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William Crossland Mather

1829 William Crosland Mather

This picture was taken on March 11th, 1829 and sourced from Certificate - Baptism.

William was born in 1829 in Bolton and his baptism took place on March 11th, 1829 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 12 in 1841
  Left home by 1851
  Died Q2/1851
  
  Name:    William Crofsland Mather
  Baptism Date:    11 Mar 1829
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Father:    William Mather
  Mother:    Martha Mather
  Reference Number:    GB127.L243/1/3/8
  
  Father's occupation: Attorney at Law
  Abode: Great Bolton

William's father was William Mather and his mother was Martha Bleakley. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Mather and Elizabeth Crosland; his maternal grandparents were William Blakeley and Nancy (Ann) Wrigley. He had a brother named James. He was the younger of the two children. He was adopted by John Mather & Jane Welsby who also adopted <Unknown>. He died at the age of 22 in April 1851 in Bolton.²

Death Notes
- Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1851
  MATHER    William C    22    Eastern Bolton    EB/18/325
  
  Name:    William Crossland Mather
  Registration Year:    1851
  Registration Quarter:    Apr-May-Jun
  Registration district:    Bolton, Lancashire
  Volume:    21
  Page:    73

General Notes
- In 1841, John (an overlooker), Jane and family were at Barlow Street, Little Bolton (and 1851).
  
  In 1841, brothers James and William (14 & 12) were with parents John and Jane at Barlow Street, Little Bolton. James and William are not their sons they only just married in Oct 1829, and Jane is too young to have them.
  
  1 Jan 1846, William Mather, Striker of Little Bolton, illegitimate, married Alice Stevenson at St Peter's, Bolton.
  
  In 1847 and 1850, William (a Striker) and Alice had sons named James, before William died in 1851, aged only 22.
  
  In 1851, probably another (?) William Mather (21) is a servant and Druggist in E Bolton for Samuel Chadwich, a doctor of medicine. Betty Mather, another servant (29) is probably unrelated as from Blackrod.
  
  William Crossland Mather left a Will (to be investigated)

Occupation Details
- From 1851 William's occupation was Druggist for Dr Samuel Chadwick, in Bolton.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- William and Betty Mather worked with each other.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1851, Betty and William Mather (prssibly not related) were both servants, working for Dr Samuel Chadwick

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Samuel Mather
  
  William Mather
  - b.1781 in Bolton d.Nov 1835 in Bolton
  
  Elizabeth Crosland
  
  William Crossland Mather
  - b.1829 in Bolton d.Apr 1851 in Bolton
  
  William Blakeley
  - b.1774 in Bolton d.21 Sep 1820 in Bolton
  
  Martha Bleakley
  - b.1805 in Bolton d.Sep 1838 in Bolton
  
  Nancy (Ann) Wrigley
  - b.1782 in Tonge-with-Haulgh

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of William's family with Alice Stephenson

¹ Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms
² BMD-Lancashire
Source/Citation FamilySearch.org