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John Mather Orrell

John was born in 1817 in Bolton and his baptism took place on April 6th, 1817 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    John Mother Orrell
  Baptism Date:    6 Apr 1817
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Mother:    Martha Orrell
  Reference Number:    GB127.L243/1/3/2
  
  Abode: Great Bolton (Spinster)

John's father was John Mather and his mother was Martha Orrell. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Mather and Alice Entwistle. He had eight half-brothers and five half-sisters, named James, William, John, Thomas, Robert, Daniel, John, Henry, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Esther and Jane. He died at the age of 26 in December 1843 in Bolton.²

Death Notes
- Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1843
  ORRELL    John M    26    Western Bolton    WB/7/158
  
  Deaths Dec 1843   (>99%)
  
  ORRELL     John Mather     Bolton     21, 84

General Notes
- John Mather Orrell was an illegitimate child, the son of Martha Orrell of Great Bolton, and the father assumed to be a Mather, possibly John Mather of Barlow Street, Little Bolton.
  
  Born Halliwell, John's marriage witness, was from Blackburn Street, Little Bolton, son of Thomas Halliwell, a spade labourer.
  
  John must have died in 1843, as Martha was a widow in 1851 and this is the only young adult death (and had middle initial M). Therefore the later children with Martha in 1851 must be illegitimate.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Mather
  - b.1766 in Edgworth d.Jan 1842 in Quarlton
  
  John Mather
  - b.Nov 1794 in Quarlton d.Jun 1874 in Little Bolton
  
  Alice Entwistle
  - b.1761 in Haslingden d.Apr 1828 in Bradshaw
  
  John Mather Orrell
  - b.1817 in Bolton d.Dec 1843 in Bolton
  
  Martha Orrell

Personal Timeline

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¹ Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms
² BMD-Lancashire