William Crossland Mather

1829 William Crosland Mather

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 James.  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 Chadwick, a doctor of medicine. Betty Mather, another servant (29) is probably unrelated as from Blackrod.
  
  William Crossland Mather left a Will (to be investigated)
  

Details of William's family with Alice Stephenson