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Ralph Leyland & Ellen Hope

Ralph and Ellen were living together in a platonic relationship. They had two sons named Thomas and Ralph.

Personal Details
- Ralph Leyland
  Ralph was born about 1802. Ralph is no longer alive.
  Ellen Hope
  Ellen was born on March 28th, 1804 in Blackrod and her baptism took place on April 22nd, 1804 at St. Katherine (B'rod).¹²
  - Birth Notes
    - Aged 35 (rounded) in 1841, but married 1825
      Aged 45 in 1851, born Blackrod
      Aged 57 in 1861, born Blackrod
      
      Name:    Ellen Hope
      Birth Date:    28 Mar 1804
      Baptism Date:    22 Apr 1804
      Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
      Father's name:    Thomas Hope
      Register Type:    Parish Register
      Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/4
      
      Ellen, daughter of Thomas Hope of Blackrod by Betty his wife, daughter of James Hamblets
  She died at the age of 64 in August 1868 in Blackrod. Her burial was on August 22nd, 1868 at St. Katherine (B'rod).³
  - Death Notes
    - Name:    Ellen Mather
      Birth Year:    abt 1804
      Death Age:    64
      Burial Date:    22 Aug 1868
      Burial Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
      Register Type:    Parish Register
      Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/15
      
      Abode: Blackrod

Children
- Thomas Mather
  Thomas was born in January 1834 in Blackrod and his baptism took place on February 9th, 1834 at St. Katherine (B'rod).⁴²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 6 in 1841
    Aged 26 in 1861, born Blackrod
    Aged 34 in 1871, born Blackrod
    
    Name:    Thomas Mather
    Baptism Date:    9 Feb 1834
    Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
    Mother:    Alice Mather
    Register Type:    Parish Registers
    Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/7
  He died after 1891 in Lancashire.⁵
  Ralph Mather
  Ralph was born on April 12th, 1840 in Blackrod and his baptism took place on June 7th, 1840 at St. Katherine (B'rod).²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 1 in 1841
    
    Name:    Ralph Base Mather
    Birth Date:    12 Apr 1840
    Baptism Date:    7 Jun 1840
    Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Mather
    Mother:    Ellen Mather
    Register Type:    Parish Registers
    Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/7
    
    Ralph was born 12 Apr 1840, the bastard son of Ellen Mather of Blackrod, widow. The record had spinster and then corrected to widow
  He died at the age of 49 in 1889 in Bolton.⁶
  - Death Notes
    
    Ralph died after son Ralph was born in 1885 and before the 1901 census. There is only one Lancashire death and the age is a good match.
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1889
    MATHER Ralph 48 Great Bolton GB/8/26

¹ 1861 UK Census
² Lancashire CoE Births & Baptisms (1813-1911)
³ Lancashire CoE Deaths & Burials (1813-1986)
⁴ 1841 UK Census
⁵ England Select Deaths & Burials (1538-1991)
⁶ BMD-Lancashire