Family of Henry Holt & Mary Lord Mather

Henry and Mary were married in a religious ceremony on May 27th, 1855 at St. Peter's (Bolton) by Curate W H Coates and witnessed by John Blackley & James Holt.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Marriage: 27 May 1855 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Henry Holt - full, Carter, Bachelor, Breightmet
  Mary Lord Mather - (X), full, Spinster, Breightmet
      Groom's Father: Henry Holt, Grocer
      Bride's Father: Jeremy Mather, Farmer
      Witness: John Blackley; James Holt
      Married by Banns by: W. H. Coates Curate
      Register: Marriages 1854 - 1856, Page 86, Entry 171
      Source: Microfilm of register at Manchester Library

They had two sons and two daughters, named William, James, Nancy and Emily. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- There are other HOLT+MATHER families with births registered at Leigh and Bury

Personal Details
- Henry Holt
  Henry was born in October 1832 in Breightmet and his baptism took place on October 21st, 1832 at St. Peter's (Bolton).²³
  - Birth Notes
    - 8 in 1841 at Roscoe Fold, Breightmet
      18 in 1851 at Roscoe Fold, Breightmet
      
      Name:    Henry Holt
      Baptism Date:    21 Oct 1832
      Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
      Father:    Henry Holt
      Mother:    Betty Holt
      Reference Number:    GB127.L243/1/3/10
  He died at the age of 33 in November 1865 in Little Bolton. His burial was on November 5th, 1865 in Harwood.⁴⁵
  - Death Notes
    - Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1865
      HOLT    Henry    33    Little Bolton    Bolton    LB/33/117
      
      Name:    Henry Holt
      Gender:    Male
      Age:    33
      Birth Date:    1832
      Burial Date:    5 Nov 1865
      Burial Place:    Parish of Harwood, Lancaster Co.
      FHL Film Number:    1545460
      Reference ID:    it 38/102, no 630
      
      HOLT, HENRY        33
      GRO Reference: 1865 D Quarter in BOLTON
      Volume 08C Page 174
  Mary Lord Mather
  Mary was born on April 25th, 1833 in Radcliffe and her baptism took place on July 7th, 1833 at St. Thomas (Radcliffe).⁶⁷
  - Birth Notes
    - Mary and Samuel both 5 in 1841 at Breighmet
      Mary Lord Holt, born Heapy in 1861
      
      Although the baptism and 1841 and 1851 census records indicate Mary is from Radcliffe, the 1861 census shows she is actually from Heapey (near Darwen)
      
      Name:    Mary Lora Mather
      Gender:    Female
      Birth Date:    25 Apr 1833
      Baptism Date:    7 Jul 1833
      Baptism Place:    Saint Thomas,Radcliffe,Lancashire,England
      Father:    Jeremiah Mather
      Mother:    Alice
      FHL Film Number:    506450
      
      Name:    Mary Lord Mather
      Age:    0
      Birth Date:    25 Apr 1833
      Baptism Date:    7 Jul 1833
      Baptism Place:    Radcliffe, St Thomas, Lancashire, England
      Father:    Jeremiah Mather
      Mother:    Alice Mather
      Reference Number:    GB127.L155/1/1/1
      
      Abode: Radcliffe, Husbandman
  She died at the age of 76 in December 1909 in Bolton.⁸
  - Death Notes
    - Mary was living with her daughter in 1901
      
      Name:    Mary Lord Settle
      Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1833
      Registration Year:    1909
      Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
      Age at Death:    76
      Registration District:    Bolton, Lancashire
      Volume:    8c
      Page:    305

Children
- Nancy Holt
  Nancy was born on May 10th, 1858 in Breightmet and her baptism took place on July 4th, 1858 in Harwood.⁹¹⁰
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 2 in 1861
    Born May 1858 (1900 US census)
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1858
    HOLT    Nancy    MATHER    Tonge with Haulgh    TWH/10/386
    
