Thomas Mather
Thomas was born in 1830 in
Sharples.
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Birth Notes
Aged 12, or 18 (or 8) in 1841
Aged 21 in 1851
Thomas in 1841, but would have been 11 if the 1851 census is correct. There is a Thomas listed on the 1841 census with Richard Mather (head, 60). Thomas (18 or maybe 8) is listed after James (15), so either not a son of Richard or actually age 8.
Thomas was 21, unmarried in 1851, living with "brother" James.
Recorded as Sharples, so probably born Harwood as the other family.
He had eight brothers and three sisters, named
Nathan,
William,
Robert,
Richard,
John,
Henry,
James,
Peter,
Rachel,
Catherine and
Ann. He was adopted by
Richard Mather & Hannah Knowles. Thomas is no longer alive.