Name: Ruth Inman Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Year of Registration: 1902 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 48 District: Bolton County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 241
The grave records dated 1873 are in the Inman/Foot family. The grave was bought originally for £2 by Elizabeth Mather in 1865 and is in Tonge and Haulgh cemetery (at the back of where Fred Dibnah used to live) Ref - 2:F:29NC There are 3 inmates buried as follows: 25/3/1865 John Mather 49 years 15/11/1902 Ruth Inman 48 years 9/1/1908 Hannah Richardson 65 years There is no tombstone but we think it is next to the grave bought by John's brother George also in 1865 when his first wife died.
Ruth died in 1902, aged 48 at 16 Osborne Street from pneumonia and and heart failure. She is buried at Tonge with 2 others in the same grave.
General Notes
Ruth Mather was born on 2 August 1854 at 58 Chorley St. Her father John was then a time keeper according to the birth certificate. Ruth was probably named after her Grandmother, Ruth Kay.
She was aged 16 on the 1871 census but there is a line is across the employment column so we don't know whether she worked prior to her marriage.
After mother Elizabeth and two other Deaths in Birkenhead n the early 1890's, Ruth moved in with sister Hannah (and Robert) in Bolton in 1901 with Elizabeth D and Margaret H, working form them as a domestic servant at the Royal Tiger Pub. She may also have been ill, as she died soon after moving in 1902 at the young age of 47.
Occupation Details
From before 1861 to before 1871 Ruth's occupation was Scholar part time in education in Little Bolton.3
Occupation Notes
1861 census and was at home (no occupation) in 1871
Jer. Hampson recorded as a Shopkeeper at 114 Chorley St. in 1835.
Home of John and Elizabeth Mather and family (Joseph, Hannah, Samuel, Margaret, Sarah, John and Ruth) in 1861 Ellen (Widdow) and remaining family (Hannah, Margaret, Sarah, John and Ruth) were still there in 1871 Ellen (Widdow) and her youngest two sons Samuel and John were still there in 1881
She lived at 7 Vine Street for ten years from about 1884 to about 1894.6
Occupancy/Contact Notes
Ruth, James and family, including Elizabeth Mather (Widowed) lived at 7 Vine Street, Birkenhead in 1891. Elizabeth Mather died at 34 Vine Street in April 1892, so they may have moved up the road.
Robert B Richardson, wife Hannah and Inman family (Ruth, Lilan, Sarah E and Margaret H) living at 2+4 Nobel St, Royal Tiper, Derby, Bolton in 1901. Note: Hannah and Rurh are Mather sisters.
Connections & Relationships
Ruth had some other social relationship with John Mather.
Relationship Notes
Ruth was burried in the same grave as John, her father.
Ruth and James were married in a religious & civil ceremony on April 9th, 1879 in Bolton by Reverend Reuben Finn Handford and witnessed by Amos Inman and Sarah Alice Mather.1
Marriage/Union Notes
Ruth married James Inman on 9th April 1879 at the former Claremont Baptist Church, Bolton. MATHER Ruth INMAN James. Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/63/173
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1880 INMAN Elizabeth D MATHER Little Bolton LB/93/430
INMAN, ELIZABETH DORA MATHER GRO Reference: 1880 S Quarter in BOLTON Volume 08C Page 396
She died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, general tubercular exhaustion, at the age of 13 on January 19th, 1894 in Birkenhead. She was buried on January 23rd, 1894 at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens.81
Death Notes
Deaths Mar 1894 (>99%) Inman Elizabeth Dora 13 Birkenhead 8a 312
Les was interested in the two Inman children dying in the first quarter of 1894 and decided to find what he could at Birkenhead Library. He first examined the Birkenhead News for January to March 1894. There were no references to two children dying in a fire or any other disaster. He then examined the burial records for Flaybrick Cemetery for the same quarter and found the following: Jan 23rd Elizabeth Dora Inman aged 13 Abode - Borough Hospital Mar 10th William Inman aged 8 Abode - 26 Payson Street
Elizabeth Dora Inman died from general tubercular exhaustion on 19.1.1894 in the Borough Hospital, Birkenhead.
INMAN, LILIAN MATHER GRO Reference: 1882 M Quarter in BOLTON Volume 08C Page 423
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1882 INMAN Lilian MATHER Little Bolton LB/98/179
She died at the age of 78 on March 14th, 1960 in Vancouver. She was buried in March 1960.1
Death Notes
Lilian who married in Toronto died in Vancouver sometime after sister Margaret
Name: Lillian Bastafield Death Date: 14 Mar 1960 Cemetery: Mountain View Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Has Bio?: N URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...
1891 census records Sarah as being born in Bolton. However, the BMD birth record is at Birkenhead. This is consistent with the family moving to Birkenhead in mid 1884, and the birth was registered there, after they moved.
In 1901, they are back in Bolton, living with older sister Hannah, and the records shows Sarah E and Margaret H were born in Birkenhead.
1911 Canada Census records DOB as Apr 1884
Name: Sarah Ellen Inman Year of Registration: 1884 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Birkenhead (1861-1998) County: Cheshire, Merseyside Volume: 8a Page: 509
INMAN, SARAH ELLEN MATHER GRO Reference: 1884 J Quarter in BIRKENHEAD Volume 08A Page 509
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1884 INMAN Sarah Ellen Birkenhead BIR/136/89
She died at the age of 67 in November 1951 in Bolton. She was buried on November 21st, 1951 at the Heaton Cemetery.91
Death Notes
Sarah Ellen died in Bolton in 1951. She is buried in the Hunt family grave in Heaton cemetery, Bolton.
Name: Sarah E Hunt Death Registration Month/Year: 1951 Age at death (estimated): 67 Registration district: Bolton Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 10b Page: 522
Name: Sarah Ellen Hunt Death Date: abt 1951 Burial or Cremation Date: 21 Nov 1951 Burial or Cremation Place: Lancashire, England URL: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=4007394
Deaths Mar 1894 (>99%) Inman William [38] Birkenhead 8a 329 [38] = 3 or 8, and is actually 8 when original examined carefully.
Les was interested in the two Inman children dying in the first quarter of 1894 and decided to find what he could at Birkenhead Library. He first examined the Birkenhead News for January to March 1894. There were no references to two children dying in a fire or any other disaster. He then examined the burial records for Flaybrick Cemetery for the same quarter and found the following: Jan 23rd Elizabeth Dora Inman aged 13 Abode - Borough Hospital Mar 10th William Inman aged 8 Abode - 26 Payson Street
INMAN, MARGARET HANNAH MATHER GRO Reference: 1890 D Quarter in BIRKENHEAD Volume 08A Page 440
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1890 INMAN Margaret Hannah Birkenhead BIR/163/50
She died at the age of 83 on May 22nd, 1974 in Vancouver. She was buried in May 1974 in Vancouver.101
Death Notes
Name: Margaret Inman Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1892 Death Age: 82 Death Date: 22 May 1974 Death Location: Vancouver Registration Number: 1974-09-008016 BCA Number: B13333 GSU Number: 2050337