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Thomas Mather

Thomas was born in 1816 in Bolton and his christening took place on May 19th, 1816 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 20 in 1841, a Moulder in Burnley
  Aged 36 in 1851
  Aged 45 in 1861
  
  Name:    Thomas Mather
  Baptism Date:    19 May 1816
  Parish:    Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
  Father:    Samuel Mather
  Mother:    Ellen Mather
  Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
  Reference Number:    Drm/2/21a
  Abode: Great Bolton
  Father's Occupation: Moulder

Thomas' father was Samuel Mather and his mother was Ellen Rigby. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Mather and Hannah Mather. He had five brothers and two sisters, named William, Samuel, Ralph, George, James, Marianne and Alice. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 53 in December 1869 in Bolton.³

Death Notes
- Thomas had died by 1871
  
  Deaths Dec 1869 (>99%)
  Mather Thomas 53 Bolton 8c 231

General Notes
- 10 Oct 1836, Thomas Mather and Ellen Warburton married at Warrington. NOTE: There are also MATHER+WARBURTON births registered at Warrington of another family.
  
  Thomas and Ellen started their married life in Eastern Bolton where Ellen and Mary Ann were born. in 1839, they moved to Burnley which is where Mary Ann's death is recorded.
  
  In 1841, Thomas, a moulder, and Alice (both 20) were in Burnley with Ellen (4) and Alice (1)
  
  In 1847, The family were living at Union Buildings when Mary Jane died, aged 8 months. In 1855 they were at Bradshawgate when son Thomas died aged 5. Both children were butied at Bolton Holy Trinity.
  
  Possibly boarding with Ann Mollineaux (nee Mather) and Thomas in Worsley in 1861, or more likely Thomas the Iron Moulder (like his father), maried to Ellen and living at Bradshawgate (both 45).
  
  If married to Alice, then they lived in Burnley after they married in about 1835, and had Ellen aged 4 in 1841 who later died, and Ellen aged 1 who survived. Thomas and wife Ellen were both born in Bolton and had returned to Bolton by 1846-48.

Occupation Details
- From 1841 to 1846 Thomas' occupation was Moulder in Burnley.
  From 1846 to after 1861 his occupation was Moulder in Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Moulder when Alice married.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Mather
  - b.~ 1780 d.< 1838 in Little Bolton
  
  Samuel Mather
  - b.1792 d.May 1847 in Little Bolton
  
  Hannah Mather
  - b.1780 d.12 Mar 1848 in Little Bolton
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.1816 in Bolton d.Dec 1869 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Rigby
  - b.Apr 1794 in Bolton d.Jan 1841 in Bolton

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1861 UK Census
² Lancashire CoE Births & Baptisms (1813-1911)
³ FreeBMD.org.uk
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