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Robert (Thomas) Mather

Robert, known as Thomas, was born in 1809 in Pendleton and his baptism took place there on June 18th, 1809.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 30 in 1851
  Aged 41 in 1851 (named Thomas in error)
  Aged 51 in 1861
  Aged 61 in 1871
  Aged 71 in 1881 widow
  Aged 81 in 1891 (at Cheetham with son Edwin)
  Aged 83 in 1893 when died
  
  Name:    Robert Mather
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    18 Jun 1809
  Baptism Place:    Pendleton, St Thomas, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    Pendleton, St Thomas
  Father:    John Mather (a Sizer)
  Mother:    Ann Mather
  Reference Number:    GB127.L186/1/1

Thomas' father was John Mather and his mother was Ann Worsley. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Thomas, James, Harriet and Ann. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 84 in 1893.

General Notes
- Robert from Pendleton, son of John and Ann. Pendleton is NE of Blackburn so well North of Bolton and our Mather family.
  
  Robert is a bit of a mystery. In 1851 he recorded his name as Thomas, although wife and all the children's names match.
  
  1841 in Salford, Calico Printer with Mary Ann, both age 30 (rounded), with Thomas (13), Julia (11), Harriet (6), John (4), and Robert (2).
  
  1848 in the Salford court for Larceny, aged 36 – ok, that sounds like our lot.
  
  1851-1881 in Salford (“Thomas” in 1851) with Mary Ann, Journeyman Calico Printer. 1861,71 records also show with Mary Ann and Mechanical Calico Printer from Pendleton. Widow in 1881.
  
  1893 Died, buried Prestwich (near Salford), aged 83

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Thomas lived with Edwin Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Robert lived with his son Edwin in 1871, ald also 1881 and 1891, after his wife had died.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1779 in Eccles
  
  Robert (Thomas) Mather
  - b.1809 in Pendleton d.1893
  
  Ann Worsley
  - b.1780 in Eccles d.> 1841

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1861 UK Census

Robert (Thomas) Mather

Social & Emotional Relationships

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Personal Timeline