Apr 1768 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  Thomas Blinstone
  - b.1671 in Warrington
  
  Richard Blinstone
  - b.Aug 1691 d.Aug 1727 in Prescot
  
  Ellen Blinstone
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Margaret (?)
  - b.~  1693 d.Aug 1755 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.1777 in Turton d.31 Aug 1851 in Baltimore County
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.~  1650
  
  Giles Howarth
  - b.1672 in Lower Darwen d.Jun 1739 in Lower Darwen
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Mary Yates
  - b.~  1679 d.Nov 1737 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.07 May 1815 in Raikes d.Jun 1866 in Little Bolton
  
  John Knowles
  - b.~  1745 d.>  1799 in Haslingden
  
  Hannah Knowles
  - b.1780 in Horwich d.Dec 1844 in Turton
  
  Jane Thomason
  - b.1747 in Bolton

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)
³ Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials
⁴ FreeBMD.org.uk
⁵ 1841 UK Census
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Richard Mather

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