Click to expand/collapse all notes

Click to expand/collapse all other details

Thomas Mather

Thomas was born in 1803 in Yorkshire.¹

Birth Notes
- Not from Lancashire (1841 census)
  
  Aged 35 in 1841, Bookkeeper
  
  Aged 48 in 1851, Clerk at Iron foundry (Headingley)
  Born: Low Moor, Yorkshire (with wife Martha from Bolton)
  
  Thomas was of full age and a manufacturer when he maried Mary Ann Sansom, who must have been a minor as she required her father's permission to marry.

Thomas' father was Matthias Mather and his mother was Mary Priestley. He had five brothers and seven sisters, named Samuel, George, Mathew, Joseph, Edwin, Mary, Ellen, Rachel, Sophia, Rachel, Caroline and Eliza. He was the second oldest of the thirteen children. He died before 1861.

General Notes
- Thomas Mather is not from Lancashire. Because he is Yorkshire, lived in Bolton where wife Martha was from, and had a son Matthias, and born where there is a gap in the births, I suspect Thomas is a son of Matthias Mather og Bradford, but UNCONFIRMED.
  
  In 1823, a Manufacturer when he married Mary Ann Sansom, and had their children baptised (all at Chorley).
  
  In 1841, living at Victoria Place, aged 35, Bookkeeper
  
  In 1851 Thomas (48) was a Clerk at Iron foundry (Headingley)
  Born: Low Moor, Yorkshire, with wife Martha (38) from Bolton.

Occupation Details
- From 1825 to 1829 Thomas' occupation was Manufacturer in Chorley.
  
  From 1834 his occupation was Warehouseman in Bolton.
  From 1841 to after 1842 his occupation was Bookkeeper in Little Bolton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - A bookkeeper living at Victoria Place, Little Bolton in 1841 and when Mary Ann baptised in 1842

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Matthias Mather
  - b.01 Jun 1780 in Leeds d.17 Dec 1839 in Bolton
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.1803 in Yorkshire d.< 1861
  
  Mary Priestley
  - b.~ 1776 in Bradford d.~ 1833

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Thomas' family with Mary Ann Sansom

Click here for details of Thomas' family with Martha Challinor

¹ 1851 UK Census