Thomas Mather

• Birth Notes
  • Thomas married Matilda Selina Bond, daughter of George Henry Hearne in 1851.  He was 34, so born about 1817.
    
    Name:    Thomas Mather
    Event Type:    Birth
    Birth Date:    6 Nov 1816
    Birth Place:    Preston, Lancaster, England
    Gender:    Male
    Father:    Luke Mather
    Mother:    Sarah
    Meeting:    Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire
    Piece Description:    Piece 0640: Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire: Births (1809-1817)
    
    Thomas was baptised in 1840.  Perhaps the family changed from being quakers.  His mother is recorded as Sarah, even though his father Luke had remarried in 1829.  It must have been an adult baptism.
    
    Name    Thomas Mather
    Baptism Date    12 Jan 1840
    Parish    Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George
    Father's Name    Luke Mather
    Mother's Name    Sarah Mather
    Archive Roll    764
    Abode: Chorlton upon Medlock
    Father's Occupation: Reedmaker

• Death Notes
  • Name:    Thomas Mather
    Estimated birth year:    abt 1816
    Registration Year:    1896
    Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
    Age at Death:    80
    Registration district:    Blackburn, Lancashire
    Volume:    8e
    Page:    344
    
    or
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1858
    MATHER    Thomas    42    Brindle/Withnell    BR/6/21
    

• General Notes
  • Thomas was baptised in 1840.  Perhaps the family changed from being quakers.  His mother is recorded as Sarah, even though his father Luke had remarried in 1829.  It must have been an adult baptism.
    
    Thomas, a widower, son of Luke, married Matilda Selina Bond, daughter of George Henry Hearne in 1851.  He was 34, so born about 1817.