Robert Mather

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 3 in 1881
    Aged 13 in 1891
    
    Bolton births in 1876 and 1878.  The 1878 birth in Little Bolton is likely, and suggests Robert was an illegitimate child, probably of Levinia, Ann or Jane.  To be aged 3 in April 1881, Robert would have to had been born in March and the birth registered in April (i.e. a Q2 registration).
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1878
    MATHER    Robert    MATHER    Little Bolton    LB/86/164
    
    Births Jun 1878   (>99%)
    MATHER     Robert          Bolton     8c, 397

• General Notes
  • Robert, "Grandson" was with Thomas and Ann in 1881 (aged 3) and 1891 (13).  Not actually adopted, but living with his grandparents.
    
    Who was Robert's father?  Robert (b.1876), son of Richard married Eliza Greenhaigh in 1907, but his grandfather Thomas Mather didnt have a son Richard.  He cant be John Robert Mather b.1877 son of John, both coal miners as that John was deceased.  We could be missing a Richard from this family.  Where was a Richard Mather born in Q4/1854 who in unaccounted for, and could fill a gap in the births.
    
    Birth registers imply Robert is an illegitimate son, probably of Levinia or Ann.