Family of Phineas Shuttleworth & Happy Mather

Phineas and Happy were married in a civil ceremony on March 1st, 1853 at Bank Street Unitarian.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- SHUTTLEWORTH Phineas + BARROW Happy, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended
  Bolton RO/4/84
  
  Name: Happy Barrow
  Year of Registration: 1853
  Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
  District: Bolton
  County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c
  Page: 329

They had two sons named Samuel and Thomas. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Happy Barrow Married 1853 in Bolton, Lancashire
  Volume: 8c, Page: 329

Personal Details
- Phineas Shuttleworth
  Phineas was born on July 11th, 1829 in Salford and his baptism took place on October 11th, 1828 at St. Peter's (Bolton).²³
  - Birth Notes
    - Born about 1828 or 1830 in Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England
      
      Name: Phineas Shuttleworth
      Gender: Male
      Christening Date: 11 Oct 1829
      Christening Place: Parish of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
      Mother's Name: Ellen Shuttleworth
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01709-6
      System Origin: England-EASy
      GS Film number: 1545450
      Reference ID: item 2, cn 307
  He died at the age of 73 in July 1902 in Farnworth. His burial was on July 16th, 1902 at St. Paul's (Astley Bridge).⁴⁵
  - Death Notes
    - In 1901, Phineas was age 77 and a pauper, an inmate in the Workhouse
      
      Died Bolton, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c, Page: 172
      
      Burial: 16 Jul 1902 St Paul, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancs.
      Phineas Shuttleworth -
          Age: 73
          Abode: Workhouse Farnworth
          Notes: Cemetery
          Buried by: L. R. Hearn Vicar
          Register: Burials 1877 - 1909, Page 240, Entry 1926
          Source: LDS Film 2148108
  Happy Mather
  
  1889 Happy Shuttleworth
  
  Happy was born on February 6th, 1823 in Little Bolton.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    - Born about 1823, so before Samuel.
      
      Aged 15 on 1841 census (rounded down)
      Aged 28 on 1851 census
      Aged 37 on 1861 census
      Aged 47 on 1871 census
      Aged 58 on 1881 census
      Aged 65 on 13 May 1889, when she died,
      
      Therefore born mid 1823 (i.e. after 13-May).
      1881 census has Happy born in 1823 at Little Bolton, Higher End.
      
      Name: Happy Shuttleworth
      Year of Registration: 1882
      Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
      District: Bolton, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c
      Page: 390
  She died from cancer, Epithelioma of Tongue, at the age of 66 on May 13th, 1889 in Astley Bridge. Her burial was on May 17th, 1889 at St. Paul's (Astley Bridge).⁷⁸
  - Death Notes
    - Name: Happy Shuttleworth
      Estimated birth year: abt 1824
      Year of Registration: 1889
      Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
      Age at Death: 65
      District: Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
      Volume: 8c
      Page: 224
      
      In 1891 Phineas was recorded as a border and widowed.
      
      Cause of death was "Epithelioma of Tongue", a tumor, certified by J Robinson MD. Age 65. Wife of Phineas Shuttleworth a labourer at the Iron Foundry.
      
      Death reported by "Phineas Shuttleworth, widower of the deceased, present at the death. 9 Nell Street, Sharples".
      
      Death registered on 14 May 1889 by Robert Lever, Registrar.
      
      Happy and Phineas are buried in a grave with 4 other Shuttleworts at Astley Bridge: Albert (1); John G (0); Samuel (62) and Lois (68).

Children
- Samuel Shuttleworth
  
  Samuel Shuttleworth 1855-1918
  
  Samuel was born on March 26th, 1855 at Lever Street and his baptism took place on September 29th, 1861 in Bolton.¹⁹
  - Birth Notes
    
    Born ~1855 according to 1891 census
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1855
    SHUTTLEWORTH    Samuel    BARROW      Eastern Bolton    EB/32/313
    
    SHUTTLEWORTH, SAMUEL        BARROW
    GRO Reference: 1855 J Quarter in BOLTON UNION
    Volume 08C Page 272
    
    Name:    Samuel Shuttleworth
    Baptism Date:    29 Sep 1861
    Parish:    Bolton, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Phineas Shuttleworth
    Mother:    Happy Shuttleworth
    Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
    Reference Number:    Drm/2/31
    
    Abode: Great Bolton
  He died at the age of 62 on February 23rd, 1918 in Bolton. His burial was on February 27th, 1918 in Astley Bridge.⁷¹
  - Death Notes
    
    Died after 1901
    No record on FreeBMD (in Bolton)
    
    Died: Great Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire
    
    Probate:
    SHUTTLEWORTH Samuel of 10 Pennington Rd Great Leaver Bolton died 23 Feb 1918. Probate London 28 March to Lois Shuttleworth widow. Effects £936 10s 3d.
    
    Samuel and Lois were the last two to be buried in the family grave at Astley Bridge.
  Thomas Shuttleworth
  Thomas was born on February 16th, 1858 in Bolton.¹⁰
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1858
    SHUTTLEWORTH    Thomas    MATHER    Eastern Bolton    EB/38/140
    SHUTTLEWORTH    Thomas    BARROW     Eastern Bolton    EB/38/140
    
    SHUTTLEWORTH, THOMAS        MATHER
    GRO Reference: 1858 M Quarter in BOLTON
    Volume 08C Page 294
    
    Happy and Phineas were a bit slow at baptisms. Samuel (brother) was 6 when he was baptised. Thomas never made it! There were no other sibling baptisms.
  He died due to a childhood disease, Diarrhoea 4 days, at the age of 1 on August 11th, 1859 in Bolton.¹⁰
  - Death Notes
    
    Deaths Sep 1859
    SHUTTLEWORTH Thomas Bolton 8c 169

Phineas Shuttleworth & Happy Mather

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