    HOLT, NANCY        MATHER
    GRO Reference: 1858 J Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 237
    
    Name:    Nancy Holt
    Baptism Date:    4 Jul 1858
    Parish:    Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Henry Holt
    Mother:    Mary Holt
    Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
    Reference Number:    Drm/2/38
    
    Nancy daughter of Henry and Mary of Roscoe Fold (Henry a Carter)
    
    NOTE: There is another Nancy Holt from Harwood, but a year older, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah.
  She died at the age of 67 on June 11th, 1925 in Washington.
  - Death Notes
    
    Death Date: 11 Jun 1925
    Death Place: Spokane, Washington, USA
    
    Name:    Nancy Withnell
    [Nancy Holt]
    Gender:    Female
    Birth Date:    abt 1858
    Death Date:    11 Jun 1925
    Age at Death:    67
    Death Location:    Spokane, Spokane, Washington
    Father:    Holt
    Record Source:    Washington State Death Records
  William Henry Holt
  William was born in July 1860 in Breightmet and his baptism took place on July 22nd, 1860 in Harwood.⁹¹⁰
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 10 months in 1861
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1860
    HOLT    William H    MATHER    Tonge with Haulgh    TWH/11/417
    
    HOLT, WILLIAM HENRY     MATHER
    GRO Reference: 1860 S Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 221
    
    Name:    William Henry Hall
    Baptism Date:    22 Jul 1860
    Parish:    Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Henry Hall
    Mother:    Mary Lord Hall
    Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
    Reference Number:    Drm/2/38
    
    Abode: Breightmet Hill (West), Farmer
  He died at the age of 4 in March 1865 in Tonge-with-Haulgh.⁵
  - Death Notes
    
    There is a William Henry Holt who died 14 Jan 1889 at Pendleton in a coal mining accident. This is very likely another, as there are 5 William H Holts born in Lancashire in 1859-1860
    
    William H birth was registered at Tonge-with-Haulgh and was 10 months in 1861, but missing by 1871. He most likely died in Q1 1865 (or Little Bolton in 1861, aged 2)
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1865
    HOLT William H 4 Tonge with Haulgh TWH/8/261
    
    HOLT, WILLIAM HENRY 4
    GRO Reference: 1865 M Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 201
  James Holt
  James was born in January 1862 in Breightmet.¹¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    There were 6 James Holt's born in Bolton in 1862.
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1862
    HOLT James MATHER Western Bolton WB/42/342
    
    HOLT, JAMES MATHER
    GRO Reference: 1862 M Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 356
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1863
    HOLT James H 0 Sharples, Bolton SH/5/438
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1869
    HOLT James H 6 Farnworth, Bolton FTH/21/300
  Emily Mary Holt
  Emily was born in December 1862 in Breightmet and her baptism took place on December 14th, 1862 in Harwood.¹¹¹⁰
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1862
    HOLT    Emily M    MATHER    Tonge with Haulgh        TWH/13/38
    
    James and Emily were both registered in 1862, in Q1 and Q4, so about 9 months appart. James's birth was registered in Eastern Bolton, not Tonge-with-haulgh and is more lilely the son of another HOLT+MATHER family.
    
    HOLT, EMILY MARY     MATHER
    GRO Reference: 1862 D Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 236
    
    Name:    Emily Mary Holt
    Baptism Date:    14 Dec 1862
    Parish:    Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Henry Holt
    Mother:    Mary Lord Holt
    Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
    Reference Number:    Drm/2/38
    
    Abode: Breightmet Hill, Farmer
  She died at the age of 3 in April 1866 in Little Bolton.⁵
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1866
    HOLT    Emily M    3    Little Bolton    LB/34/34
    
    Name:    Emily M Holt
    Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1863
    Registration Year:    1866
    Registration Quarter:    Apr-May-Jun
    Age at Death:    3
    Registration District:    Bolton, Lancashire
    Volume:    8c
    Page:    215

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