James France & Martha Mather

Personal Details

• James France
  James was born in 1832.  He died at the age of 47 in October 1879 in Westhoughton.¹ 

  • Death Notes
    • Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1879
      FRANCE    James    47    Westhoughton    WH/11/75
  
  
  Martha Mather
  Martha was born in June 1841 in Sharples and her baptism took place there on June 13th, 1841.² 

  • Birth Notes
    • 2 mo old for 1841 census
      20 on 1861 census shows born Bury, unmarried and moved to Rochdale with a daughter Elizabeth Ann Mather
      
      Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1841
      MATHER    Martha    ROPER    Sharples    SH/2/23
      
      Name:    Martha Mather
      Baptism Date:    13 Jun 1841
      Parish:    Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
      Father:    Richard Mather
      Mother:    Elizabeth Mather
      Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
      Reference Number:    Drm/2/27
      
      Abode: Sharples
      Occupation:  Carder
      Note on record shows "Bap. at Sharples Chapel"
      
      MATHER, MARTHA        ROPER 
      GRO Reference: 1841  J Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
      Volume 21  Page 182

  She died at the age of 90 in January 1932 in Little Bolton.¹ 

  • Death Notes
    • Still alive in 1911
      
      Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1932
      PENNINGTON    Martha    90    Little Bolton    LB/131/105
      
      Name:    Martha Pennington
      Death Age:    90
      Birth Date:    abt 1842
      Registration Date:    Q1 1932
      Registration District:    Bolton, Lancashire
      Volume:    8c
      Page:    547