Aged 23 in 1851
Aged 34 in 1861, born Bolton

Name:    John Mather
Baptism Date:    3 Sep 1826
Parish:    Deane, Lancashire, England
Father:    William Mather
Mother:    Betty Mather
Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
Reference Number:    Drm/2/72

John is missing in 1871, and his surviving children are with their grandparents.  He probably died in 1869 and buried in Deane (where wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary are buried).

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1869
MATHER    John    43    Little Hulton    LH/9/427

Name:    John Mather
Gender:    Male
Age:    43
Birth Date:    1826
Burial Date:    10 Jun 1869
Burial Place:    Deane, Lancaster, England
FHL Film Number:    1545482
Reference ID:    195

Aged 31 in 1861, born Turton

Name:    Elizabeth Mather
Age:    37
Birth Date:    abt 1830
Burial Date:    26 Mar 1867
Burial Place:    Deane, St Mary, Lancashire, England
Spouse:    John Mather
Reference Number:    GB127.L85/1/4/8

Elizabeth, wife of John Mather, of Great Bolton died 26 March 1867, aged 37.

Aged 28 in 1881 (when married)

Name:    Thomas Mather Coop
Registration Year:    1853
Registration Quarter:    Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District:    Bolton, Lancashire
Volume:    8c
Page:    249

COOP, THOMAS  MATHER      - 
GRO Reference: 1853  M Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
Volume 08C  Page 249

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1853
COOP    Thomas M    COOP    Little Bolton    LB/24/44

Name:    Thomas Mather Coop
Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1853
Registration Year:    1903
Registration Quarter:    Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death:    50
Registration District:    Bolton, Lancashire
Volume:    8c
Page:    330

Name:    Thomas Mather Coop
Death Date:    Sep 1903
Cemetery:    Tonge Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:    Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Has Bio?:    N
URL:    https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Probably born Turton, where mother Elizabeth Coop was from.


Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1854
MATHER    Alice    COOP    Little Bolton    LB/26/196

MATHER, ALICE        COOP 
GRO Reference: 1854  J Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
Volume 08C  Page 272

Missing, assumed died by 1861 census

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1855
MATHER    Alice    1    Westhoughton, Bolton    WH/4/271

Aged 5 in 1861

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1855
MATHER    Mary    COOP    Burnley, Preston    BU/39/40

MATHER, MARY        COOP 
GRO Reference: 1855  D Quarter in THE BURNLEY UNION 
Volume 08E  Page 156

Name:    Mary Mather
Age:    15
Birth Date:    abt 1856
Burial Date:    15 Jan 1871
Burial Place:    Deane, St Mary, Lancashire, England
Father:    John Mather
Reference Number:    GB127.L85/1/4/8

Abode: Great Bolton

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1858
MATHER    Ellen    COOP    Eastern Bolton    EB/38/282

Missing, assumed died by 1861 census.
Three possible deaths:

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1858
MATHER    Ellen    1    Eastern Bolton    EB/30/228    

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1859
MATHER    Ellen    1    Eastern Bolton    EB/31/19    

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1861
MATHER    Ellen    2    Westhoughton    WH/5/471
(where Alice's death was registered

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1861
MATHER    James    COOP    Eastern Bolton    EB/44/44

MATHER, JAMES        COOP 
GRO Reference: 1861  M Quarter in BOLTON 
Volume 08C  Page 304

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1862
MATHER    George    COOP    Eastern Bolton    EB/46/359

MATHER, GEORGE        COOP 
GRO Reference: 1862  J Quarter in BOLTON 
Volume 08C  Page 347