Sarah Smith 
Sarah was born on March 16th, 1815 in Edgworth and her baptism took place on May 6th, 1815 in Tottington.1 2 Birth Notes
Sarah was possibly born in Walton Le Dale (which is where her brother James Smith was born), but actually:
Name: Sarah Smith
Birth Date: 16 Mar
Baptism Date: 6 May 1815
Baptism Place: Tottington, St Anne, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: Tottington
Father: Henry Smith
Mother: Betty Smith
Reference Number: L105/2/1
Archive Roll: 976
Living in Edgworth when she married Isaac in 1839.
This is correct because sister Susanna Leach also cane to the US in 1843.
General Notes
Sarah's father was Henry Smith from Edgworth, a Mason.
Sarah and Isaac were recorded at Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA in 1850 with their first four children, all born in the US, so they must have emigrated before 1842, so soon after they married (they cant be found on the UK 1841 census).
Sarah possibly died 16 Aug 1856 in Rhode Island, and Isaac remarried another Sarah in the US. This would also explain why daughter Sarah Alice went to live with her aunt Susannah. Alternatively the family may have broken up and Sarah returned to the UK as a Sarah Mather was living with her brother-in-law James Smith (b.1800) in 1851 at 31 Rothwell St. or could this be another? Something happened, as her daughter Sarah Alice seems to have been adopted by her sister Susanna. Isaac’s newspaper obituary does say that Isaac married again in the US.
Isaac is back with (another younger?) Sarah in 1880, but no children present. Sarah (63) and Isaac (69) are at Rhode Island, USA.
When his son James died, the informant recorded his mother's name as Margaret Smith. This is assumed to be an error as there is no such marriage (UK or US).
Family Pictures
Sarah and Isaac were married in a religious ceremony on January 27th, 1839 at St. Peter's (Bolton).3 They had three sons and five daughters, named William, James, Henry, Mary, Elizabeth, Susannah, Mary and Sarah. There are no more children.
Family Notes
On James A Mather's death cert, (reported by Mrs Mary Mather) his mother is shown as Margaret Smith.
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Children
Birth Notes
There are other MATHER+SMITH births after 1844, but that was at Westhoughton for brothers William and Joseph and their two family.
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1839
MATHER Mary SMITH Edgworth, Bolton EDG/1/208
MATHER, MARY SMITH
GRO Reference: 1839 S Quarter in BOLTON UNION
Volume 21 Page 127Death Notes
Mary Mather (daughter of Isaac) was buried in Lowell, Massachusetts on 13 Oct 1840.Death Notes
Name: William Henry Mather
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1842
Birth Place: Massachusetts, USA
Death Date: 7 Feb 1901
Death Place: Rhode Island, USA
Cemetery: Pocasset Cemetery
Burial Place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USADeath Notes
DEATH 2 SEPTEMBER 1915
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Birth Notes
Death cert shows:
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1846
Birth Place: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDeath Notes
Died: Pilla, PA
Date of Death: March 3 (or 5) 1919 at 7am
Aged 72yrs, 6mo, 22 days
Name: James A Mather
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1846
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 3 Mar 1919
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Isaac Mather
Mother: Margaret Smith
Certificate Number: 29910Death Notes
Name: Mary E Mather
Gender: Female
Age: 0
Birth Date: abt 1851
Death Date: 15 Oct 1851
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Isaac
Mother: Sarah MatherBirth Notes
Died aged about 3wksDeath Notes
Died aged 3wks
Name: Henry Mather
Gender: Male
Age: 0
Birth Date: abt 1852
Birth Place: Southbridge
Death Date: 16 Aug 1852
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Isaac Mather
Mother: Sarah Mather
Death Notes
Name: Mrs Sara A Creighton
Death Age: 69
Event Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1854
Death Date: 1923
Burial Date: 22 Oct 1923
Burial Place: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Denomination: Episcopal
Organization Name: St Paul's Episcopal Church
Mary Mather
Mary was born in September 1839 in Edgworth.4
William Henry Mather
William was born on December 9th, 1842 in Massachusetts (MA).6 He died at the age of 58 on February 7th, 1901 in Massachusetts (MA). He was buried in February 1901 in Rhode Island (RI).
Elizabeth Frances Mather
Elizabeth was born in 1845 in Massachusetts (MA).6 She died at the age of 70 on September 2nd, 1915 in Rhode Island (RI).5
James A Mather
James was born on August 12th, 1846 in Philadelphia.6
Susannah Mather
Susannah was born in 1849 in Massachusetts (MA).8 She died at the age of 44 on April 27th, 1893 in Rhode Island (RI).5
Mary E Mather
Mary was born in 1851 in Massachusetts (MA). She died on October 15th, 1851 in Massachusetts (MA).
Henry Mather
Henry was born on July 26th, 1852 in Massachusetts (MA).
Sarah Alice Mather
Sarah was born in 1854 in Rhode Island (RI).6 She died at the age of 69 in October 1923 in Pennsylvania (PA). She was buried on October 22nd, 1923 in Pennsylvania (PA).
1 1851 UK Census
2 Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms
3 Certificate - Marriage
4 GRO Reference
5 Ancestry Family Trees
6 1860 US Census
7 Certificate - Death
8 1850 US Census
2 Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms
3 Certificate - Marriage
4 GRO Reference
5 Ancestry Family Trees
6 1860 US Census
7 Certificate - Death
8 1850 US Census
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