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James Mather & Maria Carruthers

Taken on October 18th, 1840 and sourced from Certificate - Marriage.

1840 James Mather & Maria Corruthers

This picture was taken on October 18th, 1840 and sourced from Certificate - Marriage.

Family Picture Notes
- James Mather (Painter of Whitefield), son of Solomon Mather, Joiner

James and Maria were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1840 at St. Mary-the-Virgin (Prestwich) by Curate G B Sandford.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Occupation Painter on marriage but Porter when Sarah Ann was born.
  
  Marriage: 18 Oct 1840 St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire
  James Mather - (X), full age, Painter, Bachelor, Whitefield
  Maria Carruthers - (X), full age, Spinster, Whitefield
      Groom's Father: Solomon Mather, Joiner
      Bride's Father: John Carruthers, Butcher
      Witnesses: James Carruthers (X); Betty Hardman (X)
      Married by Banns by G. B. Sandford Curate
      Register: Marriages 1840 - 1841, Page 56, Entry 112
      Source: LDS Film 2356187

They had a daughter named Martha. There are possibly more children.

Family Notes
- There are baptisms for James and Maria at Manchester Cathederal (and Collegiate Church) going back well before 1840:
  William (1829); Sarah (1833), Elizabeth (1835); Isaac (1838); Ellen Ann (Mar 1841), Maria (Dec 1841), Mary (1844) so that can't be them! The 1851 census also shows this James (34 in 1851) had a brother Luke (20 in 1851)
  
  No Solomon had children (inc James) baptised at Manchester Cathederal.

Personal Details
- James Mather
  James was born in 1820 in Bolton.²
  - Birth Notes
    - of Full age in 1840 when he married Maria
      
      Aged 51 in 1873 when James remarried at Accrington (b. 3/1821 to 2/1822)
      
      If James is the brother of half-brother of Solomon (baptied 16/05/1819), then he may also have been baptised at Blackburn. However there are no other baptism records for sons of Solomon (although the Blackburn records are hard to read and transcribe)
  Maria Carruthers
  Maria was born about 1822. Maria is no longer alive.

Children
- Martha Mather
  Martha was born in December 1840 in Radcliffe.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Martha (7 months) was with her parents James and Maria at Cabbage Row, Radcliffe in 1841.
    
    MATHER, MARTHA CARRUTHERS
    GRO Reference: 1840 D Quarter in BURY UNION LANCASHIRE
    Volume 21 Page 281
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
    MATHER Martha CARRUTHERS Radcliffe Bury RAD/2/14

¹ Manchester CoE Marriages & Banns 1753-1930
² Certificate - Marriage
³ 1841 UK Census