Thomas Mather

Thomas was born in January 1834 in Blackrod and his baptism took place on February 9th, 1834 at St. Katherine (B'rod).^1 2 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 6 in 1841
  Aged 26 in 1861, born Blackrod
  Aged 34 in 1871, born Blackrod
  
  Name:    Thomas Mather
  Baptism Date:    9 Feb 1834
  Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
  Mother:    Alice Mather
  Register Type:    Parish Registers
  Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/7

Thomas' father was Ralph Leyland and his mother was Ellen Hope.  His maternal grandparents were Thomas Hope and Elizabeth (Betty) Hambletts. He had a brother named Ralph.  He was the older of the two children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named George, John, Elizabeth and Ann.  He died after 1891 in Lancashire.³ 

‌Thomas and Ellen were married in a religious ceremony on June 8th, 1857 at St. Peter's (Bolton).⁵   They had five sons and two daughters, named James, John, James, William, George, Amelia and Ellen.  There are possibly more children.