Richard Mather

Richard was born in December 1886 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 4 in 1891, born Bolton
  
  MATHER, RICHARD        EDGE 
  GRO Reference: 1886  D Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 463

Richard's father was Richard Mather and his mother was Jane Edge.  His paternal grandparents were James Mather and Ann Riley. He had five brothers and six sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Thomas, Robert, Mark, Joseph, John, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Alice, Ellen, Ivy and <child>.  He was the fifth youngest of the thirteen children.