Name: Simon Mather Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Registration Year: 1888 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Age at Death: 39 Registration district: Blackburn, Lancashire Volume: 8e Page: 362
General Notes
Missing on 1871 census for family with Isaac and Betty, so assumed married (age 22) and left home by then.
9 Oct 1869, Simon Mather (21), a labourer of Entwistle, son of Isaac Mather a labourer married Elizabeth Cooper, the daughter of Thomas Cooper from Edgworth.
In 1871, Simon and Elizabeth (22 & 25) with daughter Sophia (1) were living with Thomas and Ann Entwistle (34 & 38) and family in Over Darwen.
Occupation Details
From 1869 Simon's occupation was Labourer in Entwistle.3
Simon and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on October 9th, 1869 at St. Peter's (Bolton) by Joseph Farrall Wright and witnessed by Jonathan Entwistle & Nancy Mather.4
Marriage/Union Notes
Marriage: 9 Oct 1869 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England Simon Mather - 21 Labourer Bachelor of Entwistle Elizabeth Cooper - (X), 23 Spinster of Edgworth Groom's Father: Isaac Mather, Labourer Bride's Father: Thomas Cooper, Weaver Witness: Jonathan Entwistle; Nancy Mather, (X) Married by Banns by: Joseph Farrall Wright Register: Marriages 1869 - 1873, Page 8, Entry 15 Source: Film of the register at Manchester Library